Honors English 4 ~ Vocabulary List #2 Review

(n.) a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; remorse

• badinage

• calumny

• blandishment

• compunction

(n.) a fortified place; anything seen as protecting or preserving a condition or quality

• bastion

• acolyte

• munificent

• encomium

(adj.) hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable

• encomium

• pusillanimous

• abstruse

• disconsolate

(n.) any attendant, assistant, or follower

• charlatan

• acolyte

• cabal

• bastion

(adj.) hard to understand; esoteric

• abstruse

• blandishment

• conundrum

• invidious

(adj.) very generous

• mendacious

• munificent

• cabal

• disconsolate

(n.) action or speech designed to flatter or coax

• badinage

• belabor

• blandishment

• bastion

(adj.) lacking courage or resolution; craven or cowardly

• charlatan

• irascible

• compunction

• pusillanimous

(v.) to explain, worry about, or work at something more than is necessary

• cabal

• compunction

• belabor

• congeal

(n.) a formal expression of praise

• munificent

• encomium

• eviscerate

• blandishment