English 9 Final Exam Vocab

wicked or criminal

• nefarious

• askance

• permeate

• diurnal

during the day; daily

• diurnal

• nefarious

• aphorism

• gregarious

in exactly the same words; word for word

• verbatim

• intrepid

• mollify

• duplicity

very old; old-fashioned

• archaic

• precocious

• interim

• disparage

not having any knowledge or information about a particular thing

• ignorant

• ebullient

• modicum

• devoid

bare in appearance

• stark

• devoid

• harbinger

• genial

the complete range or scope of something

• gamut

• imperative

• subterfuge

• sporadic

deceit or lies in order to achieve one's goal

• subterfuge

• furtive

• echelon

• placate

to destroy completely; to put an end to

• eradicate

• castigate

• germane

• jargon

to involve something as necessary or inevitable; involves

• entail

• incessant

• incredulity

• lugubrious