English 12 Vocab

Front 1

Solicitous

Back 1

showing care or concern

Front 2

Garnished

Back 2

decorated or trim

Front 3

Absolution

Back 3

act of freeing someone of a sin or criminal charge

Front 4

Commission

Back 4

act of giving authority to an individual

Front 5

Sanguine

Back 5

cheerful or confident

Front 6

Prevarication

Back 6

evasion of truth

Front 7

Pallor

Back 7

Unnatural lack of color or pale

Front 8

Hoary

Back 8

white or gray with age

Front 9

Tarry

Back 9

Linger or delay

Front 10

Apothecary

Back 10

pharmacist or druggist

Front 11

Deftly

Back 11

skillfully with ease or quickness

Front 12

Sauntered

Back 12

walking at an unhurried pace

Front 13

Courtly

Back 13

polite or elegant

Front 14

Frugally

Back 14

thrifty

Front 15

Deference

Back 15

yield to an opinon to another

Front 16

Affably

Back 16

easy to talk to

Front 17

Impertinence

Back 17

irrelevant

Front 18

Averred

Back 18

stated to be true

Front 19

Sojourn

Back 19

stay for a while

Front 20

Expiated

Back 20

made amends for

Front 21

Reverence

Back 21

deep respect

Front 22

Sinuous

Back 22

bending or winding

Front 23

Tumult

Back 23

noisy

Front 24

Archly

Back 24

mischievously

Front 25

Entail

Back 25

Settle for the inheritance of property

Front 26

Vexed

Back 26

annoyed

Front 27

Prejudice

Back 27

an opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Front 28

Pernicious

Back 28

Deadly, fatal

Front 29

Judicious

Back 29

showing good judgement

Front 30

Intemperance

Back 30

lack of restraint

Front 31

Averice

Back 31

greed

Front 32

Credulous

Back 32

easily convinced

Front 33

Augment

Back 33

increase or enlarge

Front 34

Palpable

Back 34

capable of being touched

Front 35

Stealthy

Back 35

sly or obtrusive behavior

Front 36

Multitudinous

Back 36

great number

Front 37

Equivocate

Back 37

use misleading language

Front 38

Predominance

Back 38

to be superior

Front 39

Conjecture

Back 39

guess

Front 40

Schism

Back 40

division of a group into fractions

Front 41

Expedient

Back 41

device used in an emergency

Front 42

Sustenance

Back 42

food or money to support life

Front 43

Commodity

Back 43

product bought or sold

Front 44

Censure

Back 44

strongly disapprove

Front 45

Ardently

Back 45

expressing by warmth of feeling

Front 46

Indignation

Back 46

anger aroused by something unjust

Front 47

Discernment

Back 47

discover with eyes or mind

Front 48

Composure

Back 48

create or put together

Front 49

Genre

Back 49

category of literary composition

Front 50

Divulge

Back 50

reveal

Front 51

Constructive

Back 51

to build up

Front 52

Sundry

Back 52

diverse

Front 53

Epic

Back 53

long poem usually centered upon a hero

Front 54

Reparation

Back 54

making amends for wrong doing

Front 55

Solace

Back 55

comfort in sorrow or misfortune

Front 56

Purge

Back 56

purify or cleanse

Front 57

Writhing

Back 57

twist or squirm

Front 58

Loathsome

Back 58

disgusting

Front 59

THE

Back 59

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