English 9 Definitions

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Reticent

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Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings easily

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Farcical

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In a ridiculous manner

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Egalitarian

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Relating to the idea of all people deserving equal rights

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Charlatan

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A person falsely claiming to have certain talents or skills

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Palpabel

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Able to be touched or felt

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Atrophy (v)

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To gradually decline or waste away

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Quaff (v)

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To drink heartily

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Collusion (n)

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Secret or illegal cooperation, esp. to cheat others

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Drivel (n)

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Nonsense

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Stoic (adj)

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Able to endure hardship without showing pain or complaining

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Intrepid (adj)

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Brave and adventurous

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Balk (v)

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To be unwilling to accept an idea or request

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Gaunt (adj)

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Too thin, as in suffering from hunger or illness

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Persnickety (adj)

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Placing too much emphasis on minor or unimportant details

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Whet (v)

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To sharpen the point of something

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Nullify (v)

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To make of no use

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Labyrinth (n)

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A complicated, irregular network of passages or paths

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Reprehensible (adj)

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Deserving censure or condemnation

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Blatant (adj)

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Completely lacking in subtlety

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Plausible (adj)

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Seeming reasonable or probable

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Reprieve (n)

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Cancellation or delay of a punsihment

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Enshroud (v)

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To cover completely

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Tedium (n)

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The state of being slow, long, or dull

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Plethora (n)

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A large number of something, almost to excess

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Blithe (adj)

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Showing a casual or cheerful indifference

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Lackluster (adj)

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Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

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Temper (v)

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To strengthen by heating and then cooling

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Hedonism (n)

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The pursuit of pleasure

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Bolster (v)

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To support or prop up

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Lament (v)

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To express one's deep grief

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Curtail (v)

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To reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

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Epicure (n)

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Someone who knows a lot about food/drink

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Tenuous (adj)

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Insubstantial; in need of strengthening

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Boorish (adj)

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Rude or unmannerly

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Vindicate (v)

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To remove blame or suspicion

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Poignant (adj)

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Deeply emotional

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Bourgeois (adj)

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Appealing to the masses in the middle-class; suburban

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Hiatus (n)

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A brief rest

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Languid (adj)

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Barely mobile; not exerting much energy

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Resplendent (adj)

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Shining brightly

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Acuity (n)

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Penetrating or clear intelligence or skill

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Debunk (v)

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To show the falseness or hollowness of

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Adroit (adj)

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Clever or skillful in the use of hands or the mind

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Pontificate (v)

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To express one's views in an arrogant or pompous manner

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Decorum (n)

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Behavior keeping in good taste

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Adulation (n)

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Excessive admiration or praise

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Bristle (v)

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To react defensively, typically by drawing back

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Laud (v)

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To highly praise, especially in public

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Obtuse (adj)

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Slow to understand, or difficult to understand

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Tome (n)

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A large, heavy book, usually filled with academic knowlage

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Embroil (v)

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To involve deeply in an argument or conflict

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Pious (adj)

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Deeply religious

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Infamous (adj)

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Well-known for a bad reason

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Regale (v)

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To entertain or amuse with talk or storytelling

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Zeal (n)

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Great enthusiasm

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Carping (v)

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To continually complain or find fault

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Carping (v)

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To continually complain or find fault

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Clandestine (adj)

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Done secretly

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Jaundiced (adj)

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Affected by illness, bitterness, or resentment

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Emancipate (v)

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To set free

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Nomadic (adj)

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Wandering from place to place; not settling down roots

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Impervious (adj)

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Incapable of being entered

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Winsome (adj)

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Attractive or appealing

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Vilify (v)

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To criticize very harshly

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Verbose (adj)

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Using more words than are necessary

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Pragmatic (adj)

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In a way that is sensible and reasonable

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Presumptuous (adj)

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Disrespectfully bold

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Forlorn (adj)

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Abandoned; hopeless

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Frenetic (adj)

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Very busy; hectic

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Incessant (adj)

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Seeking to never have an end

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Abridge (v)

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To reduce in size or volume

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Maudlin (adj)

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Overly sentimental

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Orthodox (adj)

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Conforming to tradition

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Ostentatious (adj)

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Excessively showy

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Ostentatious (adj)

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Excessively showy

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Petulance (adj)

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Angriness; foul mood

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Pittance (n)

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A small amount of money

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Fidelity (n)

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Staying true to one's word

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Goad (v)

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To urge or incite to action

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Goad (v)

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To urge or incite to action

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Incorrigible (adj)

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Incapable or correction

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Prosaic (adj)

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Unimaginative; lacking in liveliness

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Incarnate (adj)

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Existing in the flesh