Grade 10 Vocab: Lessons 3-5

Front 1

n. greed; desire for wealth
*acquisitiveness*

Back 1

avarice

Front 2

adj. stealthy; secretive
*surreptitious, sneaky*

Back 2

furtive

Front 3

adj. wild and drunken

Back 3

bacchanalian

Front 4

v. to turn over or deliver to the leagal jurisdictionof another government or authority
*deport*

Back 4

extradite

Front 5

adj. numerous; large in quantity
*profuse*

Back 5

copious

Front 6

adj. easily angered
*irritable, ill-tempered*

Back 6

irascible

Front 7

n. a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

Back 7

mercenary

Front 8

n. a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it)
*stronghold*

Back 8

bastion

Front 9

v. to cast overboard; to discard.
*deploy, throw away*

Back 9

jettison

Front 10

v. to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent
*exile*

Back 10

ostracize

Front 11

n. one who is intolerant of differences in others
*racist, extremist*

Back 11

bigot

Front 12

v. to erase or eliminate
*obliterate*

Back 12

expunge

Front 13

adj. outspoken; blunt
*frank, direct*

Back 13

candid

Front 14

n. special words or phrases used by a specific group of people
*jargon*

Back 14

argot

Front 15

n. careless neglect, often resulting in injury
*carelessness*

Back 15

negligence

Front 16

v. to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
*mollify*

Back 16

appease

Front 17

adj. harsh sounding; grating
*shrill*

Back 17

strident

Front 18

n. complete disorder
*confusion, jumble*

Back 18

chaos

Front 19

v. to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity
*expand, supplement*

Back 19

augment

Front 20

n. extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy

Back 20

jingoism

Front 21

n. extreme hatred or ill will
*animosity, enmity*

Back 21

rancor

Front 22

adj. unrelenting; unavoidable
*relentless, certain*

Back 22

inexorable

Front 23

v. to praise highly
*exhalt, laud*

Back 23

extol

Front 24

adj. merciful; lenient
*forbearing, benign*

Back 24

clement

Front 25

n. a worn-out idea or overused expression
*platitude, banality*

Back 25

cliche

Front 26

adj. unyielding; firm in opinion
*stubborn*

Back 26

adamant

Front 27

adj. lacking in self-confidence; shy
*timid*

Back 27

diffident

Front 28

n. a creative work, especially a numbered composition (plural opera)

Back 28

opus

Front 29

adj. professed but not necessarily true
*supposed*

Back 29

ostensible

Front 30

n. inequality; difference
*gap*

Back 30

disparity