Toughest Words Pt1

Front 1

Indefatigable; Unflagging

(Adj.)

Back 1

– tireless

As the SAT comes many of the students becomes indefatigable.

Front 2

Indomitable

(Adj.)

Back 2

– invincible; incapable of being conquered

When I have my mind set on something I become indomitable.

Front 3

Vacillate

(V.)

Back 3

– to waver; hesitate; swing back and forth; be indecisive

At times I can be quite vacillate when wanting favors from others.

Front 4

Hubris

(Noun)

Back 4

– exaggerated pride; arrogance

There are many people that can be hubris.

Front 5

Excoriate

(V.)

Back 5

– to denounce scathingly

When my mother is anger she tries to excoriate me.

Front 6

Innocuous

(Adj.)

Back 6

– harmless; inoffensive

I am known to to be an innocuous person.

Front 7

Capricious; Mercurial

(Adj.)

Back 7

– very changeable; fickle; constantly shifting moods

At times I can be capricious with what I want.

Front 8

Supplant

(V.)

Back 8

– to take the place of

I could not find my medicine so I had to go to the store or a supplant.

Front 9

Laconic; Succinct

(Adj.)

Back 9

– very brief; concise

My writing is at times laconic but my teachers prefer otherwise.

Front 10

Ubiquitous

(Adj.)

Back 10

– present everywhere at once; omnipresent; prevalent; widespread

The purse I wanted for my birthday was ubiquitous.

Front 11

Archaic

(Adj.)

Back 11

– obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date and thus not “in,” “with it,” orcontemporary

The furniture in my grandmother's house is a

Front 12

Reciprocal

(Adj.)

Back 12

– shared and expressed by both sides; mutual

When deciding where to go on our trip it was a reciprocal between my mother and I on Disney.

Front 13

Alacrity

(Noun)

Back 13

– great speed; promptness

Front 14

Implacable

(Adj.)

Back 14

– incapable of being appeased

Front 15

Grandiloquent

(Adj.)

Back 15

– using lofty, pompous language

Back in the days, the people used to be more grandiloquent

Front 16

Motley

(Adj.)

Back 16

– very different; very heterogeneous

My sister and I are known to be quite motley

Front 17

Juxtapose

(V.)

Back 17

– to place side by side

I tried to juxtapose pictures of me from a few years ago and now to see the difference.

Front 18

Arcane

(Adj.)

Back 18

– obscure; mysterious; esoteric

When I first meet someone they seem to be Arcane

Front 19

Cosmopolitan

(Adj.)

Back 19

– very worldly; sophisticated

I find my grandparents to be cosmopolitan.

Front 20

Ineffable

(Adj.)

Back 20

– incapable of being put into words; indescribable

I find art so amazing that it could be quite ineffable.

Front 21

Inundate

(V.)

Back 21

– to fill with water; flood

Many hurricanes cause an inundate in a city.

Front 22

Rudimentary

(Adj.)

Back 22

– basic; elementary

Front 23

Atone

(V.)

Back 23

– to make amends; make up for

Front 24

Machinations

(V.)

Back 24

– crafty schemes

Front 25

Eve Carrillo

Mrs.Reif

Eng H III P5

Back 25

Eve Carrillo

Mrs. Reif

Eng H III P5