Vocabulary List (Johnson Summer School)

Front 1

adversary

Back 1

opponent or enemy

Front 2

anguish

Back 2

great mental or physical suffering

Front 3

boisterous

Back 3

stormy or violent

Front 4

esteem

Back 4

high rank or renown

Front 5

nuptial

Back 5

wedding

Front 6

pernicious

Back 6

destructive or deadly

Front 7

portentous

Back 7

threatening

Front 8

transgression

Back 8

breaking of a law

Front 9

valiant

Back 9

brave

Front 10

waddle

Back 10

to walk with short that cause the body to sway from side to side

Front 11

conjure

Back 11

to appeal to earnestly; to bring to mind; to cause something to happen

Front 12

fain

Back 12

gladly

Front 13

herald

Back 13

a person that announces important news or events to come

Front 14

invocation

Back 14

a serious request; a prayer asking for help

Front 15

perjury

Back 15

the telling of a lie while swearing to tell the truth

Front 16

prate

Back 16

to chatter

Front 17

repose

Back 17

to lie at rest; calmness

Front 18

variable

Back 18

changeable

Front 19

vile

Back 19

disgusting

Front 20

wanton

Back 20

unrestrained

Front 21

abate

Back 21

to reduce in amount or intensity

Front 22

banishment

Back 22

to exile

Front 23

fester

Back 23

to develop pus

Front 24

calamity

Back 24

a disaster or misfortune

Front 25

distraught

Back 25

troubled or anxious

Front 26

prostrate

Back 26

to be flat; to kneel or fall to the ground in humility or surrender

Front 27

shroud

Back 27

burial cloth

Front 28

tiding

Back 28

news

Front 29

valor

Back 29

bravery

Front 30

vial

Back 30

a small bottle for liquids

Front 31

abhor

Back 31

to hate intensely

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amorous

Back 32

loving

Front 33

direful

Back 33

frightful

Front 34

disperse

Back 34

to scatter in various directions

Front 35

lamentable

Back 35

distressing

Front 36

paramour

Back 36

lover

Front 37

penury

Back 37

poverty

Front 38

tedious

Back 38

tiresome

Front 39

unsavory

Back 39

offensive

Front 40

vengeance

Back 40

the act of punishing another (or desire to) in return for an injury or wrong

Front 41

amble

Back 41

to walk in a slow, relaxed way

Front 42

cessation

Back 42

a stopping that is permanent or temporary

Front 43

fortitude

Back 43

ability to bear pain and misfortune

Front 44

grimace

Back 44

to twist the face in pain or disgust

Front 45

furtive

Back 45

done in a sly or secret way

Front 46

lunacy

Back 46

insanity; very foolish behavior

Front 47

nonchalant

Back 47

casual or unconcerned

Front 48

protrude

Back 48

to jut out

Front 49

sinister

Back 49

evil or wicked

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tentative

Back 50

uncertain