English 10, Period 5

Your vocabulary word to date are as follows:

1. mahout:  an elephant-driver
2. fractious:  cranky; irritable
3. penitent:  feeling sorrow/guilt after committing a sin
4. epiphany:  a sudden realization of a life truth that changes the person in some way
5. constituency:  a district that elects its own representative to parliament
6. irreverent:  an attitude showing a lack of due respect
7. covenant:  a legal agreement/contract or a binding contract between man and God
8. ostentatious:  a pretentious (flashy) or vulgar display (usually of wealth)
9. conjure:  to make something appear by magic
10. eloquent:  fluency or persuasiveness in speech or writing
11. theanthropic:  possessing both god-like and human qualities; a god in a human form
12. umbrage: anger caused by being offended
13. acquiesce: to accept reluctantly; to give in
14. girn or gurn:  to make a grotesque face; to bare one's teeth in anger or dispair
15. abattoir: a slaughterhouse; where animals are slaughtered for food
16. earnest: sincere and intense conviction; not being distracted by things unrelated to a goal
17. pelagic:  of the sea
18. wamfle: to walk around in clothing that flaps about (this is a very archaic word)
19. agastopia: admiration of a particular part of another person's body
20. stasis:  inactivity because of being stuck between two balanced forces
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people