Here are the vocabulary words that you will have to know for next Monday's test:
Vocabulary Words—February 2018
English 10
You were assigned last Friday to write a cohesive paragraph using a minimum of 10 of the following words. This paragraph is due no later than Monday, Feb. 26th.
- desolation (noun): devastation, ruin, barrenness, dreariness, depopulation
- refuge (n): a place of safety
- vernacular (n): plain, everyday ordinary language of a specific place
- rear (verb):- when an animal goes up on its hind legs
- obliquely (adverb): indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on
- divert (v): to change direction or redirect attention
- perversion (n): a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal
- exquisite (adjective): special beauty or charm, intense feeling such as pleasure or pain
- indomitable (adj): unbeatable, cannot be conquered
- lacerated (v): savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn
- propinquity (n): nearness (in place, relationship, or time)
- inimical (adj): harmful, hostile, unfriendly
- ochre (noun/adjective): yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour
- trussed (v): tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement
- fleece (noun): the soft, wooly hair of a sheep
- inherit (v): receive money or a title as an heir at the death of the previous holder; to receive or be left with a situation or object from a predecessor or former owner
- congeal (v): to thicken; to set; to solidify (esp. because of cooling); to coagulate (as in blood)
- plush (adj): rich, luxurious fabric
- beam (v): to smile broadly
- spry (adj): active; lively (esp. an older person)
- conspicuous (adj): obvious; glaringly apparent
- quill (n): a feather
- mutton (n): sheep meat
- audacity (noun): boldness; gall
- derision (noun): ridicule; scorn
- dissemble (verb): to lie
- sagacity (noun): wisdom
- tattoo (noun): rhythmic rapping
- vex (verb): to irritate or annoy
- epiphany (n): the point in a work of literature where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding
