Sophomore
2nd Semester
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary
List 9
1. acrimonious: adj.
nagging; bitter
(describes people)
2. acidify:
v. to make sour (as to acidify the soil
3. acrid:
adj. stingingly bitter (in taste smell or speech)
4. germane:
adj. relevant;
closely related
5. germinate:
v. to sprout
(said of seeds)
6. germicide:
n. anything used to kill
germs (externally)
7. agog:
adj. eager;
enthusiastic
8. demagogue:
n. one who stirs up people
for personal or political
gain
9. pedagogue:
n. a teacher
10. juncture:
n. a crucial point in time;
a joining or point of joining
11. injunction:
n. a restraining order
12. adjunct:
n. someone who assists
another
13. liberal:
adj. broad-minded
14. libertine:
n. a person without morals
15. liberate:
v. to free
16. habeas corpus:
n. ("You have the
body") a legal document to
appear before judge to see whether or not you are to be detained in jail
17. habitat:
n. the natural environment
of a plant or animal
18. habitual:
adj. customary;
acting out of habit
19. rehabilitate: v.
to make able again
20. habitable:
adj. fit to be lived in
Vocabulary
List 10
1. finale:
n. the concluding part of a
musical composition or
entertainment
2. affinity:
n. an attraction to a person
or thing
3. definitive:
adj. conclusive;
final
4. infinitesimal:
adj. so small it cannot be
measured
5. finite:
adj. having definite limits
or bounds
6. prima donna:
n. the first lady of
an opera; any vain woman
7. primeval:
adj. primitive;
of the first age
8. primordial:
adj. fundamental; primitive
9. primogeniture:
n. inheritance by the first
born son
10. introspection:
n. a looking into one's own
mind or feelings
11. introvert:
n. a shy,
withdrawn person (extrovert:
one who is
outgoing)
12. amphibious:
adj. capable of living on
both land and water
13. amphitheater:
n. arena-like theater where
the audience sits
around the stage
14. vulcanization:
n. the process of making
rubber
15. volcanic:
adj. violently explosive
16. assumed:
adj. taken
17. consumption:
n. a using up or wasting
18. presumably:
adv. supposedly
19. sumptuous:
adj. lavish;
expensive
20. presumptuous:
adj. unduly bold; arrogant
Vocabulary
list 11
1. eulogy:
n. words of praise,
especially for the dead
2. euphonious:
adj. having a pleasing sound
3. euphemism:
n. the use of a pleasant
word instead of an
offensive one ("passed away" instead of "died")
4. euphoria:
a feeling of well-being; ecstasy
5. euthanasia:
n. mercy killing
6. eugenics:
n. use of breeding to
improve the race
7. euthenics:
n. improving mankind by
adjusting the environment
8. eunuch:
n. a castrated male
9. apportion:
v. to give out a share to
each; allocate
10. proportionate:
adj. having the correct
balance or symmetry
11. disproportionately:
adv. not fairly divided
12. loquacious:
adj. talkative
13. eloquent:
adj. expressing oneself with
fluency and force
14. soliloquy:
n. when a character on stage
speaks his thoughts
out loud to the audience
15. computation:
n. calculation
16. dispute:
v. argue;
quarrel
17. disputable:
adj. debatable;
moot
18. repute:
n. esteem;
regard (as "held
in good repute")
19. accord:
n. agreement;
harmony
20. discord:
n. lack of harmony; disagreement
1. dejection:
n. depression;
despair
2. adjacent:
adj. next to;
nearby
3. conjecture:
n. or v. an opinion; guess
4. eject:
v. to throw out
CUMB:
lean back
5. incumbent:
n. one who officially holds
an office
6. incubate:
v. to hatch
7. encumbrance:
n. a burden;
impediment
8. incubus:
n. a nightmare
9. succumb:
v. to yield to a superior
force
10. recumbent:
adj. leaning back; lying down
VIC:
charge
VICIS:
substitute
11. vicar:
n. an assistant to a rector
12. vicarious:
adj. experiencing through
another's experience
13. vicissitudes:
n. sudden changes in
fortune; ups and downs
14. fume:
v. to rage in an emotional
outburst
15. fumigate:
v. to destroy germs and
vermin by "smoking" them
out
16. multilingual:
adj. able to speak many
languages
17. multiplex: adj.
multiple
18: multifarious:
adj. varied;
diversified
19. hypnotic:
adj. inducing a sleep-like
state
20. hypnophobia:
n. fear of sleep
Vocabulary
List 13
1. median:
adj. middle;
intermediate
2. mediator:
n. one who comes between
opposing parties;
arbitrator
3. medieval:
adj. pertaining to the
Middle Ages
4. mediocre:
adj. of middle quality; ordinary
5. Mediterranean:
adj. having land on all
sides
6. immediacy:
n. urgency
7. punctilious:
adj. most particular; very precise
8. compunction:
n. remorse;
twinges of guilt
9. punctual:
adj. exactly on time
10. potent:
adj. effective or powerful
11. potential:
adj. or n. having the
possibility of development
12. omnipotent:
adj. all-powerful
13. impotent:
adj. lacking power; incapable
14. placebo:
n. a useless but soothing
medication; a sugar pill
15. placid:
adj. calm;
unruffled
16. placate:
v. to pacify;
to appease
17. complacent:
adj. self-satisfied
18. implacable:
adj. cannot be soothed or
satisfied
19. artless:
adj. free from deceit
cunning or craftiness; natural
20. listless:
adj. without energy or
spirit
1. satiate:
v. to satisfy fully
2. insatiable:
adj. cannot be satisfied
3. gestation:
n. the period of pregnancy
4. gesticulate:
v. to indicate by gestures
when speaking
5. congestion:
n. an over-crowded state
6. ingest:
v. to take into the body by
the mouth to digest
7. macroscopic:
adj. can be seen with the
naked eye
8. macrocosm:
n. the great world; universe
9. magnanimous:
adj. generous;
great
10. magnate:
n. a man of great worth
11. magnitude:
n. bigness;
greatness in size
12. magnification:
n. enlargement
13. megaphone:
n. device for magnifying
sound
14. megalomania:
n. delusions of grandeur or
greatness
15. megalopolis:
n. a very large city
16. megalocardia: n.
enlargement of the heart
17. logic:
n. science that deals with
reason
18. logistics:
n. the branch of the
military that deals with
transportation of armies
19. logo gram:
n. (logo)
an abbreviation or sign that represents a
word ($ for money)
20. loggerhead:
n. a blockhead or dunce
Vocabulary
List 15
1. vested:
adj. clothed with authority
and power
2. travesty:
n. a crude or ridiculous
representation; burlesque
3. vestment:
n. an outer garment (of a priest, judge, etc.)
4. vestal:
adj. pure, chaste
5. migrant:
n. one who wanders,
traveling from place to place
6. migratory:
adj. wandering
7. emigrate:
v. to leave a homeland
8. immigrant:
n. a settler in a new land
9. immigration:
n. the act of settling in a
new land
10. migraine:
n. a returning headache
11. monstrosity:
n. a malformation; freak
12. remonstrance:
n. protest;
complaint
13. undemonstrative:
adj. not showing affection
14. muster:
v. to gather together
15. panacea:
n. a cure for all ills
16. pandemic:
adj. relating to all people;
universal
17. pandemonium:
n. a wild uproar as if
all demons were let loose
18. panorama:
n. a picture unrolled, part
by part, before the
spectator
19. ossify:
v. to make into bone; harden
20. osteopath:
n. a doctor who treats bone
diseases
Vocabulary
List 16
1. sanguine:
adj. red, like blood; confident; optimistic
2. consanguinity:
n. blood relationship;
having common ancestors
3. calorie: n.
a unit of heat
4. cauldron: n.
a huge kettle
5. scald:
v. to burn with boiling
water
6. nonchalant:
adj. coolly unconcerned;
indifferent; unexcited
7. arrogant:
adj. feeling or acting
superior
8. abrogate:
v. do away with;
abolish (as a contract)
9. derogatory:
adj. belittling;
putting down (as a
"derogatory
remark")
10. prerogative:
n. a privilege
11. surrogate:
n. a substitute
OSIS:
process
ESIS:
condition
12. symbiosis:
n. the living together of
two unlike organisms;
interdependence
13. hypnosis:
n. a sleep-like state
14. metamorphosis:
n. complete change in form
and character
15. psychosis:
a serious mental disorder
16. anthropoid:
adj. resembling man (as "the anthropoid ape")
17. philanthropy:
n. the love of mankind
(as shown in charitable
works)
18. misanthropy:
n. hatred of mankind
19. inarticulate:
adj. not able to express
oneself well
20. inclement:
adj. not mild;
stormy (said of weather)