English 9 Honors Weeks 1-4 Cumulative Review

apprehensive

anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy; nervous

benevolent

good; kind; generous

brevity

briefness; shortness; the use of as few words as possible

eccentric

odd; unusual; strange; weird

impartial

not biased; fair; unprejudiced; objective

infer

to conclude; to reason; to draw a conclusion

pious

religious; devout

provincial

unsophisticated; not fashionable; simple

resignation

passive acceptance
the act of leaving a job or position

servile

submissive; like a servant

vulnerable

susceptible to physical or verbal injury; easily hurt

abstract

theoretical; based on ideas

anarchy

chaos; the situation of having no government or structure

articulate

to speak clearly or well

bias

a preference; an unfair judgment due to a preference

diligent

hard-working

discern

to see or understand

discord

disagreement; conflict; a bad or clashing sound

indifferent

not interested in; not caring; neutral; apathetic

refute

to prove wrong; to disprove

resolution

solution; ending; reaching a goal

virulent

very harmful

affluent

wealthy or prosperous

ambiguous

unclear in meaning; having many possible meanings

candid

honest or frank

discriminate

to identify differences

disdain

intense dislike; contempt
to show dislike or hate towards

innovate

to create or to introduce something new

melancholy

sad or depressed

miser

one who saves greedily

objective

a reason or goal
without bias or favoritism

remote

distant in space; far away

replenish

to make full or complete again

subtle

not obvious; partially hidden; careful in speech

apathy

lack of emotion; indifference

denounce

to speak out against; to condemn or put down

diverse

varied; different

enigma

a mystery or puzzle

hypocritical

insincere; not truthful

illuminate

to light up or to make clear

inevitable

unavoidable; bound to happen

obscure

unclear; partially hidden; hard to understand

revere

to worship or regard highly

skeptical

doubting

stagnant

not moving or flowing

valid

founded on fact or evidence