English 11 1st VOCAB

Acrimonious

harsh, biting

Adroit

clever or resourceful in handling situations

Audacious

bold and sometimes recklessly brave

Bellicose

inclined to start wars or conflicts

Boorish

crudely insensitive

Benevolent

characterized by doing good

Capricious

impulsive, unpredictable

Congenial

pleasant in nature, agreeable

Contrite

showing sorrow for shortcomings

Deleterious

harmful in a subtle way

Dogmatic

characterized by expression opinions strongly and confidently as if fact

Dubious

doubtful or questionable

Eclectic

displaying elements from various styles, systems, or sources

Ephemeral

short lived

Erudite

characterized by great knowledge

Facetious

joking in an often sarcastic way

Fastidious

having careful attention to detail (with connotations of being difficult to please)

Fortuitous

fortunate, lucky

Hackneyed

lacking in originality

Hedonistic

pleasure seeking

Haughty

arrogant and self-righteous

Indignant

expressing displeasure at something unjust

Indolent

slow to activity or movement

Innocuous

producing no injury, harmless

Jaded

made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience

Jocose

playful

Jocund

marked by high spirits or good humor

Kindred

of like nature

Kitschy

art, writing, or music that is pretentious but shallow and has popular appeal

Kooky

silly, eccentric, crazy

Laggard

falling behind

Lascivious

lustful

Lucrative

highly profitable

Maleficent

mischievous

Martial

pertaining to war or military operations

Maudlin

foolishly sentimental or affectionate

Nomadic

having no fixed home

Notorious

unfavorably known to the general public

Nugatory

having no power or force

Obdurate

stubborn; unmoved by passion or pity

Obtrusive

having the tendency to impose one's values or opinions on others (closely related to officious- meddling in something that's not someone's concern)

Omnipotent

having universal power

Palatial

spacious and beautiful

Partible

can be separated

Pecuniary

related to money

Quarrelsome

prone to fighting

Quiescent

inactive

Quixotic

Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous degree

Rampant

growing, climbing, or increasing without restraint

Raptorial

seizing or devouring living prey

Recalcitrant

stubborn and refusing to obey orders

Sagacious

wise

Sanctimonious

making a showy or hypocritical display or religion or piety

Sedulous

diligent; persistent

Tentative

not fully developed; hesitant. uncertain

Timorous

lacking courage

Tractable

easily led or controlled

Unbridled

being without restraint

Undulous

resembling waves

Unwieldy

difficult to move or manage

Vacuous

empty

Valorous

courageous

Venerable

respectable

Wanning

becoming weak

Winsome

attractive

Wry

deviating from what is proper or right

Xenogenic

originating from a foreign source

Xenophobic

fearing outsiders

Zany

very strange and silly

Zealous

eager; enthusiastic