Semester 1 Vocab Words

Fear from awareness of danger

To do something below ones dignity

A distinctive or odd behavior, minor flaw

Comical in an odd way

To acquire by special effort or arrange partners for others

Lack of energy or interest, inactivity

Implied or inferred from actions; not by speech

Inteded to entrap, spreading in a hidden or injurious way, harmful but enticing

An earnest or urgent request

A natural inclination, a disposition to behave a certain way

Changeable, determined by a whim rather than necessity or reason, impulsive, unpredictable

In a sarcastic manner, disdainfully or skeptically humorous

Liveliness, eagerness, cheerful readiness

A temporary stay, to stay a certain length of time

Not presently active, not yet evident

To flatter in an obsequious manner

Indifferent to emotions (esp. pleasure or pain)

Someone who dislikes people in general, someone who hates or distrusts humankind

To agree, to accept, to comply, to submit tacitly

An insufficient quantity or number

To turn away from by persuasion, to advise against something

Characteristic of isolation, narrowly restricted in outlook (like an isolated life on an island)

A feeling of intense dislike, settled aversion or dislike

Marked by a ready flow of speech, easily rolling or turning

To arouse hostility where there used to be love, to remove from the customary environment

Pompous or pretentions talk or writing

Easily perceptible, capable of being touched or felt, tangible, noticeable

To attract or influence by slyness, to lead by deception

Conspicuously or outrageously bad

Loud, harsh, strident, or persistent noise

To reflect upon deeply

Verbal punishment, scolding, severe punishment, criticism

To reason with someone in order to dissuade them

To assemble, to get together, to acquire by effort

Unequivocally detestable, deserving of hatred