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As part of our continuing school-improvement plan, contained in this document are the vocabulary words for this year. The words selected come from the 2006 Edition of the Hipp List 4000. The words in the text are divided into categories of easiest to most difficult. Each list contains the most commonly seen words from the new SAT. Our words encompass all selected words from the Easy List as well as some from the Medium List. Feel free to add any additional synonyms to the definition given. These definitions express several uses of each word and may need clarification from you. Since the words are more “student” friendly this year, there was no need to include pronunciation in the list.
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2007-2008 School-wide Vocabulary
First Semester 2007
Week
I: Aug. 13-17
None
Week II: Aug.
20-24
Acute – (adj) keen-minded; sharp
Aesthetic – (adj) having to do with artistic beauty
Altruistic – (adj) showing an unselfish concern for others
Ambivalent – (adj) having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure
Antediluvian – (adj) very, very old; antiquated
Week III: Aug. 27-31
Antidote – (n) something that relieves or prevents; a remedy that counteracts the effects of poison
Archaic – (adj) old; from a much earlier time
Assuage – (v) to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify
Banal – (adj) dull or stale because of overuse
Baneful – (adj) causing ruin; harmful; pernicious
Week IV: Sept. 3-7
Bellicose – (adj) of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent
Cacophony – (n) lack of harmony; loud and unpleasant noise; a racket
Cantankerous – (adj) bad-tempered; quarrelsome
Castigate – (v) to scold or punish severely
Charlatan – (n) a fraud; a quack or imposter
Week V: Sept. 10-14
Colloquial – (adj) pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
Complementary – (adj) serving to complete another
Debacle – (n) a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical
Derivative – (adj) unoriginal; taken from something already existing
Devious – (adj) dishonest or deceptive
Week VI: Sept. 17-24
Discordant – (adj) lacking harmony or agreement
Discrepancy – (n) a difference
Ebullient – (adj) filled with a bubbly excitement, as if boiling over with excitement
Eclectic – (adj) taken from many different sources
Epicurean – (adj) having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking
Week
VII: Sept. 24-28
Eulogize – (v) to praise, as in a funeral service for someone who died; to say good things about
Fanatical – (adj) full of great enthusiasm or devotion
Frivolous – (adj) not having substance or a sense of importance or seriousness; silly; trivial
Glacial – (adj) very, very cold or very, very slow moving (in both cases, like a glacier)
Glutton – (n) one who overindulges in food and drink
Week VIII: Oct. 1-5
Gregarious – (adj) sociable; outgoing
Haughty – (adj) having great pride in oneself and dislike for others
Hedonist – (n) a person who lives for pleasure
Homogeneous – (adj) of the same kind; alike; uniform
Illusion – (n) something unreal that gives the appearance of being real
Week IX: Oct. 8-12
Impugn – (v) to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable
Indigenous – (adj) native
Insipid – (adj) lacking flavor or taste; unexciting
Itinerant – (adj) wandering about; tending to move around, travel
Jocular – (adj) liking to be with people, joking around with them and having fun
Week X: Oct. 15-19
Labyrinth – (n) a maze from which it is very hard to extricate (free) oneself
Largess – (n) generous giving
Lithe – (adj) nimble and flexible
Magnanimous – (adj) generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness
Mellifluous – (adj) sweet and smooth sounding
Week XI: Oct. 22-26
Myriad – (adj or n) countless; a very large number
Narcissist – (n) having to do with extreme self-absorption; person who feels superior to everyone
Nefarious – (adj) very mean and wicked
Novel – (adj) new
Obsequious – (adj) obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner
Week XII: Oct. 29-Nov.
2
Odious – (adj) loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way
Pariah – (n) a social outcast
Parsimonious – (adj) overly thrifty or miserly
Philanthropic – (adj) showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane
Phlegmatic – (adj) hard to get excited or emotional; calm
Week XIII: Nov.
5-9
Pithy – (adj) brief and full of meaning and substance; concise
Platitude – (n) quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original
Presumptuous – (adj) too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds
Prosaic – (adj) dull; commonplace
Pugnacious – (adj) eager to fight; belligerent
Week XIV: Nov. 12-16
Quell – (v) to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down
Querulous – (adj) whining; complaining
Raconteur – (n) a skillful storyteller
Rancorous – (adj) deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious
Raze – (v) to tear down; to destroy
Week XV: Nov. 19-23
Recalcitrant – (adj) stubborn, disobedient; defiant
Reticent – (adj) not talking much; reserved
Rhetoric – (n) relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
Sedentary – (adj) having to do with sitting around a lot
Shrewd – (adj) insightful; clever
Week XVI: Nov. 26-30
Stoical – (adj) lacking emotion or not showing any emotion
Subordinate – (adj) inferior; lower in rank or status
Succinct – (adj) clearly and briefly stated; concise
Superfluous – (adj) overabundant; more than is needed; unnecessary
Surreptitious – (adj) done or made in a secret, stealthy way
Week XVII: Dec.
3-7
Sycophant – (n) a self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being overattentive
Taciturn – (adj) silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed
Toady – (n) a flatterer; a sycophant
Torpid – (adj) lacking energy; relating to inactivity; feeling sluggish
Transient – (adj) lasting for only a short time; temporary
Week XVIII: Dec. 10-14
Unobtrusive – (adj) inconspicuous; not easily noticed
Unwavering – (adj) firm and determined
Upbraid – (v) to chide; to scold bitterly
Verbose – (adj) using too many words; wordy; long-winded
Virulent – (adj) extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred
Week XIX: Dec. 17-21
Vociferous – (adj) loud and noisy regarding one’s own voice, especially shouting
Volatile – (adj) explosive or changing very quickly
Wary – (adj) cautious; careful
Willful – (adj) stubborn
Zealous – (adj) filled with enthusiasm; fervent
School-wide Vocabulary -- Second Semester 2008
Week I: Jan. 7-11
Abstemious – (adj) holding back from eating or drinking too much
Adamant – (adj) unwilling to bend; unyielding
Adversity – (n) great trouble or difficulty
Aggregate – (n) a sum total or mixture
Alimentary – (adj) relating to food and nourishment
Week II: Jan. 14-18
Allay – (v) to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain
Aloof – (adj) uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant
Amiable – (adj) friendly, kind
Arrogant – (adj) overbearing; proud; haughty
Ascetic – (n) a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures
Week III: Jan. 21-25
Astute – (adj) sharp-minded; very clever
Austere – (adj) showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries; stern in manner or appearance
Belligerent – (adj) taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight
Braggart – (n) one who boasts a great deal
Chastise – (v) to punish or scold harshly
Week IV: Jan. 28-Feb. 1
Circumspect – (adj) careful and cautious before acting
Clandestine – (adj) hidden; secret; concealed
Cliché – (n) an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse
Complacent – (adj) self-satisfied; smug
Conflagration – (n) a huge fire; an inferno
Week V: Feb. 4-8
Convalesce – (v) to recover from an illness
Convivial – (adj) sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company
Copious – (adj) abundant; much; plentiful
Culinary – (adj) having to do with cooking, preparing meals
Delectable – (adj) delicious
Week VI: Feb. 11-15
Deleterious – (adj) harmful to one’s health or overall welfare
Delusion – (n) a false opinion or belief
Deprecate – (v) to show mild disapproval
Diffuse – (adj) spread out, not concise; wordy
Digress – (v) to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
Week VII: Feb. 18-22
Effervescent – (adj) lively; full of uplifted spirit; vivacious
Eloquence – (n) artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people’s feelings
Emaciated – (adj) very, very thin due to lack of adequate food
Erudite – (adj) wise due to much reading and studying; scholarly
Excerpt – (n) a portion of a text or musical piece that is taken, or extracted, from the whole
Week VIII: Feb. 25-29
Extol – (v) to praise highly; laud
Extraneous – (adj) not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant
Fawning – (adj) gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by flattery
Fleeting – (adj) short-lived
Furtive – (adj) sneaky
Week IX: March 3-7
Gingerly – (adj) very carefully
Gratify – (v) to please or indulge
Hackneyed – (adj) made commonplace by overuse; trite
Hardy – (adj) healthy and strong; robust
Inception – (n) the start, the beginning of something
Week X: March 10-14
Inconspicuous – (adj) hardly noticeable
Indolent – (adj) lazy; not wanting to do any work
Insolent – (adj) boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude
Intimidate – (v) to frighten; to hint at
Irrelevant – (adj) not relating to the matter at hand
Week XI: March 17-21
Judicious – (adj) showing wisdom in judging people and situations
Kilometer – (n) a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters or approximately 0.62137 mile.
Lackluster – (adj) lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring
Lassitude – (n) a tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work
Loquacious – (adj) very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous
Week XII: March 24-28
Mediate – (v) to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides
Misanthrope – (n) someone who dislikes all people
Miserly – (adj) careful with how money is spent; thrifty
Mollify – (v) to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent
Negligible – (adj) able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance
Week XIII: March 31-April 4
Nomadic – (adj) wandering
Nonchalant – (adj) casual and indifferent; not showing any great concern or worry about anything
Obscure – (adj) hard to understand; abstract
Ominous – (adj) pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding
Ostentatious – (adj) having to do with showing off; pretentious
Week XIV: April 14-18
Peripatetic – (adj) moving or walking about; itinerant
Pernicious – (adj) very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way
Placate – (v) to make calm; to soothe
Plethora – (n) excess; abundance
Pretentious – (adj) claiming or pretending increased importance; affectedly grand
Week XV: April 21-25
Prodigal – (adj) wasteful; lavish
Quandary – (n) a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation
Raucous – (adj) coarse-sounding; loud and unruly
Ravenous – (adj) very hungry
Rebuff – (v) to snub; to bluntly refuse
Week XVI: April 28-May 2
Reprove – (v) to speak to in a disapproving manner; to scold
Saturate – (v) to wet or soak completely; to totally fill up
Savvy – (adj) smart; informed
Soporific – (adj) sleep-inducing; sleepy
Supercilious – (adj) looking down on others; proud and scornful
Week XVII: May 5-9
Surfeit – (n) an oversupply
Surpass – (v) to be better than; to excel
Thrifty – (adj) showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly
Transitory – (adj) fleeting; short-lived
Trifling – (adj) lacking significance; unimportant
Week XVIII: May 12-16
Unprecedented – (adj) novel; unparalleled
Unyielding – (adj) stubborn; inflexible
Vapid – (adj) lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale
Venerate – (v) to feel or show deep respect for, especially due to age or tradition; to honor
Voluble – (adj) talking a great deal with ease; glib
Week XIX: May 19-23
None! We are finished!