Junior English Vocab 75-100

proboscus

elephant trunk

platoon

noun
military unit 2+ squads and a headquarters
small unit of police force

adrenaline

noun
hormone secreted in response to stress, anger, or fear

translucent

adjective
permitting light to pass thorugh
opposite side not clearly visable
easily understandable; lucid

odiousness

noun
deserving/causing hatred; hateful; detestable
highly offensive; repugnant

maxim

noun
an expression of a general truth or principle; rule of conduct

palindrome

noun
word,line, phrase the same backward as forward
Madam, I'm adam

chattel

noun
a movable article of personal property; any tangible property other than land/building; slave

exculpate

verb (with object)
to clear from charge of guilt/fault
free from blame; vindicate

stratagems

noun
plan, scheme, or trick to suprise/ deceive an enemy

napalm

noun
a highly incendiary jellylike substance in flamethrowers
to drob bombs on troops, city...

aplcalypse

greek "lifting of the veil" disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the rest of the world

insouciance

noun
quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

polymaths

noun
person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor

decorums

noun
dignified propriety of behavior
orderliness; regularity; society

villanelle

noun
short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five

genteel

adjective
belonging/suited to polite society
well-bred; refined;elegant; polite

dissembling

verb (with object)
to give a flase or misleading appearance to; conceal truth; to feign; to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, ect.

aplomb

noun
imperturbable self-possession, poise, assurance; x/y position

invective

noun
vehement; violent denunciation; censure; reproach; accusation; vituperation; insulting word expr.

flout

verb/ noun
to treat wit disdain, scorn, mock
a scornful remark or act; insult; gibe

puissance

noun
power, might, or force

sitzfleisch

noun
the ability to sit still for a long time; discipline

caustic

adjective
capable of burning, corroding
severely critical or sarcastic

tropism

noun
orientation fo an organism to an external stimulus by growth rather than movement

taiga

noun
coniferous evergreen forest northern North America; subartic

pedant

noun
person ecessive or inappropriate display of learning; overemphasizes rules or minor details; book knowledge without common sense

garish

adjective
crudely or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate; ornate

thrall

noun
a person who is in bondage; slave; morally mentally enslaved by some power; tralldom

poignant

adjective
profoundly moving; touching; physically painful; sharp taste

rheumy

adjective
pertaining to, causing, full of or affected with a thin mucous discharge from the eye or nose

indomitable

adjective
that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will or courage; unconquerable

banal

adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite

chasten

verb w/ object
to inflict suffering upon for moral improvement; chastise; to restrain or subdue

recapitualtion

noun
breif review or summery; bio- stages of embryonic defelopment; music- restatement of explotion

dragoons

noun
a european cavalryman of a heavily armed troop; military unit
verb w/ object
to set soldiers upon; persecute by armed forces; oppress; coerce

insurrection

noun
an act of rising in revolt, rebelllion, or resistance against civil authority or established government

maudlin

adjective
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental; foolish or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness

burgher

noun
an inhabitant of a town; middle class; citizen

ardor

noun
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion; zeal; devotion

farcical

adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of farce; ludicrous; absurd

sanctum/ sanctorum

noun
the innermost shrine of a tabernacle and temple; the holy of holies; an inviolably private place

sycophancy

noun
self-seeking; servile flattery

traduce

verb w/ object
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame

bilge

noun
rounded portion fo ship's hull
slange- stupid talk or writing; nonsense

mille grazie

many thanks- italian

prodigal

adjective
wastefully or recklessly extravagant; giving or yielding profusely; lavish
noun
person who spends his money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift