vocab for the final

FISRT SEMESTER H.A.L. VOCABULARY
Good/ Bad Words
Malefactor: culprit; evildoer
Beneficent: beneficial; characterized by performing acts of kindness or charity
Depraved: morally debased; wretched
Noxious: harmful to living things; injurious to health
Mercenary: motivated only by greed
Slothful: lazy
Altruistic: concerned unselfishly for others’ welfare
Magnanimous: generous, noble in spirit
Virulent: extremely infectious; irritating, harsh or hateful
Malevolent: ill-willed; causing evil or harm to others
Diabolical: fiendish; wicked
Demagogue: leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
Reprobate: morally undisciplined person
Profligate: corrupt, wasteful, extravagant
Invidious: likely to provoke ill-will, offensive
Infamy: reputation for bad deeds
Boon: blessing, something to be thankful for
Amenity: the quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness
Munificent: generous
Malignant: disposed to do evil; injurious
Nefarious: vicious, evil
Odious: hateful, contemptible
Indolent: habitually lazy, idle
Benign: of a kind and gentle disposition; favorable
Philanthropic: humanitarian; charitable

Friendly/Unfriendly Words
Provocative: tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
Compromise: to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
Mitigate: to soften or make milder
Collaborate: to cooperate, work together
Camaraderie: trust, sociability amongst friends
Calm: peaceful
Tactful: considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
Reclusive: preferring to live in isolation
Misanthropic: characterized by a hatred or scorn for humankind
Affable: friendly, easy to approach
Placid: undisturbed; calm quiet
Empathy: identification with the feelings of others
Winsome: charming, happily engaging
Querulous: complaining, irritable
Rancorous: bitter, hateful
Deleterious: harmful, destructive, detrimental
Convergence: the state of separate elements joining or coming together
Benevolent: friendly and helpful
Compassion: sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
Congregation: a crowd of people, an assembly
Suppress: to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information
Antagonist: foe, opponent, adversary
Incompatible: opposed in nature, not able to live or work together
Amicable: friendly, agreeable
Reconciliation: the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute

True/ False Words
Exorbitant: extravagant, greater than reasonable
Prevaricate: to quibble, evade the truth
Probity: complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness, honesty
Rectitude: moral uprightness; honesty
Hypothesis: assumption, theory requiring proof
Candor: honesty, openness
Furtive: secret, stealthy
Hyperbolic: purposefully exaggerated language
Feign: to pretend, give false impression; to invent falsely
Fawn: to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
Vindicate: to clear from blame r suspicion
Covert: hidden, secret
Toady: flatter, yes-man, hanger on
Dupe: to deceive, trick
Enshroud: to cover, enclose with a dark cover
Sycophant: self-serving flatterer; yes-man
Beguile: to deceive, delude, cheat
Abscond: to depart secretly
Substantiate: to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
Surreptitious: secret, stealthy
Spurious: lacking authenticity, false
Illicit: illegal, improper
Mendacious: dishonest
Perfidious: faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
Pretentious: pretending to be important intelligent or cultured

Respect/Disrespect Words
Defame: to slander, speak evil of, to libel
Disdain: to regard with scorn or contempt
Denounce: to accuse, blame
Deride: to mock, ridicule, make fun of
Supercilious: arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending
Lionize: to treat as celebrity
Castigate: to punish, chastise, criticize severely
Discredit: to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
Haughty: arrogant and condescending
Irreverent: disrespectful
Rebuke: to reprimand, scold
Depreciate: to lessen in value, belittle
Decry: to belittle, openly condemn
Denigrate: to slur someone’s reputation; attack one’s character
Condescending: possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
Revile: to criticize with harsh language, verbally abuse
Censure: to find fault with and condemn as wrong; blame
Sardonic: cynical, scornfully mocking
Adulation: high praise
Disparage: to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
Diatribe: bitter verbal attack
Absolve: to forgive. Free from blame
Venerable: respected because of age
Ignominious: disgraceful and dishonorable
Berate: to scold harshly

Words relating to literature and language
Aphorism- old saying or pity statement
Apocryphal-not genuine, fictional
Allusion-indirect reference
Banal-trite, overly common
Banter-playful conversation
Articulate-well spoken
Cogent-logically forceful, compelling, convincing
Coherent-intelligible, lucid, understandable
Colloquial-characteristic of informal speech
Construe-to explain or interpret
Dictum- authoritative statement, popular saying
Dissonant- harsh and unpleasant sounding
Elegy- mournful poem, usually about the dead
Equivocate-to intentionally use vague or ambiguous language
Importune-to beg, ask repeatedly
Implicit-implied, not directly expressed
Invective-verbal abuse
Lampoon- to attack with satire, mock harshly
Lexicon- dictionary, list of words
Cajole- to flatter, coax, persuade
Malapropism-humorous misuse of words
Opine- to express an opinion
Pastiche-piece of literature or music imitating or made up of other works
Platitude-stale, overused expression
Raconteur- witty, skillful storyteller

Economy+ Money
Avarice- greed
Benefactor-someone giving aid or money
Covet-to desire strongly something possessed by another
Cupidity-greed
Fallow-uncultivated, unused
Fecund-fertile, fruitful, productive
Gross-total before deductions
Husband-to manage thriftily
Impecunious- poor, having no money
Indigent- very poor
Scintilla- trace amounts
Dearth- lack, scarcity, insufficiency
Jaded- tired by excess, cynical
Paucity-scarcity, lack
Ponderous- weighty, heavy, large
Accretion- growth in size or amount
Lassitude-lethargy, sluggishness
Manual-hand operated, physical
Mendicant-beggar
Opulence- wealth
Ostentatious-showy
Palatial- magnificent, like a palace
Parsimony- stinginess
Quiescence-inactivity, silliness
Remuneration- payment or reward for work