English Vocab Units 3-4
Affable
- Easy to speak to; approachable; friendly
Ardor
- Enthusiasm; passion
Ascertain
- To find or learn with certainty; make sure of
Aver
- State or assert to be the case in a definite way
Commonwealth
- An independent country or community, especially a democratic republic
- A traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good
Conscientious
- Guided by one's sense of right and wrong
- thorough; with careful attention
Desolation
- A state of complete emptiness or destruction
- Anguished misery or loneliness
Entrhall
- To keep someone completely interested; to captivate
Epigram
- A short, witty saying
Heresy
- Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine
Dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice
Ignominios
- SHameful, disgraceful
Indict
- A legal term, to formally charge with a serious crime
- To accuse
Indite
- To write, to compose
Ineffable
- Beyond description; indescribable
- Not to be uttered; taboo
Mein
- Air or bearing, especially one expressive of attitude or personality
Polyglot
- A person who knows several languages well
Prescience
- Knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge
Prescient
- Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
Proscribe
- To denounce or condemn
- To prohibit; to forbid
Putative
- Commonly accepted or supposed
Sagacious
- Shrewd; having good judgement; perceptive
Sagacity
- The quality of being sagacious