| Advocacy | definition: public support for a recommendation of a particular causesentence: there is a list of self advocacy organizations contacted |
| Agile | definition: being able to move quickly sentence: the boy was very agile when he played basketball |
| Amiable | definition: displaying a friendly and pleasant mannersentence: he was amiable towards his friend who he hadn’t seen in a while |
| Beguile | definition: charm, sometimes in a deceptive waysentence: Jason was beguile on his date |
| Bestow | definition: confer or presentsentence: she was bestow during her road test |
| Bombastic | definition: high-sounding but with little meaningsentence: she spoke in a very bombastic tone to her teacher |
| Carnal | definition: relating to physical needs and activitiessentence: he had a carnal to play soccer |
| Circumspect | definition: wary and unwilling to take riskssentence: Obama was very circumspect when filling out his March Madness Bracket |
| Cynical | definition: believing that people are motivated by self-interestsentence: Stalin ‘s cynical disregard for the working class led him into the pact with Hitler. |
| Desolate | definition: deserted of people and in a state of bleak emptinesssentence: the alien spacecraft sits on a desolate plain on a distant planet |
| Discern | definition: perceive or recognize somethingsentence: she discerned that she was being hit on |
| Discretion | definition: the quality of speaking in a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.sentence: viewer discretion is advised |
| Enmesh | definition: cause to become entangled in somethingsentence: the whole situation was enmesh |
| Epithet | definition: an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the thing mentionedsentence: the king deserves the epithet great |
| Forbearance | definition: patient self-control, restraint and tolerancesentence: he had forbearance after he was called a mean name |
| Garner | definition: gather or collect sentence: he garnered all of his tools and fixed his broken car |
| Guileless | definition: innocent and without deceptionsentence: The guileless child sat down and thought |
| Homage | definition: honor or respect shown publiclysentence: he showed homage to the teacher getting honored |
| Insolence | definition: insulting or contemptuous behaviorsentence: the little boy acted with insolence when he didn’t get what he wanted |
| Lecher | definiton: excessive indulgence in sexual activitysentence: he acted very lechery around his girlfriend |
| Malice | definition: desire to harm otherssentence: bully’s act with malice |
| Malign | definition: canceroussentence: sadly, the cancer is malign |
| Mutinous | definition: rebellioussentence: the child acted mutinous after he was insulted |
| Odious | definition: hatefulsentence: she acted odious to the girl who stole her boyfriend |
| Paradoxical | definition: something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correctsentence: occasionally they can actually worsen depression in what is known as a paradoxical adverse effect |
| Peevish | definition: cross, complaining, irritable; contrarysentence: my teacher was peevish because I was too lazy to look the word up |
| Perdition | definition: damnation; ruin; hellsentence: the man perdition his opponents campaign |
| Profane | definition: the ordinary and commonplace elements of life, as distinguished from the sacred.sentence: there should be no use of foul or profane language |
| Ruffianism | definition: rowdy or tough behaviorsentence: the boy acted with ruffianism around the girl he liked |
| Sated | definition: satisfiedsentence: the student was sated with an 85 on her math test |
| Subjugate | definition: to conquer by force, bring under complete controlsentence: Hitler subjugated a lot of Europe during WWII |
| Traducer | definition: someone who slanders or speaks falsely about someonesentence: mean people traducer around about other people behind their backs |
| Vehement | definition: forcefulsentence: the father used vehement force to discipline his son |
| Virtuoso | definition: highly skilled artistsentence: Picasso was a virtuoso |
| Warranted | definition: justified; authorizedsentence: the way she treated me warranted my decision to walk away |
Othello Vocabulary
August 30, 2019