Vocabulary Week #2 English II

Abjure verb to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity. to avoid or shun. Syn: forswear, recant.

Bellicose adjective inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile. Syn: belligerent; pugnacious.

Decorum noun dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc. the quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularity. Syn: politeness, manners, dignity.

Elated adjective To feel very happy or proud.

Invoke verb to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for. to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication. to cause, call forth, or bring about.

Profess verb to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction. Syn: claim, allege, purport, avow.

Quandary noun a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma. Syn: predictament.

Tacit adjective understood without being openly expressed; implied. Syn: unexpressed, unspoken, unsaid, implicit. Ant: expressed.

Vanguard noun the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van. the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.

Zealous adjective full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent Syn: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm