1. English I Honors
Vocabulary 12

2. Appreciable
(adj.) sufficient to be noticed or measured

3. Autocratic
(adj.) absolute in power or authority

4. Blanch
(v.) to remove the color form; to make or turn pale

5. Blasphemy
(n.) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred

6. Brawny
(adj.) strong, muscular

7. Concerted
(adj.) planned or performed in cooperation with others

8. Contend
(v.) to fight, struggle, to compete, to argue

9. Humane
(adj.) kind, merciful

10. Illustrious
(adj.) very famous, distinguished

11. Intolerable
(adj.) unbearable

12. Irreverent
(adj.) disrespectful

13. Laborious
(adj.) not easy, requiring hard work

14. Lithe
(adj.) bending easily, limber

15. Maltreat
(v.) to abuse, use roughly or crudely

16. Ponder
(v.) to consider carefully, reflect on

17. Subversive
(adj.) intended to undermine or overthrow

18. Synthetic
(adj.) made or put together by people

19. Temperate
(adj.) mild, moderate

20. Venomous
(adj.) poisonous, spiteful, mean

21. Wily
(adj.) sly, shrewd, cunning