1. Welcome to the NEW English Class

2. Starting April 7th (Monday)
Class will be graded
60% Vocabulary tests
30% Speaking tests
10% Participation

3. Week 1 Vocabulary
(Due Monday, April 7)

4. Bane
Voluble
use bombastic language
troublesome influence
talkative
Stupefying
Condone
Bard
astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence
tacitly support; overlook
poet
Eclectic
Condoning
Voluminous
taking things from different sources
overlooking; disregarding; ignoring
very large; spacious
Bastion
Genre
Edifice
fortress; stronghold
a category; type
building; structure; construction
Conflagration
Irascible
big fire
easily angered
Germane
Efface
Mundane
relevant
wipe out; remove all trace of
ordinary; worldly
Ire
Perpetuated
anger [irate (a) = very angry]
Germinal
caused to continue
just growing; not developed; immature
Munificent
Rancor
generous; charitable
Irksome
resentment; animosity; bad feeling
Perpetuity
annoying; infuriating
Strut
eternity
swagger; show off
Rant

5. Mutinous
insightful; sharp; wise
destroy; demolish; tear down
very rebellious
Raucous
Personable
rough and unpleasant (of sounds)
Subterfuge
attractive
a trick
Ratify
Substantiate
Wane
approve; consent
give supporting evidence
grow less
Subpoena
Waive
Beguile
summons to court
surrender; give up
mislead; lure
Voracious
Begrudge
Congenital
ravenous
resent
present from birth
Befuddle
Congeal
Egalitarianism
confuse
to solidify
belief in equality
Confound
Effusive
Pinnacle
gushing; demonstrative
topmost point
Effigy
Glacial
Referendum
a model of a person
hostile; unfriendly; cold; icy
public vote
Gibbering
Irrational
Suspect
making meaningless noises
unreasonable; absurd
doubtful
Ironic
Navigable
Wistful
satiric; unexpected
suitable for sailing
melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for
Myriad
Perspicacity
in large numbers
insight
Perspicacious
Raze

6. Bellicose
capricious; changeable
secretly; furtively; stealthily
war-like; aggressive
Bemoan
Wily
Consummate
complain about
cunning
complete; total; supremely good
Contrite
Benign
Elusive
sorry
kindly; harmless
hard to pin down
Emancipate
Contumacious
Gregarious
set free
extroverted; sociable; outgoing
Guffaw
Embroil
Jaundiced
sudden loud laughter
involve in hostility or argument
cynical; pessimistic
Jeopardize
Guileless
Nettle
put at risk; endanger
frank; straightforward; honest
annoy
Nomadic
Jocular
Phenomenon
wandering from place to place
in a joking manner
an event or happening (plural: phenomena)
Philistine
Nondescript
Recuperate
uncultured person
having no special features; dull and ordinary
get better after illness
Redolent
Pillage
Superlative
smelling of; giving off odors
plunder
extremely good; the best
Surreptitious
Redundant
Whet
secret; sneaky; stealthy
unnecessary; superfluous
sharpen
Willful
Susceptible
Belligerent
stubborn
vulnerable
aggressive; ready to fight
Benevolent
Wispy
Contemporary
kindly
flimsy; frail; delicate
living or happening at the same time
Contrition
Benignity
Emaciated
sorrow and repentance
compassion; gentleness; fondness
very thin; withered
Embezzle
Contusion
Gritty
defraud; steal
a bruise
coarse; granular
Guile
Emerge
Jaunt
cunning; craftiness
come out; appear
short pleasure trip
Jingoistic
Gullibility
Niggardly
extremely patriotic; nationalistic
unwariness; trustfulness; being easily fooled
miserly; stingy
Nonchalance
Jollity
Philanthropy
an appearance of indifference; calm and composed
gaiety; happiness
charity; love of mankind
Nonentity
Red tape
Phlegmatic
a person of no importance; not famous
formalities; paperwork; official procedure
calm; imperturbable
Surly
Redress
grumpy; rude
put right something that was wrong
Whimsical
Surreptitiously

7. APRIL FOOLS!!