Vocabulary
Week 8
English 9
Term 1
acquiesce
ak-wee-ess
verb; To
consent or comply
passively or without
protest
Definition:
Sentence: Bill
acquiesced
halfheartedly to the
business plan.
amity
Definition: noun;
Friendship;
peaceful harmony
Sentence: Mr. Jones
had lived 50 years
in perfect amity
with his wife.
arduous

Definition: Adjective;
Demanding great effort
or labor; difficult:

Sentence: Mr. Webster
took on the arduous
work of preparing a
Dictionary of the
English Language.
gestalt
Definition: noun; A
configuration or pattern of
elements so unified as a
whole that it cannot be
described merely as a sum
of its parts.
Sentence: In Psychology,
gestalt theory tells us that
the whole is greater than
the sum of its parts.
inundate

Definition: verb; To
cover with a flood;
overwhelm

Sentence: On my
birthday, I was
inundated with cards,
presents and phone
calls.
perjury

Definition: noun; False
swearing; violating an
oath or vow

Sentence: The
murderer was guilty of
perjury when he told
the judge he
committed no crime.
perspicuity
Definition: noun; Ease
of understanding;
clarity
Sentence: The
perspicuity of Jane’s
argument helped her
win the debate.
preposterous

Definition: Adjective;
absurd; contrary to
common sense

Sentence: Grandma
bought baby Vick the
preposterous gift of a
live rhino who paints
pictures.
trepidation

Definition: noun; a
state of alarm or dread;
apprehension

Sentence: It was with
great trepidation that I
told my coworker of her
body odor problem.
voluble
Definition: adjective;
characterized by a
ready and continuous
flow of words; fluent;
glib; talkative
Sentence: DeeDee has
always been a voluble
communicator on the
telephone.