ENGLISH VOCAB.

CONTRITION

• A feeling of regret for doing wrong
• I felt contrition after I didn't do my homework.

PROMONTORY

• A high ridge of land or rock jutting out
• My friends and I jumped off of a promontory into the lake.

SUPPLICATION

• A humble request or prayer
• I supplicated to God.

INQUISITIVE

• Curious; inquiring
• I was inquisitive as to why my dog ran away.

PERSISTENCE

• The act of refusing to stop or be changed
• I had a lot of persistence during my workout.

INCREDULOUS

• Doubtful; disbelieving
• The boy felt incredulous when the teacher said he had a test tomorrow.

MORPH

• To transform or be transformed completely in appearance or character.
• The caterpillar morphed into a butterfly.

OPT

• Eye
• The boy was looking at an optical allusion.

HOST

• Enemy; stranger
• The spider was looking for its host.

LEG

• Law
• The legislative branch is part of the American government.

INSTIGATE

• To stir up; provoke
• I was instigating an argument.

VESTIBULE

• A small entryway within a building
• We went through the vestibule at church.

AGILE

• Able to move quickly and easily.
• The fox was agile through the woods.

FALTER

• To hesitate from lack of courage and confidence
• I did not falter to get more coffee.

RANSACK

• To search vigorously
• I ransacked my room to try and find my glasses.

PRUDENCE

• The use of good judgement or common sense
• My prudence came in handy when I was offered drugs.

RAVAGE

• Serious damage
• The car was ravaged after the wreck.

ASSERTION

• A statement
• The professor made an awful assertion.

COVETED

• Greedily desired or wished for
• I covet my bed.

CHRONICLE

• A record of events.
• I'm reading the 3rd chronicle of this book.

ACCLIMATIZATION

• The act of getting accustomed to a new custom or environment
• Scuba divers must go to acclimatization classes so they can go further under water.

APLOMB

• Poise; self assurance
• The ballerina is very aplomb.

ARDUOUS

• Requiring much effort; difficult
• Tumbling can be arduous.

BANAL

• Commonplace; trite
• The tree house is is our banal.

CREVASSE

• A deep crack or split in glacier
• The crevasse was dark.

DEMEANOR

• A way of behaving; manner
• The boy had a bad demeanor.

INEVITABILITY

• Something that is certain to happen
• The inevitability to win is high.

INSURMOUNTABLE

• Impossible to overcome
• His cancer seemed insurmountable.

PARAMOUNT

• Of the highest importance
• The Mona Lisa is very paramount.

TRANSCEND

• To pass beyond the limits of
• We transcend across the border.