ENGLISH 12

Spelling List #4


1) vernacular (n) everyday, informal speech; or local, informal use of language
2) provocative (adj) arouses interest or irritation
3) insidious (1)(adj) tricky,sly and treacherous
(2)(adj) secretly, subtly developing unnoticed
4) gaffe (n) a foolish, unfortunate error made in public
5) compromise (1)(v) to settle a dispute by eachside giving in to some demands, or giving up something
(2)(n) a half-way point-or the middle-point of an agreement
6) idiosyncrasy (n) an unusual or pecular behaviour or habit or way of acting
7) plausible (adj) believeable; appears to be true
8) silhouette [F](n) a dark image against a light background
9) temerity (n) boldness, recklessness
10) vacillate (v) to waver back and forth in opinion or point-of-view
11) rectify (v) to put right,to make a situation right
12) infamy (n) a very bad public reputation; public disgrace
13) decrepit (adj) broken down and weaketted by old agge
14) berry (n) edible, small fruit
15) bury (1) (v) to place underground; to inter
(2) (v) to hade from view




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