English Vocab and Nifty Words

I'm taking English 11 Honors this semester, and each week we'll be getting a new list of vocab words (specifically SAT words). I thought it'd be a good idea to add them here (with definitions*, of course) in case anyone wants to use them. I'll also occasionally add some random words I found on the website for Webster's Dictionary or Google's dictionary that don't seem to be used often. Also, if anyone is bored and just scrolling through, maybe you could alphabetize the words under the Nifty Words section because doing so would be much appreciated. :) On another note, I won't care if you add words you've encountered that aren't used very often. *: the definitions used for the English vocab may not be the only definitions for those words
== Week 1 ==
Abstemious: (adj.) marked by temperance in indulgence
Acerbic: (adj.) sour or bitter in taste
Acolyte: (noun) an assistant to a priest or minister in a liturgical service
Acrimonious: (adj.) marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Adamant: (adj.) refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
Adept: (adj.) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Adhere: (verb) stick to firmly
Admonish: (verb) scold or reprimand; take to task
Adroit: (adj.) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Adulation: (noun) exaggerated flattery or praise
Aesthetic: (adj.) characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
Affable: (adj.) diffusing warmth and friendliness
Allusion: (noun) passing reference or indirect mention
Amalgam: (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things
Ambivalent: (adj.) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
== Week 2 ==
Ameliorate: (verb) to make better
Anachronism: (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed
Analogous: (adj.) similar or equivalent in some respects
Analogy: (noun) drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
Anecdote: (noun) short account of an incident
Anguish: (noun) extreme distress of body or mind
Animus: (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | {in WoF: (noun) a super OP dragon}
Anomaly: (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Antecedent: (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event
Antediluvian: (adj.) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
Antithetical: (adj.) sharply contrasted in character or purpose
Aplomb: (noun) great coolness and composure under strain
Apoplectic: (adj.) pertaining to a sudden loss of consciousness
Arrest: (verb) to take into custody
Augment: (verb) enlarge or increase
== Week 3 ==
Auspicious: (adj.) auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
Austerity: (noun) self-denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasure
Baleful: (adj.) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Bane: (noun) something causing misery or death
Bastion: (noun) projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
Bellicose: (adj.) having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Bemoan: (verb) regret strongly
Benefactor: (noun) a person who helps people or institutions
Bewildered: (verb) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
Bias: (noun) a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
Bombastic: (adj.) ostentatiously lofty in style
Boorish: (adj.) ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
Brevity: (noun) the attribute of being short or fleeting
Broad: (adj.) having great extent from one side to the other
Brusque: (adj.) marked by rude or peremptory shortness
== Week 4 ==
Burgeon: (verb) grow and flourish
Capricious: (adj.) determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
Capture: (verb) seize as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
Castigate: (verb) inflict severe punishment on
Catharsis: (noun) purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
Caustic: (adj.) capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
Chagrin: (noun) [sha-grin] strong feelings of embarrassment
Channel: (noun) a deep and relatively narrow body of water
Chaotic: (adj.) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
Charismatic: (adj.) possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
Chicanery: (noun) [shih-cay-nery] the use of tricks to deceive someone
Churlish: (adj.) having a bad disposition; surly
Civility: (noun) the act of showing regard for others
Clandestine: (adj.) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Coherent: (adj.) marked by orderly and consistent relation or parts
== Week 5 ==
== Nifty Words ==
Asperity: (noun) 1] roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger || 2] rigor; severity || 3a] roughness of surface : unevenness | 3b] roughness of sound
Avarice: (noun) excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain; greediness; cupidity
Bijouterie: (noun) a collection of trinkets or ornaments
Cupidity: (noun) 1] inordinate desire for wealth; avarice; greed || 2] strong desire; lust
Dubiety: (noun) 1] a usually hesitant uncertainty or doubt that tends to cause vacillation || 2] a matter of doubt
Farcical: (adj.) 1] of, relating to, or resembling farce; ludicrous || 2] laughably inept; absurd
Farouche: (adj.) 1] wild || 2] marked by shyness and lack of social graces
Gesticulate: (verb) use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.
Pluralize: (verb) to make plural or express in the plural form
Thaumaturgist: (noun) a performer of miracles
Vacillation: (noun) the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision
World-weary: (adj.) feeling or showing fatigue from or boredom with the life of the world and especially material pleasures
== Words I didn't know from A Tale of Two Cities ==
Note: These words have not been alphabetized. I read it last year, so they're most likely in order of appearance
Mire: (noun) a stretch of swampy or boggy ground | a] soft and slushy mud or dirt | b] a wetland area or ecosystem based on peat 
Mutinous: (adj.) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority | a] willful or disobedient 
Tremulous: (hdfhedj)
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