11th Grade Cards for Hyde Park, New York

n. a disorder in one's mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm

a. theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand

n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise

v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable

a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste

n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage

n. noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy

v. make or become better; improve; grow better

a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion

n. irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order

v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated

a. demanding great effort or labor; difficult

a. expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence

a. expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will

n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

a. favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced

n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened

v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

n. purging or cleansing of any passage of body

a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

v. expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame

v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

n. noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest

v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite

a. having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

v. feel or express pity or sympathy for

n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind

a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions

v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate

a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply

a. gracious; showing warm and friendliness

n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

n. process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay

n. willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect

v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out

v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

n. tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop

a. departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward

a. instructive (especially excessively)

v. belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank

n. discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

n. double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.

n. building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls

a. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking

a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind

a. open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead

a. containing or derived from error; mistaken

a. serving as model; outstanding; typical

a. suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest

a. not essential; coming from outside

a. arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat

a. lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant

a. by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort

a. not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance

n. one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion

n. something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle

n. practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold; falseness; expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

n. a destroyer of images used in religious worship

a. uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption

a. happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design

v. arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist

a. not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage

v. charge; accuse formally of a crime

v. teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically

a. rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party

a. not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague

a. exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent

a. liberal; wasteful; excessive spending

a. lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort

a. deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble

v. follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction

a. careless; inattentive

v. destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace

a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull

v. make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate

n. something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition

n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation

v. set right; correct by calculation or adjustment

v. cancel; make void; repeal or annul

n. determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision

a. full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise

v. examine closely and critically

v. establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support

v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence

n. extended scolding; long angry or violent speech

n. state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder

a. free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable

a. inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable

v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority

v. sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate

a. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious