english vocab unit 1-6

facetious

Humorous, playfully joking

ostentatious

Meant to impress others, flashy

optimum

Best possible, most favorable, most desirable

detriment

Something that causes damage, harm, or loss

vicarious

Experience through imagination, not experienced directly

Dexterous

Skillful in using the hands or body

scrupulous

Careful about moral standards, conscientious

gregarious

Sociable, enjoy, enjoying and seeking the company of others

discretion

Good judgment or tacked in actions or speaking

sensory

Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting or smelling

instigate

To bring about by moving others to action, stir up

rudimentary

Fundamental, necessary to learn first

resilient

Able to recover quickly from harm, ill illness, or misfortune

collaborate

To work together on a project, cooperate in an effort

zealot

A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

squelch

to silence or suppress or crush

venerate

To respect deeply, to revere

despondent

Downhearted, hopeless, overwhelmed with sadness

retrospect

Reviewing the past, considering past events

scoff

To make fun of, mock, to refuse to take seriously

juxtapose

To place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast

lethargy

A great lack of energy, inactivity due to laziness

ambiguous

Able to be interpreted in more than one way, not clear

inane

Without sense or meaning, foolish

dissident

A person opposed to establish ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion

embellish

To decorate, beautify by adding detail, especially ones that are not true

subsidize

to support financially, provide a grant or contribution

squander

To spend or use wastefully or thoughtless

inadvertent

unintentional, accidental

sporadic

Happening now and then, occasional

relinquish

To surrender something, to give up something

impetuous

done or acting in a hurry, with little thought, impulsive

maudlin

tearfully sentimental, over emotional

berate

to criticize or scold harshly

ubiquitous

Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

Zenith

The highest point or condition, peak

estrange

to make unsympathetic or unfriendly, alienate

infallible

Not capable of error or failure, unable to make a mistake

euphoric

Overjoyed, having an intense feeling of well-being

regress

To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior

dormant

Inactive, alive, but not actively growing, as if asleep

disseminate

To spread our scatter widely, distribute

irrevocable

Not able to be canceled or undone, irreversible

proliferation

A rapid spread or increase

corroborate

to support, to strengthen with further evidence, provide proof of

precipitate

To cause to happen quickly, sudden suddenly, or sooner than expected

hoist

To lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable

charlatan

A fake, a person who falls asleep claims to have some special skill or knowledge

diverge

Two branch off in different directions from the same starting point, to become different

illicit

Illegal

vit, viv =life, lively

extra- = outside, beyond

chon-, chrono- = time

liber, liver = free, freedom

de- = away, separation, removal

ante-, anti- = before, preceding

voc,vok= voice, call

dorm = sleep

-ject = throw, toss

-cide= kill, killing, killer