HAL Vocab Quiz #5

advocate

(n.) a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy

sycophant

(n.) a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage

beguile

(v.) charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

reticence

(n.) the quality of not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

cryptic

(adj.) having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

preclude

(v.) prevent from happening; make impossible

disparage

(v.) regard or represent as being of little worth

mundane

(adj.) lacking interest or excitement; dull

engender

(v.) cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)

instigate

(v.) bring about or initiate (an action or event)

fervor

(n.) intense and passionate feeling

impecunious

(adj.) having little or no money

martyrdom

(n.) the death or suffering of a martyr (a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs)

repugnance

(n.) intense disgust

insidious

(adj.) proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects