English IV vocabulary list 5

Skullduggery

trickery; underhandedness

Ancillary

helping; providing assistance; subordinate

Sedentary

characterized by or requiring much sitting; accustomed to little exercise

Cursory

rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail

Predatory

victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain; pillaging

Symmetry

exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line

Tawdry

gaudy and cheap in appearance

Ambuatory

of or for walking; capable of walking

Idolatry

excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object

Pecuniary

consisting of or relating to money

Panorama

an unbroken view of a wide area

Saga

a long story, often telling the history of a family

Plethora

a state of excessive fullness; superabundance

Gradient

a rate of inclination; a slope

Adherent

a follower of a leader; supporter

Vent

a means of escape or release; an outlet; a small hole

Armament

military supplies and weapons; the process of arming for war

Presentiment

a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition

Corpulent

fat; obese

Circumvent

to surround; enclose; bypass