Vocabulary List with Definitions

Abase

To humble or disgrace

Solecism

Grammatical mistake

Somnolent

Drowsy, sleep

Extemporaneous

Unrehearsed

Culpable

Guilty

Restive

restless

Ruminate

To contemplate, reflect upon

Mirth

Laughter

Ingress

Entrance

Upbraid

To scold sharply

Aspersion

False rumor

Ascetic

Self-denying

Tumult

State of confusion

Tacit

Silently understood or implied

Sycophant

Self-serving flatterer

Lugubrious

Sorrowful

Interpolate

To insert

Bequeath

to hand down

Equanimity

Calmness

Enervate

To weaken, take away strength from

Laggard

Loafer; lazy person

Obsequious

Overly submissive

Forte

something a person does well

Probity

Honesty, high-mindedness

Mendacious

Dishonest

Edict

Law, command

Dither

To move or act confusedly or without clear purpose

Goad

To urge or provoke

Moribund

decaying

Pontificate

To speak in a pretentious manner

Inimical

Hostile

Parsimony

Stinginess

Mettle

Courageous