10 - Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson 10 (Book 4)

veneer

(n.) a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse; disguise

luminous

(adj.) emitting light

tacit

(adj.) indicated but not expressed; implied silently

untenable

(adj.) impossible to defend or justify

probity

(n.) integrity; respectability

indolent

(adj.) lazy

perambulate

(v.) to walk about; to stroll

depredate

(v.) to plunder and pillage; to ransack

perquisite

(n.) a tip or payment in addition to regular wages

timorous

(adj.) timid; bashful

majordomo

(n.) a chief butler or assistant

circuitous

(adj.) indirect; roundabout

polemical

(adj.) relating to controversy or argument; controversial

largesse

(n.) generosity

circumlocution

(n.) unnecessarily wordy or evasive in language; indirectness

pel/puls

push

vect

carry

port

carry

com

together/with

in-/im

in/into

-or

one who does