HE2 - P1 FINAL EXAM VOCABULARY - Grant

Aggrandize

(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

Archetype

(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

Assuage

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Blazoned

(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely

Caveat

(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Commiserate

(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

Elicit

(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Equitable

(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice

Expedite

(v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster

Innuendo

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Inscrutable

(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

Intrinsic

(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Permeates

(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Propensity

(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward

Remonstrate

(v.) to argue with someone against something, protest against

Scourge

(v.) to whip, punish severely; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism

Stringent

(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

Surmise

(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definitive proof

Tenuous

(adj.) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

Vitriolic

(adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)