unit 3 vocab

Cavort

(V.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

Credence

(N.) belief, mental acceptance

Decry

(V.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Dissemble

(V.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Distraught

(Adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict.

Eulogy

(N.) a formal statement or commendation; high praise

Exhume

(V.) to remove from a grave.; to bring to light

Feckless

(Adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Murcky

(Adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Evince

(V.) to display clearly., to make evident, to provoke

Nefarious

(Adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Piquant

(Adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent, appealingly provocative

Primordial

(Adj.) developed or created at the very beginning.; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

Propinquity

(N,) nearness in place or time; kinship

Substantive

(Adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in numbers or amount; meaningful and on topic

Unwonted

(Adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

Utopian

(Adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Verbiage

(N.) language that is too wordy or inflated and proportion to the sense or content. Wordiness; a manner of expression

Verdant

(Adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judging

Viscous

(Adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity