Quarter 2 Vocabulary Words

Acculturation

Noun. : cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

Aggrandize

Verb. to make something great or greater: increase or enlarge

Ambivalent

Adj. having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone

Bellicose

Adj. favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

Benefactor

Noun. someone or something that provides help or an advantage

Brazen

Adj. marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness

Careen

Verb. move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction

Cerebral

Adj. of or relating to the brain or the intellect

Contrive

Verb. devise, plan

Digress

Verb. to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument

Dismal

adj. showing or causing gloom or depression

Duplicitous

adj. deceptive in words or actions

Ephemeral

adj. lasting a very short time

Equitable

adj. dealing equally and fairly

Fallacious

adj. tending to deceive or mislead

Frivolous

adj. of little weight or importance

Gaudy

adj. extravagantly bright or showy

Incendiary

adj. flammable

Inordinate

adj. exceeding reasonable limits

Mar

verb. to ruin or diminish the perfection; spoil

Nebulous

adj. unclear or vague

Nefarious

adj. evil

Paramount

adj. superior or supreme

Pensive

adj. musingly or dreamily thoughtful

Pragmatic

adj. dealing with a problem in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist

Procure

verb, obtain or secure, especially with care or effort

Proponent

noun. advocate

Quell

verb. put an end to or pacify

Remiss

adj. careless

Tantamount

adj. equivalent in value, significance, or effect