Vocabulary Unit 3 (12th grade Honors English)

Cavort

(v.) to romp or prance around exuber

Credence

belief, mental acceptance

Decry

to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Dissemble

to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Distraught

very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Eulogy

a formal statement of commendation, high praise

Evince

to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Exhume

to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Feckless

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unrealiable

Murky

dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Nefarious

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Piquant

stimulating to the taste of mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Primordial

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

Propinquity

nearness in place or time; kinship

Substantive

real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

Unwonted

not usual or expected; not in character

Utopian

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Verbiage

language that is too worldly or inflated in proportion to the sense of content, wordiness, a manner of expression

Verdant

green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

Viscous

having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement of fluidity

Articulate

(v.)to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (adj.) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed.