Vocabulary lists 9&10

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Arduous

hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult [adj]

Askance

with disapproval or distrust : scornfully [Adv]

Asperity

roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger [n]

Discomfiture

the act of perplexing or embarrassing : the state of being embarrassed [n]

Exonerate

to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship [v]

Lugubrious

Mournful [adj]

Plebeian

A common roman citizen/ common person [n]

Puerile

Juvenile or childish [adj]

Truculent

aggressively self-assertive : belligerent [adj]

Vociferous

expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way [adj]

Animosity

a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment [n]

Antiquated

outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted [adj]

Contraband

illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling [n]

Crass

Gross: Vulgar [adj]

Craven

lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted [adj]

Expedite

to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up [v]

Itinerant

traveling from place to place [adj]

Posthumous

born after the death of the father [adj]

Prevaricate

to deviate from the truth : equivocate [v]

Virulent

marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course [adj]