Honors English - Vocabulary Unit 7

Ardent

Passionate, enthusiastic, or intensely devoted.

Compromise

A mutual agreement where both sides make concessions; to settle a dispute by giving something up.

Conflagration

A large, destructive fire.

Disreputable

Not respectable; having a bad reputation.

Endemic

Native or restricted to a certain place or group; regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

Opulent

Wealthy, luxurious, or richly decorated.

Profess

To claim or declare openly, often falsely; to affirm one's belief or feeling.

Savory

Pleasant in taste or smell; appetizing; also, morally acceptable or respectable.

Scrupulous

Very careful and exact; having high moral standards.

Venial

Easily excused or forgiven; minor or unimportant (especially of faults or offenses).