Wordlywise Lesson 13-16

13,14,15,16 (4)

Blandishment

That which is intended to coax

Decprecate

To express disapproval of

Discomfit

To make uneasy by embarrassing a person

Overbearing

Acting in an arrogant

Precocious

Showing exceptionally early development of abilities

Proffer

An offer

Remonstrate

To say in protest

Rift

A crack
A break in friendly relations

Solicitous

Showing interest and care

Succinct

Expressed clearly and in few words

Sylvan

Having to do with trees

Trepidation

Apprehension; dred.

Untoward

Not favorable; unlucky

Virtuoso

A person with great skill in some art

Meteoric

Coming into existence swiftly

Amass

to accumulate

Articulate

To express one's thoughts

Decimate

To kill a large portion of a group

Dexterous

Skillful in the use of hands or mind

Garb

A style of clothing

Gregarious

Enjoying the company of others

Inherent

Existing as a natural part of something

Maternal

Relate through one's mother

Nuture

The process of raising one's young

Obtrusive

Tending to push oneself forward in an unwelcome manner

Parody

An imitation that exaggerates for comic effect

Pugnacious

eager to quarrel

Reprehensible

Deserving blame

Tractable

Easily managed

Zany

Comical because of strangeness

accentuate

To emphasize or stress

aficionado

An enthusiastic follower

antecedent

Going before; preceding

centrifugal

Moving away from the center

convoluted

Complicated; intricate

decapitate

To kill by cutting off the head

disingenuous

Not straightforward; insincere

indubitable

Too evident to be doubted

jaded

Dulled by overindulgence

masochistic

Deriving pleasure from being mistreated

momentum

Force of movement

obsolescent

Going out of use

potential

Having capability

viscera

The internal organs of the body

volition

An act of consciously choosing

belated

Done too late

caliber

Degree of importance

chagrin

To cause to feel unease

contravene

To act against or be counter to

default

To fail to pay what or when one should

doldrums

A condition of feeling sad

emblazon

To inscribe or decorate conspicuously

eminent

Standing above others in rank

expend

To use up or consume

expire

To come to an end

exponent

A person who explains or interprets

novice

A person new at something

spry

Moving with quickness and ease

tenuous

Not thick; slender

truism

A well known truth that is almost unnecessary to say