P&P Final Vocab

Abashed

Abashed

Make feel embarrassed, discontented, or ashamed

Advantageous

Involving or creating favorable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance

Brook

1. To tolerate or allow

2. A small stream

Cogent

Clear, logical, or convincing

Decorum

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Diffident

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Dilatory

Slow to act

Expeditious

Done with speed and efficiency

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned with accuracy and detail

Forbearance

Patient self-control

Impudence

The quality of not showing due respect for another person; rudeness

Insinuating

1. Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way

2. Slide smoothly and slowly into a position

Insipid

Lacking flavor or interest

Insolent

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Inure

1. Accustom to something, especially something unpleasant

2. Come into operation; take effect

Mercenary

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

Obsequious

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Officious

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters

Pecuniary

Relating to or consisting of money

Querulous

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner

Supersede

Take the place of; supplant

Supercilious

Behaving or looking as if oneself thinks themselves superior to others

Tacit

Understood or implied without being stated

Vex

Make someone feel annoyed, frustrated or worried, especially with trivial matters