Vocabulary & Spelling 1.2

First Quarter Vocabulary and Spelling Week Two of Grade Ten Tesla.

facile

adjective - superficial

paradox

noun - a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics:

buttress

verb - to make support for an idea or argument stronger by providing a good reason for it:

anaphylaxis

noun - an acute allergic reaction to an antigen (e.g., a bee sting) to which the body has become hypersensitive

saturnine

adjective - Literary - serious and unfriendly

proviso

noun - LAW a part of a legal document that states that something must happen or be done:

saunter

verb - to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction

recusant

noun - person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation

tensile

adjective - capable of being stretched (as a material)

divestiture

noun - Finance: the act of selling an asset, a business, or a part of a business

lambaste

verb - to criticize someone or severely

platonic

adjective - (of a relationship or emotion) affectionate but not sexual

scourge

noun - someone or something that causes harm, evil, or destruction

zymurgy

noun - the study or practice of fermentation in brewing, winemaking, or distillery

libertine

noun - FORMAL DISAPPROVING - a person, usually a man, who lives in a way that is not moral, having sexual relationships with many people

parapet

noun - a low wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, etc

obloquy

noun - strong public criticism or verbal abuse

quokka

noun - a small wallaby (= an animal with a long tail and strong legs for jumping with ) which in past existed in great umbers in Western Australia

contumacious

adjective - especially of a defendant's behavior stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

incendiary

adjective - likely to ​cause ​violence or ​strong ​feelings of ​anger