week 1 carnie vocab

orange = verb, blue = adjective (or adverb), yellow = noun

abase

to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem

acquiesce

to agree, assent, go along

adversity

misfortune, disaster, distress

cogitate

ponder, think carefully, meditate

conducive

Tending to promote or assist

corpulent

fat, obese

debonair

suave, urbane

disconcert

to throw into confusion; to disturb the composure of

furtive

stealthy, secret, sneaky

harbinger

forerunner, herald, precursor

hovel

small, wretched, often dirty house

infuse

to cause to be permeated with something

inordinate

exceeding reasonable limits

insolvent

unable to pay debts

intractable

not easily governed, managed, or directed

malign

to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about; speak evil of

manifest

readily perceived, easily understood or recognized

overt

open to view; obvious

portent

omen, sign, augury

predisposed

inclined, tending, susceptible

reprove

to rebuke, scold, admonish, reprimand

respite

an interval of rest or relief

rotund

marked by roundness; notably plump

subterfuge

a deception, artifice, stratagem

vertigo

dizziness and confused state of mind