English final review (Vocab)

acrimony

ill-natured, bitter hostility; mean

amicable

Friendly; peaceful

arduous

difficult; requiring much effort

audacity

rude boldness; nerve

avid

enthusiastic; extremely interested

balk

to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

chastise

to punish severely

circumvent

to get around; to bypass

collaborate

to work together

contrite

feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

culinary

having to do with the kitchen or cooking

dolorous

exhibiting sorrow or pain

evince

To demonstrate clearly; to prove

expatriate

someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

explicit

clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination

expound

to explain in detail

feasiable

Reasonable; capable of being carried out

frowzy

Messy

frugal

thrifty; economical in money matters

genial

Friendly; amicable

harangue

a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture

harry

to annoy or harass

Heinous

hatefully or shockingly evil

humility

absence of vanity; humbleness

Impound

to confine; to keep in legal custody

incarcerate

to put into prison; to confine

incisive

Sharp;keen;cutting straight to the heart of the matter

incognito

disguised; pretending not to be oneself

inscrutable

Not easily understood

jocose

joking; humorous

laudable

worthy of praise; commendable

marital

having to do with marriage

mundane

Boring

naive

simple in outlook; not affected or worldly; especially innocent

ominous

threatening

pandemonium

a wild disorder, noise, or confusion

pertinent

Having to do with the subject at hand; relevant

sanction

permission; support

unctuous

exaggeratedly or fake polite

verbose

using more words than are needed; wordy