vocab list 2

Ameliorate

v. to make better or more tolerable

Anarchy

n. absence of government or control; lawless; disorder

Anecdote

n. a short account of a humorous or revealing incident

Apathy

n. lack of interest; lack of feeling

Apprehensive

adj. worried; anxious

Protract

v. to prolong

Provident

adj. preparing for the future; providing the future; frugal

Provincial

adj. limited in outlook to one’s own small corner of the world; narrow

Provisional

adj. conditional; temporary; tentative

Proximity

n. nearness

Prudent

adj. careful; having foresight

Purported

adj. rumored; claimed

Putative

adj. commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

Qualify

v. to modify or restrict

Qualitative

adj. having to do with the quality or qualities of something

Querulous

adj. complaining; grumbling; whining

Quixotic

adj. romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree

Ramification

n. a consequence; a branching out

Rancor

n. bitter, long

Rapacious

adj. greedy; plundering; avaricious