vocab 8

placate

placate

to appease; make less hostile

Implacable

relentless; unstoppable

Duplicity

deceit, deception

supplicate

to ask/beg

Explicate

to analyze an idea in detail

Depose

to overthrow

deportment

a person’s behavior/manners

purport

to falsely claim

importune

to beg someone for something

Posthumous

occurring or appearing after the death of the originator

Posterior

rear, behind

posterity

future generations

Precocious

developing abilities earlier than normal

Premonition

strong feeling that something is about to happen, foreshadowing

precept

general rule intended to regulate behavior

Impregnable

impenetrable

reprisal

act of retaliation

prolific

plentiful

Profuse

lavish, extravagant

proclivity

inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing

provident

making or indicative of timely preparation for the future

Approbation

approval; praise

Probity

having strong moral principles of honesty, decency, and integrity

reprobate

unprincipled person

pugilism

the profession or hobby of boxing

pugnacious

quick to argue

impugn

to dispute the truth

repugnant

distasteful, unacceptable

Punctilious

meticulous

poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Acquisitive

greedy

Inquisitive

to be curious

Prerogative

to have an exclusive right or privelege

Abrogate

revoke; repeal

salient

outward, important

Desultory

lacking enthusiasm

exult

feel or show triumphant elation

Execrable

bad or unpleasant

Sacrilege

act against a holy person or place

prescient

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place

proscribe

prohibited

sedition

conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch

Non Sequitur

conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement