hallford vocab

quiz on friday

alleged

asserted without proof

taciturn

disinclined to talk, silent

vapid

not lively, without spirit

malovelent

having, showing, or arising from intense, often vicious, ill will, spite or hatred

condescended

assumed an air or superiority; exhibit a patronizing attitude

illicitly

unlawfully; without permission

vexations

irritations; annoyances

contemptuous

scornful; despising; disdainful

fractious

tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome, or irritable

auspicious

propitious, favorable

mortifying

shameful, embarrassing

tacit

silently understood; unspoken

desolate

devoid of inhabitants or visitors; barren; empty

ascertaining

making certain; discovering, determining

unfathomable

unable to be measured or understood

adjacent

not distant; nearby

perplexity

the state of being confused or bewildered

ingenuous

noble; honorable; straightforward

wary

marked by keen caution; cunning and watchful

guilelessness

innocence; naïveté

invective

of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse; denunciatory

indigenous

native to a particular region, or species; inborn; innate

analogous

showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy; similar