Mrs Burgess vocab test

balk

verb; to refuse abruptly

noun; failure of a competitor to complete a motion

effrontery

noun; shameless boldness

misanthropic

adj; marked by a hatred or contempt for human kind

convivial

adj; relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

corporeal

adj; having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body

inexorable

adj; not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

reverberate

verb, adj; to continue in or as if in a series of echos

inadvertent

adj; unintentional, not focusing the mind on a matter

celestial

adj, noun; of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity

enamor

verb; to inflame with love

panorama

noun; a picture exhibited a part at a time by a spectator

recant

verb; to withdraw or repudiate

adultation

noun; extreme or exercise admiration or flattery

dastardly

adj; characterized by underhandedness or treachery

irrevocable

adj; not possible to revoke

vernal

adj; relating to or occuring in the spring

cogent

adj; appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

feign

verb; to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression

portentous

adj; eliciting amazement or wonder

dilemma

noun; a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice

condole

verb; to express sympathetic sorrow

implicate

verb; to bring into intimate or incriminating connection

quail

noun, verb; to give way, to recoil in dread or horror

lithe

adj; easily bent or fixed, slim

compunction

noun; anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

palpitate

verb; to beat rapidly and strongly

pristine

adj; belonging to the earliest period or state

appease

verb; to bring to a state of peace or quiet, make concessions to someone often at the sacrifice of principles

deprecate

verb; to express disapproval of

contention

noun; a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument

truculent

adj; aggressively self assertive

guttural

adj; articulated in the throat

allude

verb; to make indirect reference

disperse

verb; to cause to break up

omniscient

adj; having infinite awareness

sequester

verb, noun; to set apart