Senior Vocabulary List 5

approbation

official approval, praise, commendation

assent

to agree or to concur, to give in, to yield; agreement

boorish

rude or insensitive; ill-mannered

circumlocution

talking around a subject; an indirect way of expressing something; a long, complicated way of expressing something

copious

abundant

delineation

an outline, depiction, portrayal; a graphic or vivid verbal description

dissemble

to disguise, to pretend, to hide under a false apperance, to decieve

emulate

to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)

fickle

likely to change, capricious

gravity

seriousness, alarming importance

homely

plain or unattractive in appearance

indigence

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

jingoistic

fanatically patriotic

migratory

moving from place to place, wandering, transient

obfuscation

darkening or obscuring the sight of something; the activity of obscuring people’s understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; confusion resulting from failure to understand

proclivity

a natural inclination, tendency

prostration

a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome

recalcitrant

very stubborn, refusing to obey, unruly; stubbornly resistant to authority or control

resolute

characterized by a decided purpose

sectarian

a member of a sect that is a faction with extreme beliefs

stalwart

one who supports a cause with firm partisanship; strong; sturdy

tacit

understood, silent, not spoken, implicit

transcend

superpass, exceed; be greater in scope or size than some standard

virtuous

having excellent morals; righteous

whet

to sharpen; make keen or more acute