Vocabulary Revisited #2 (Middlekauff) (Copied)

pedestrian

ordinary or dull

peruse

to read carefully

quandary

a state of perplexity or doubt

pejorative

having a negative effect; insulting

rebuke

to criticize sharply

regale

to entertain

sagacious

wise

redundant

repetitive

salient

most noticeable or important

sanguine

optimistic

saturnine

gloomy

salutary

beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome

sentient

aware; conscious; able to perceive

tacit

understood or implied without being stated

tenacious

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

tranquility

a state of peace and quiet

transcend

to go beyond

ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

vacuous

lacking ideas or intelligence

voracious

Devouring everything