English 10 Accelerated Vocab List 9

candor

(n) the quality of frankness/outspokenness

alacrity

(n) promptness/eager and speedy readiness

obsolescence

(n) the condition/process of gradually falling into disuse

impetuous

(adj) rash, impulsive, acting w/o thinking

jubilation

(n) joy, celebration, exultation

comestible

(n) an item of food/smth fit for consumption

exemplary

(adj) outstanding, an example to others

anecdote

(n) short, usually funny account of an event

intuitive

(adj) instinctive, untaught

pariah

(n) social outcast

teem

(v) to be filled to overflowing

convergence

(n) state of separate elements joining/coming together

vindicate

(v) to clear from blame/suspicion

inconsequential

(adj) unimportant, trivial

nonchalant

(adj) calm, casual, seeming unexcited