Vocab Set 1

Mr.Stevenson English 101

Abdicate

to give up a title or duty

Aberrant

out of the ordinary

Abeyance

Temporary state of disuse

Belie

to disguise something or reveal it

Belligerent

agressive

bellicose

warlike

cajole

to coax or flatter someone

capitulate

to give up

cataylst

something that drives a change

dearth

a lack of

defer

to postpone or allow someone else to do something

deficit

a shortage of something

elicit

evoke or raw out

empirical

measurable

enervate

to weaken someone

fabricate

to make

facetious

silly

falter

to stumble

galvanize

to energize

guache

awkward ; embarrassing

generate

cause to come about

hackneyed

overdone ; unoriginal

haughty

arrogant

hedonist

one who lives for pleasure

jargon

specialized language

jubilant

joyful

kinetic

relating to movement

laudable

wort praising

lavish

rich, elaborate and luxrious

obliterate

to completely destroy