Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 05/05

Lour

v. to look sullen : frown

Incunabula

n. books printed before 1501

Gingerly

adv. very cautiously and carefully

Taciturn

adj. temperamentally disinclined to talk

Mellifluous

adj. having a smooth rich flow; adj. filled with something (such as honey) that sweetens

Hypochondriac

n. a person who is often or always worried about his or her own health

Paresis

n. slight or partial paralysis

Nostrum

n. a usually questionable remedy or scheme : panacea

Cursory

adj. rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty

Sequestrate

v. to set apart : segregate : sequester