Final Vocab Coward

Beneficent

Performing acts of kindness or charity; doing good.

Concoct

To invent, prepare, or make up a story or mixture.

Crass

Coarse, unfeeling; stupid or tasteless.

Debase

To lower in quality, character, or value; to degrade.

Desecrate

To treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect; to violate.

Inconsequential

Unimportant; trifling; trivial.

Infraction

A breaking of a law or obligation; a violation.

Mitigate

To make milder or softer; to moderate in force or intensity.

Prate

To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion; to babble.

Restitution

The act of restoring something to its rightful owner; making up for loss or injury.

Stalwart

Strong and sturdy; brave and resolute.

Vulnerable

Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.

Consternation

Dismay, confusion, or sudden amazement.

Dispassionate

Impartial; calm, free from emotion or bias.

Dissension

Sharp disagreement; difference of opinion.

Expurgate

To remove objectionable words or passages from a text; to cleanse or purify.

Ignoble

Mean, low, or base in character; dishonorable.

Impugn

To call into question; to attack as false.

Intemperate

Lacking moderation; severe or excessive (especially with weather or behavior).

Odium

Hatred or disgust directed toward someone as a result of their actions; disgrace.

Relegate

To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, or banish.

Squeamish

Easily shocked or disgusted; excessively fastidious or sensitive.

Subservient

Subordinate in capacity or role; submissive; obedient.

Susceptible

Open to influence; easily affected or impressionable.

Abate

To make less in amount, degree, or intensity; to subside.

Adulation

Praise or flattery that is excessive or exaggerated.

Avarice

A greedy desire, particularly for wealth.

Culpable

Deserving blame; guilty.

Dilatory

Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow.

Equivocate

To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague.

Novice

A beginner; one who is new to a circumstances or situation.

Penury

Extreme poverty; destitution.

Pretentious

Done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming unjustified merit.

Recapitulate

To review a series of facts or statements; to summarize.

Supposition

Something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence.

Torpid

Inactive, sluggish, or dull.

Accrue

To grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result.

Bedlam

A state or scene of uproar and confusion.

Covert

Hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered.

Debonair

Pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner.

Efficacious

Effective; producing the desired results.

Gist

The essential part, main point, or essence of something.

Gratuitous

Freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted.

Imperious

Overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate.

Munificent

Extremely generous; lavish.

Procrastinate

To delay or put off until a later time.

Provocative

Tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire, appetite, or anger.

Sedentary

Characterized by or calling for much sitting; remaining in one place.

Censurable

Deserving of blame or rebuke; reprehensible.

Contingent

Dependent on other circumstances; conditional. (Can also mean a group forming part of a larger whole).

Corroborate

To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.

Denizen

An inhabitant or resident of a particular place; a regular visitor.

Discursive

Rambling or digressing from subject to subject; not to the point.

Foist

To introduce or insert something by fraud or deception; to pass off as genuine.

Heresy

An opinion or belief profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted (especially religious dogma).

Palpable

Able to be touched or felt; tangible or easily perceptible.

Perceptive

Having or showing sensitive insight, intelligence, or deep understanding.

Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way; deadly.

Satiate

To satisfy an appetite or desire fully; to gorge.

Sear

To scorch or burn the surface of something; to make withered or dried up.

Absolve

To clear from guilt, blame, or punishment.

Contiguous

Sharing a common border; touching or adjacent.

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage; injurious.

Enhance

To increase or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something.

Enthrall

To capture the fascinated attention of; to captivate or charm.

Implicit

Implied though not plainly expressed; understood without being stated.

Ostentatious

Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.

Paragon

A model of excellence or perfection; a perfect example.

Politic

Prudent, wise, and shrewdly tactful in managing affairs.

Redundant

Extra, excess, or more than is needed; repetitive.

Scintillating

Sparkling or shining brightly; brilliantly clever or witty.

Winsome

Charming, attractive, and pleasing in a childlike or innocent way.