Sievers English 12 Final Vocab

camaraderie

camaraderie

(n.) rapport between friends; comradeship

hubris

(n.) arrogance resulting from excessive pride

impetuous

(adj.) impulsive; rash

platitude

(n.) a cliché

stringent

(adj.) strict; rigorous

trite

(adj.) hackneyed; clichéd; lacking interest

wrenching

(adj.) violent, forceful twisting

Anecdote

(n.) a short account or story

cerebral

(adj.) relating to the brain; intelligent

convoluted

(adj.) intricate, difficult to discern

gibberish

(n.) nonsense; unintelligible speech

livid

(adj.) angry, furious

lurid

(adj.) sensational; ghastly

spurious

(adj.) false, incorrect

staid

(adj.) sedate, dignified; proper

surfeit

(n.) an excessive amount

ameliorate

(v.) to make better, improve

extradite

(v.) to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction

hypocrisy

(n.) duplicity, falseness

inveigh

(v.) to protest, oppose

pander

to act as a go-between; to exploit weaknesses of others

renunciation

(n.) rejection; abandonment

unwieldy

(adj.) not easily held

benign

(adj.) beneficial; favorable

bumpkin

(n.) an unsophisticated person

corroborate

(v.) to make more certain; add evidence to

frenetic

(adj.) frenzied

indecorous

(adj,) lacking good taste; improper

pervasive

(adj.) permeating ; present throughout

extenuating

(adj.) lessening or moderating

propriety

(adj.) appropriateness

timorous

(adj.) timid

tremulous

(adj.) timid; fearful

untenable

(adj.) incapable of being defended

veneer

(n.) any thin, attractive surface layer