Vocabulary Unit 12

Absolve

To make someone free from guilt or responsibility.

Caricature

A humorous picture where features are exaggerated.

Clangor

Continuous noisy banging.

Contiguous

Describing things that touch or are next to each other.

Cupidity

Excessive desire or greed.

Deleterious

Harmful.

Enhance

To bring out positive features.

Enthrall

To captivate or charm.

Extenuate

To make a wrong act judged less due to circumstances.

Implicit

Understood though not clearly stated.

Incisive

Clear, direct, and sharp.

Ostentatious

Intended to attract notice and impress in an extreme way.

Paragon

A model of excellence or perfection.

Paraphrase

To restate someone else's words.

Politic

Being really good at saying and doing the right things.

Prosaic

Commonplace, dull, unimaginative.

Redundant

Unnecessary.

Sanctimonious

Pretending to be morally better than others.

Scintillating

Brilliant.

Winsome

Appealing in an innocent manner.

Exude

To openly display an emotion or quality.

Preeminent

Better than others.

Premonition

An intense feeling something negative is about to occur.