junior english vocab s2

ameliorate

to improve

amorphous

lacking shape or definition

frivolous

trivial, silly

hinder

to obstruct or delay

mundane

ordinary

plaintive

mournful

reminisce

to recall the past

shroud

to conceal or protect

ubiquitous

universal, present everywhere

animosity

hatred or bitter hostility

copious

abundant

furtive

sneaky or sly

homogenous

similar in nature

mutable

changeable

overt

not hidden very evident

propensity

an inclination or tendency towards

resolute

determined, persistent

superclious

arrogant

tirade

a long, angry, denouncing speech

trite

overused, commonplace, having no freshness

verbose

wordy

ascend

to rise or climb

ascertain

to determine or discover

assent

to agree

cower

to cringe as a result of fear

disparity

a difference

fusion

merging into one

itinerant

traveling

reticent

shy, restrained

robust

vigorous and full of health

supple

flexible

tenacious

stubbornly persistent

audacious

bold, fearless

autonomous

separate, independent

avarice

greed

aversion

intense dislike

craven

cowardly

credence

faith

credible

believable

culmination

climax, the ending

cursory

not thorough

curtail

to cut short

dispel

to disperse, scatter

disseminate

to broadcast

dissipate

to disintegrate, to waste

dissuade

to persuade someone not to do something

domineering

tyrannical

dormant

asleep

drivel

to jabber or talk foolishly

dupe

to fool someone

arcane

known or understood by a few

ardent

passionate

aspersion

a false rumor or damaging report

assail

to attack or assualt

assuage

to soothe or pacify

atrophy

to deteriorate

abdicate

to formally relinquish

cajole

to coax, flatter or persuade

callow

inexperienced, immature

dearth

definiciency, lack

debauch

to corrupt morally

ebb

to decline or recede

fathom

to understand, to determine the depth of

gait

a way of moving on foot

hallow

to make or set apart as holy

jocular

witty, comic

laggard

a straggler

magnate

a powerful or influential person

oblique

indirect or evasive