12th grade vocab list 7 pt.2 11-20

Inundate

to cover with a flood; overwhelm

inure

to accustom to accept something undesierable

meretricious

tawdrily and falsely attractive; superficially significant

parsimony

the quality of being careful with money or resources; stingy

prune

to remove as superfluous

psychosis

fundamental derangment of the mind often characterized by disconnection from reality

serendipity

finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

serration

a formation resembling the toothed edge of a saw

vapid

lacking liveliness, briskness, or force

vortex

something that resembles a whirlpool