Vocab 85 #1-6 Abate-Sporadic

Acrid

Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell.

Abate

Become less intense or widespread, especially of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative.

Apocryphal

Of doubtful authenticity; not genuine.

Asperity

Harshness of tone, manner, or condition.

Austerity

Sternness or severity of manner or attitude; plainness and simplicity.

Avail

To be of use or benefit; to make use of.

Alacrity

Cheerful willingness; Eagerness. Speed or quickness.

Cacophony

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Duplicitous

Deceitful.

Catalyst

A person or thing that precipitates an event.

Chasten

To discipline or punish for the purpose of correction.

Abet

Encourage or insist.

Auspicious

Showing signs of a successful or fortunate outcome; promising.

Avaricious

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Colloquy

A formal conversation or dialogue.

Concord

Agreement or harmony between people or groups.

Congenial

Pleasant and compatible; suited to one's needs or nature.

Consecration

The act of declaring or making something sacred or holy.

Consign

To deliver or commit something to someone's care.

Contiguity

The state of being in close proximity or contact.

Caustic

Capable of burning, corroding, or dissolving by chemical action. Sarcastic, biting.

Craven

Cowardly.

Dearth

A scarcity or lack of something.

Defunct

No longer existing or functioning.

Deliquesce

To become liquid (decompose) or having a tendency to dissolve in moisture.

Dell

A small, secluded, and often wooded valley.

Denigrate

Criticize unfairly; defame.

Despondent

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Despotic

Exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way.

Didactic

Intended to instruct; in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.

Discarnated

Lacking a physical body; not embodied.

Discern

Perceive or recognize with the senses or the mind.

Disconsolate

Without consolation or comfort; unhappy.

Dispassionate

Not influenced by strong emotion.

Effluence

The action or process of flowing out.

Elucidate

To make clear or plain; clarify.

Epochal

Extremely significant, important; of or related to an epoch.

Expiation

The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing.

Expound

To explain or present.

Extricate

To free or release from a constraint or difficulty.

Fatuity

A foolish or stupid quality; foolishness.

Felicity

Intense happiness or joy.

Flippant

Not showing a serious attitude.

Foment

To promote the growth of; incite.

Forbode

Past tense of 'forebode,' meaning to have a presentiment of something bad; to predict or foretell.

Furtive

Marked by stealth; surreptitious.

Homely

Plain or unattractive in appearance; lacking elegance or charm.

Ignominy

Public shame or disgrace; dishonor.

Imperious

Assuming power or authority without justification; domineering.

Imputed

Attributed or ascribed to someone or something.

Incongruity

The state of being out of place, inconsistent, or not in harmony.

Ineradicable

Impossible to remove, eliminate, or destroy.

Inexorable

Impossible to stop, persuade, or prevent; relentless.

Iniquity

Gross injustice or wickedness; immoral behavior.

Interpose

To place or insert between two things; to intervene.

Inured

Accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult through repeated exposure.

Inveighed

Spoke or wrote about something with great hostility or criticism.

Irreverence

A lack of respect for things that are generally taken seriously.

Listlessness

A state of lacking energy, enthusiasm, or interest.

Lolls

Reclines, lounges, or hangs in a relaxed, lazy manner.

Loquacity

The quality of being very talkative.

Lurid

Shockingly vivid, sensational, or gruesome; often in a grotesque way.

Mollified

Soothed or appeased someone's anger or anxiety.

Obfuscate

To make something unclear or difficult to understand.

Obviate

To eliminate or prevent the need for something.

Odious

Extremely unpleasant or repulsive.

Ordure

Filth or excrement; something regarded as disgusting.

Paean

A song or speech expressing enthusiastic praise.

Parochial

Narrow-minded or limited in scope, especially in a local or church-related context.

Penitence

The feeling or expression of sincere regret for wrongdoing.

Pilloried

Publicly ridiculed or punished, often as a form of humiliation.

Plaintive

Sounding sad or mournful.

Ponderous

Heavy, slow, or clumsy, often due to weight or dullness.

Precocity

Unusually early development or maturity, especially in intelligence.

Providential

Happening at a favorable time, often as if by divine intervention.

Quell

To suppress or put an end to something, especially disorder or emotion.

Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resisting authority or control.

Requital

A repayment or retaliation for a service or wrongdoing.

Sagacious

Wise, insightful, and showing good judgment.

Salubrious

Health-giving or beneficial to well-being.

Sardonic

Grimly mocking or cynical.

Satiate

To satisfy fully, especially with food or desire.

Scrupulous

Extremely attentive to detail and morally careful.

Sedulous

Diligent and persistent in effort or attention.

Sporadic

Occurring irregularly or infrequently.