cp1 midterms vocab

Adroit

Adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.

Adulterate

Verb. To corrupt, make worse by addition of something

Alienate

Verb. To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Altruistic

Adj. Unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

Amicable

Adj. peaceable, friendly

Artifice

Noun. A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Augment

Verb. To make larger, increase

Averse

Adj. Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Benefactor

Noun. One who does good to others

Bereft

Adj. Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

Brandish

Verb. To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

Clemency

Noun. Mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness

Cogent

Adj. Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Craven

Adj. Cowardly; a coward

Cursory

Adj. Hasty, not thorough

Deft

Adj. Skillful, nimble

Diffident

Adj. Shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

Dour

Adj. Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Duplicity

Noun. Treachery, deceitfulness

Expunge

Verb. To erase, obliterate, destroy

Extirpate

Verb. To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

Extol

Verb. To praise extravagantly

Facile

Adj. Easily done or attained; superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt

Fallow

Adj. Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed

Fortitude

Noun. Courage in facing difficulties

Guise

Noun. An external appearance, cover, mask

Impervious

Adj. Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Impetus

Noun. A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Infallible

Adj. Free from error; absolutely dependable

Inopportune

Adj. Coming at a bad time; not appropriate

Insidious

Adj. Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

Intimation

Noun. A hint, indirect suggestion

Muse

Verb. To think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Nonchalant

Adj. Cool and confident, unconcerned

Officious

Adj. Meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

Ominous

Adj. Unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

Panacea

Noun. A remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

Perpetuate

Verb. To make permanent or long lasting

Pungent

Adj. Causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting

Punitive

Adj. Inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress

Verb. To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury

Reiterate

Verb. To say again, repeat

Remiss

Adj. Neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless

Repose

Verb. To rest; lie; place; Noun. Relaxation, peace of mind, calmness

Retrogress

Verb. To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrupulous

Adj. Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

Skulk

Verb. To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

Solace

Noun. Comfort, relief; Verb. To comfort, console

Stately

Adj. Dignified, majestic

Stolid

Adj. Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive

Temerity

Noun. Recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

Tentative

Adj. Experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant

Urbane

Adj. Refined in manner or style, suave

Verbatim

Adj/Adv. Word for word; exactly as written or spoken

Virulent

Adj. Extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful

Warily

Adv. cautiously, with great care