Vocab Quiz 5

Lexicon

a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary word in a particular field or place.

Hue

a particular shade of a given color.

Galvanize

to startle into sudden activity.

Sanction

permission; support.

Implacable

unable to be appeased or pacified.

Exhort

to urge on with stimming words.

Incarcerate

to put into prison.

Incisive

sharp; keen; cutting straight into the wrap of the matter.

Expedient

practical; providing an immediate advantage.

Pertinent

having to do with the subject at hand; relevant.

Inert

unable to act or move; inactive, sluggish.

Circumvent

to get around; to bypass.

Clandestine

secret.

Acquit

to find not guilty of a crime.

Deprecate

to expose and disapprove of.

**Barrister**

lawyer (British).

Adulation

excessive praise or admiration.

Culinary

having to do with the kitchen or cooking.

Bawdy

indecent; humorously offensive.

Chastise

to punish severely.

Jocose

joking, humorous.

Myriad

a very large number.

Latent

present, but not active; hidden.

Pernicious

destructive, deadly.