Senior Vocabulary List 14

abnegate

to surrender or to relinquish (a right, belief, or idea); deny or renounce

chronic

marked by long duration or by frequent recurrence over a long period; habitual

forsake

to quit or to leave entirely; to depart or to withdraw from; to abandon; leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

frugal

thrifty; prudet; avoiding spending money; avoiding waste

gravitate

to move towards something

guise

external appearance; pretense; an artful or simulated semblance

illicit

illegal; not permitted; contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention

impregnable

incapable of being taken by assault, of being broken into or escaped from

incensed

angry; riled; irritated; furious; angered at something unjust or wrong

indigent

suffering from extreme poverty; impoverished; poor

insuperable

unbeatable; incapable of being surmounted or excelled; incapable of being vanquished

ferocity

savagery; fierceness; brutality; aggressiveness; the property of being wild or turbulent

flourish

to thrive, to grow well; increase

haughty

arrogant, excessively proud and vain

impervious

incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged

inane

lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid

indolence

laziness; sluggishness

infalliable

incapable of error; perfect

inscrutable

difficult to understand; mysterious; enigmatic; of an obscure nature

languid

slow, sluggish, listless, weak

malice

desire to harm others; hatred; spite; malevolence

oblique

slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading

opulence

wealth, affluence, abundance

penitent

showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant; remorseful

perfunctory

acting routinely with little interest or care; unthinking; mechanical