Ragtime Vocab 2

test wednesday

imperious

commanding, overbearing

inchoate

not fully formed, just begun

affront

insult, offense

consternation

dismay, distress

foment

instigate, incite

repudiate

reject, renounce

presumption

audacity, arrogance

volatile

explosive, eruptive

foreboding

apprehension, anxiety

florid

reddish, rosy

propriety

respectability

fervor

passion, intensity

delineated

described, outlined

defer

postpone, delay

ostentatious

showy, pretentious

pugnacious

aggressive, combative

salutary

beneficial, good

redress

correct, amend

diffidence

shyness, bashfulness

voluble

talkative, wordy

insolent

rude, unmannerly

pretense

acting, make-believe

remonstration

protest, complain

vitality

liveliness, energy

prodigiously

enormously, immensely

lithe

agile, graceful

lassitude

lethargy, tiredness

sovereignty

reign, supremacy

provincial

regional, state

self-efface

retiring, modest

mellifluous

sweet-sounding, mellow

officious

self-assertive, overbearing

insurrection

rebellion, revolt

bombast

rant, bluster

admonishing

reprimand, scold

epithet

nickname, label

dissemble

pretend, deceive

disseminated

spread, disperse

tangible

touchable, material

implacable

determined, unappeasable

flout

defy, disobey

sympathy

comfort, support

profound

heartfelt, intense

complaisant

willing, cooperative

clandestine

secret, stealthy

munificent

generous, bountiful

scrupulous

careful, meticulous

autocratic

ruler with absolute power

impetuous

impulsive, reckless

indomitable

invincible, unbeatable

tenuous

slight, flimsy

lascivious

lewd, lustful

flamboyant

exuberant, confident

ebullient

cheerful, joyful

incessant

constant, endless

infamous

well known for some bad quality or deed; disreputable

gull

fool, deceive

charlatan

fraud, fake

conciliatory

appeasing, reconcilatory