Gifted English Vocab Units 7-11

austere

stern, plain, simple, harsh

beneficent

good, kind, charitable

cadaverous

resembling a corpse

concoct

to create

crass

blunt, brusque

debase

to lower in character, to cheapen or cause deterioration

desecrate

to disrespect or ruin something sacred to people

disconcert

to rattle or confuse

grandiose

grand, majestic

inconsequential

unimportant

infraction

violation of a law

mitigate

to alleviate or make milder

pillage

to rob or loot

prate

ramble or babble

punctilious

attentive to detail

redoubtable

fear or awe inducing

reprove

to find fault with or scold

restitution

restore or make amends

stalwart

strong, sturdy, unwavering

vulnerable

open to attack

acrimonious

bitter, stinging

bovine

sluggish

consternation

dismay, confusion

corpulent

fat

disavow

to deny responsibility

dispassionate

disinterested

dissension

disagreement

dissipate

to scatter

expurgate

to censor

gauntlet

an armored glove or a challenge

hypothetical

not real

ignoble

mean, low

impugn

to call out or attack as false

intemperate

extreme, excessive

odium

hatred

perfidy

betrayal, treacherous

relegate

to demote, to place in a lower position

squeamish

inclined to nausea

subservient

submissively obedient, second-tier

susceptible

vulnerable

abate

to diminish, decrease, or make less in amount

adulation

excessive adoration

anathema

an object of hatred

astute

insightful, wise, skilled at something

avarice

excessive greed

culpable

deserving blame

dilatory

something that is intended to stall or delay

egregious

blatant, glaring

equivocate

to be deliberately vague (VERB)

evanescent

fleeting

irresolute

indecisive

nebulous

vague, cloudy

novice

beginner

penury

extreme poverty

pretentious

performative, done for show

recapitulate

to recap

resuscitate

to revive

slovenly

slobby, untidy

supposition

an assumption

torpid

sluggish

accrue

accumulate

annotation

note or comment

bedlam

chaos

covert

stealthy or hidden

debonair

fancy, smooth

dun

to badger or demand someone to pay back your debt

efficacious

effective

equanimity

refusal to panic, keeping composure

fortuitous

lucky chance

gist

summary

gratuitous

given freely

imperious

dominating, controlling, overbearing

invective

curse word

motley

varied

munificent

extremely generous, lavish

procrastinate

put off

provocative

invoking strong reactions

recondite

advanced, exceeding ordinary knowledge

reprobate

scoundrel

sedentary

lazy

abstemious

not indulgent, holding back, sparing, moderate

censurable

deserving of blame

contingent

dependent on uncertain things or a smaller group of representatives

corroborate

to confirm truth

denizen

an inhabitant, resident, native

discursive

wandering, rambling, aimless

disseminate

to scatter

dowdy

frumpy

florid

colorful

foist

to pass something off as genuine falsely

gauche

socially awkward

heresy

an opinion that’s different from popular belief

inculcate

to learn by repetition

palpable

able to be sensed

perceptive

insightful, introspective

pernicious

fatal

salient

prominent, striking

satiate

to satisfy completely

sear

to char or to harden or make unfeeling