Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 3

Cavort

(v.) to romp or prance around exhuberantly; to make merry

Credence

(n.) belief, mental acceptance

Decry

(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Dissemble

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Distraught

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

Evince

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Exhume

(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Feckless

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Murky

(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Piquant

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Primordial

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

Propinquity

(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship

Substantive

(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

Unwonted

(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

Utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

Verdant

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

Viscous

(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity