Vocab Unit 7,8,9

Austere

adjective - Simple, plain

Beneficient

Adjective- charitable

Cadaverous

Adjective- pale, resembling a corpse

Concoct

Verb- to prepare by combining ingredients

Crass

Adjective- not considering how other people feel

Debase

Verb- to lower in quality or value

Desecrate

Verb- to contaminate

Disconcert

Verb- to confuse

Grandiose

Adjective- absurdly exaggerated

Inconsequential

Adjective-unimportant

Infraction

Noun- a violation, a breaking of the law

Mitigate

Verb- to lessen, to relieve

Pillage

Verb- to loot

Prate

Verb- to blab, to talk in a foolish fashion

Punctilious

Adjective- precise, very careful and exact

Redoubtable

Adjective- impressive

Reprove

Verb- to scold

Restitution

Noun- making good on a loss or damage

Stalwart

Adjective- strong, brave

Vulnerable

Adjective- unprotected, defenseless, open to attack

Acrimonious

Adjective-hostile

Bovine

Adjective- slow, stupid

Consternation

Noun- shock

Corpulent

Adjective- fat, heavy

Disavow

Verb- to deny responsibility for

Dispassionate

Adjective- calm

Dissension

Verb- to have a disagreement

Dissipate

Verb- to cause to disappear

Expurgate

Verb- cleanse, censor

Gauntlet

Noun- a challenge

Hypothetical

Adjective- based on a guess

Ignoble

Adjective- mean, dishonorable

Impugn

Verb- to question

Intemperate

Adjective- lacking in self control

Odium

Noun- hatred, shame

Perfidy

Noun- betrayal, treason

Relegate

Verb- to place in a lower position

Squeamish

Adjective- easily shocked or upset

Subservient

Adjective- useful

Susceptible

Adjective- open to, easily influenced

Abate

Verb- to decrease, to deduct. I waited for the rain to abate so I could go for a run.

Adulation

Noun- excessive praise. Celebrities have to deal with adulation everywhere they go.

Anathema

Noun- object of intense dislike. His ideas always seem to be anathema to his friends.

Astute

Adjective- wise. He is an astute observer of the current political scene.

Avarice

Noun- a greedy desire. (Particularly for wealth). He has a growing avarice to get as much money as he can.

Culpable

Adjective- deserving blame, guilty. He should be culpable for cheating in the game.

Dilatory

Adjective- tending to procrastinate. She is always dilatory in doing her homework.

Egregious

Adjective- blatant, standing out from the mass. He was being egregious by not behaving.

Equivocate

Verb-to be vague. I will not vote for any candidate who has a tendency to equivocate.

Evanescent

Adjective-vanishing. the fun of sophomore year is evanescent

Irresolute

Adjective-indecisive. We are always irresolute about choosing where to eat.

Nebulous

Adjective- confused, fuzzy. The idea of the game had become nebulous after the kids began messing around.

Novice

Noun- a beginner at an activity that requires skill and experience. Freshman sports are meant for novice to learn to play.

Penury

Noun- extreme poverty. When you go to a city, you’ll see people with penury.

Pretentious

Adjective- done for show. Bragging about your money is pretentious.

Recapitulate

Verb-to summarize. My assignment is to not recapitulate to book.

Resuscitate

Verb- to revive. People should know how to do CPR to resuscitate somebody.

Supposition

Noun- an assumption. My supposition was completely wrong.

Torpid

Adjective- dull, inactive. We felt torpid after the long class.

Slovenly

Adjective- dirty, careless. Her room was awfully slovenly, and it was a whole days job to clean