Semester 2 Vocab Week #1

Blanch

to take the color out

Auspicious

favorable; promising

Courtesan

a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele

Benign

kind and gentle

Mollify

to calm or soothe

Raffish

marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudeness (sometimes a positive for some people)

Attenuate

reduce the force, effect, or value of

Dubious

doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

Implicit

implied, though not plainly expressed

Apprehensive

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur

Indubitably

Unquestionable. Without doubt

Spurious

not genuine

Astute

shrewd; clever

Clandestine

secretive

Smolder

burn slowly with smoke but no flame

Methodical

Done according to a systematic or established form of procedure

Improvident

not having or showing foresite; spendthrift

Gaudy

Extravagantly bright or showy

Spasmodic

done in brief irregular bursts

Auxiliary

Providing additional or supplemental support