Vocab week 5

Infamous

something that is well known for some bad quality

Crocodile tears

Insincere tears

Jostle

push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly

Dupe

to deceive or trick

Puny

small and weak

Inadvertent

happen by accident

Carry the day

to win the approval of the majority

Homogeneous

of the same kind, alike

Perspicacious

having ready insight or understanding of things, perceptive

Enunciate

to say or pronounce clearly

Inordinate

unusually or disproportionately large or excessive

Irascible

having a tendency to be easily angered

Raconteur

a storyteller

Susceptible

likely to be influenced or harmed by something

Perpetuate

to make something continue indefinitely

Neutralize

to make something ineffective

Anthropologist

the study of human societies, culture and their development

Imprudent

not caring about consequences

Contempt

to consider something to be worthless

Vulnerable

capable of being injured