Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 04/14

Protocol

a code prescribing strict adherence to correct etiquette and precedence; a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment, treatment, or procedure

Irascible

marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

Charlatan

one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : fraud, faker : quack

Corroborate

to support with evidence or authority : make more certain

Prodigy

a highly talented child or youth

Sinuous

of a serpentine or wavy form : winding; marked by strong lithe movements; intricate, complex

Senescence

the state of being old : the process of becoming old or aging

Lunar

of, relating to, or resembling the moon : lunate

Quell

to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity

Prolific

producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful; marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity