Sadlier Unit 14

amenable

adj. willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive, responsive; liable to be held responsible

berate

v. to scold sharply

carnage

n. large scale slaughter or loss of life

credulous

adj. too ready to believe, easily deceived

criterion

n. a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation

deplete

v. to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

expatiate

v. to expand on, to write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

extraneous

adj. coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

inception

n. the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

infirmity

n. a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

jejune

adj. lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance, immature, juvenile

obdurate

adj. stubborn, unyielding

potpourri

n. a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture, petals mixed with spices or scent

precocious

adj. showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

sadistic

adj. delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

sententious

adj. self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

supplicate

v. to beg earnestly and humbly

surfeit

n. an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; v. to feed or supply with anything to excess

tortuous

adj. winding, twisted, crooked, highly involved, complex; devious

turgid

(adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; over decorated or excessive language