MP1&2 Vocab

adumbrate

to foreshadow or outline

aggregate

combined total or group

amble

to walk slowly

ambulatory

able to walk

animosity

strong hostility

beneficial

helpful or advantageous

benign

harmless or kind

benignant

kindly or gracious

compulsion

irresistible urge

compulsory

required or mandatory

congregation

assembled group

consecrate

to make sacred

desecrate

to violate something sacred

egregious

outstandingly bad

equanimity

mental calmness

gregarious

sociable or outgoing

insomnia

inability to sleep

preamble

introduction or opening

proclaim

to announce publicly

profess

to claim or declare

proficient

skilled or competent

proscribe

to forbid or prohibit

repulse

to drive back or reject

sanction

official approval or penalty

sacrosanct

extremely sacred

segregation

separation of groups

somber

dark or gloomy

somnambulate

to sleepwalk

soporific

sleep

umbrage

offense or annoyance

unanimous

in complete agreement

abysmal

extremely bad

allegorical

symbolic or metaphorical

circumstantial

based on indirect evidence

coalescent

merging or growing together

coniferous

cone

convalescent

recovering from illness

corporeal

physical or bodily

corpulent

overweight or fat

dominion

sovereignty or control

effervescent

bubbly or lively

generate

to produce or create

genesis

origin or beginning

incite

to provoke or stir up

incorporeal

without physical form

incorporate

to include or combine

indigenous

native to a place

ingenious

clever or inventive

lackadaisical

lacking enthusiasm

luciferous

light

mercurial

unpredictable or volatile

odiferous

having a smell

parable

moral story

paradigm

typical example or model

paragon

model of excellence

parameter

boundary or limit

predominant

most influential

prodigal

wastefully extravagant

progeny

offspring or descendants

quintessential

most typical example

recitation

oral delivery

resuscitate

to revive

solicit

to request or ask for

subdominant

secondary in importance

torrential

heavy flowing (rain)

unsolicited

not asked for

venial

minor or forgivable

vicarious

experienced through another

vice versa

the reverse

vicissitude

change or variation