Vocab Unit 5

innocuous

harmless, inoffensive, dull and uninspiring 

ostentatious

showy, intended to attract notice, excessive, extremely conspicuous

mundane

ordinary, commonplace, banal, and prosaic OR of this world, earthly 

quixotic

overly idealistic, foolishly impractical 

substantiate

to establish by proof, to verify, to confirm 

vindicate

to clear from blame 

temperate

moderate, mild, restrained 

erroneous

filled with errors, wrong 

obsequious

excessively compliant or submissive, servile 

resilient

 having the ability to bounce back or recover quickly from a setback or loss 

thwart

to stop or prevent from accomplishing a purpose, frustrate

cerebral

intellectual rather than emotional, brainy, intellectually refined 

assiduous

hardworking, industrious, done with persistent, careful, and untiring attention

consensus

a general agreement