Vocab List 8 NCA Esther and n

adulatory (adj)

excessive or slavish admiration or flattery

bedlam (n)

a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion

bolster (v)

to support or give a boost to

contusion (n)

injury to tissue without laceration

debonair (adj)

suave, urbane; lighthearted, nonchalant

flagrant (adj)

conspicuously offensive

garrulous (adj)

given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity; pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

innate (adj)

belonging to the essential nature of something

pedagogy (n)

the art, science, or profession of teaching

speckled (adj)

to be marked with small spots or erratically

stoic (n)

one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain

taciturn (adj)

temperamentally disinclined to talk

totter (v)

to become unstable; to move unsteadily

ultimatum (n)

a final proposition, condition, or demand

undergird (v)

to form the basis or foundation of

upshot (n)

the final result; outcome

venturing (v)

to undertake the risks and dangers of; to offer at the risk of rebuff, rejection, or censure

vilification (n)

the act of uttering slanderous and abusive standards against

numinous (adj)

appealing to higher emotions or containing a sense of a mystical divine presence

volubility (n)

characterized by ready or rapid spee