Carnie Week 11 Vocab. (2nd Semester)

aver

to assert, affirm, declare

baleful

ominous, sinister

descry

to notice, to discern

encomium

a tribute, eulogy

languish

to grow weak, droop

limpid

clear, translucent

opprobrious

shameful, disgraceful, abusive

prodigal

extravagant, lavish, wasteful

salient

prominent, striking

stentorian

loud, earsplitting

suborn

bribe, instigate

tendentious

biased

tenebrous

gloomy, dark, murky

traduce

slander, defame, malign

venial

excusable, insignificant, forgiveable

sour grapes

to disparage something that you cannot have

to swap horses in midstream

to vote against a candidate running for reelection, to change one’s mind

to cool one’s heels

to be kept waiting

a red herring

something that diverts attention from the main issue (a red herring drawn across a fox’s path destroys the scent)

sup-

from under

scope, scop

look at

-ous

having; full of; characterized by