APLang Vocab Week3

ameliorate

Part of Speech: Verb. Definition: To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve. Connotation: Positive

baneful

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Harmful, destructive, or causing severe distress or ruin. Connotation: Negative

candor

Part of Speech: Noun. Definition: The quality of being open, honest, and sincere in expression. Connotation: Positive

deleterious

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Causing harm or damage. Connotation: Negative

elated

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Ecstatically happy, overjoyed, or delighted. Connotation: Positive

fulminate

Part of Speech: Verb. Definition: To express vehement protest or denounce forcefully and loudly. Connotation: Negative

gregarious

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Fond of company; highly sociable and outgoing. Connotation: Positive

haughty

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Arrogantly superior, proud, and disdainful of others. Connotation: Negative

intrepid

Part of Speech: Adjective. Definition: Fearless, adventurous, and undaunted by hardship or danger. Connotation: Positive

jeopardize

Part of Speech: Verb. Definition: To put someone or something at risk, in danger, or in vulnerability to loss or injury. Connotation: Negative