Vocabulary 2

placate

appease

exorbitant

excessive

gesticulate

gesture

circumspect

careful

denigrate

belittle

delineate

outline

cherish

care; adore

acerbic

bitter; sarcastic

consonant

consistent; harmonious

penultimate

before the last one

fortitude

courage; guts

assuage

satisfy; relieve

redoubtable

eminent; distinguished

trite

common; cliche

beguile

deceive

torpid

sluggish; dormant

feral

savage

protean

versatile

deleterious

harmful

demagogue

agitator

calumny

defamation

miserly

stingy

brazen

bold; unashamed

defunct

extinct; obsolete

scathing

nasty; sarcastic

amorphous

shapeless; chaotic

arboreal

relating to trees

cursory

rushed

edify

educate; instruct

efface

erase

abdicate

renounce

oblivious

unaware

capricious

fickle

appraise

estimate

prepossessing

attractive

goad

urge; incite

adumbrate

foreshadow

haughty

arrogant

dissident

rebellious; dissenting

strident

harsh; loud

nebulous

vague

tenable

defendable

recalcitrant

stubborn; defiant

sanguine

optimistic

despot

tyrant; dictator

equanimity

composure

preponderance

superiority

arrogate

confiscate; seize

adulation

worship

engender

create; originate

sycophant

flatterer