Cumulative Vocab 1-14

mollify (POS)

verb

inadvertent (POS)

adjective

austere POS

adjective

berate (POS)

verb

Aura (POS)

noun

enthrall POS

verb

rejoinder (POS)

noun

transgress (POS)

verb

ostentatious (POS)

adjective

gauntlet (POS)

noun

lurid (POS)

adjective

gist (POS)

noun

profligate (DEF)

recklessly wasteful or extravagant

novice (DEF)

a beginner

abstemious (DEF)

not self-indulgent (food)

repudiate (DEF)

refuse to accept/be associated with

Connoisseur (DEF)

an expert judge in matters of taste/art

ingratiate (DEF)

to gain approval by flattering or trying to please others.

efficacious (DEF)

effective

Querulous (DEF)

complaining in a whining manner.

umbrage (DEF)

offense or annoyance

accrue (DEF)

accumulate over time

reprove (DEF)

to criticize or correct gently

Insurgent (DEF)

a person who rises in opposition to civil authority

Amenable (DEF)

willing to comply

inculcate (DEF)

to instill an idea or habit by persistent instruction

dilatory (DEF)

tending to delay or procrastinate

Amnesty (DEF)

a general pardon for offenses

Surmise (DEF)

to suppose something is true without having evidence to confirm it

Proclivity (DEF)

tendency towards a particular behavior or activity.

politic (DEF)

of, relating to, or involving politics or government

bulwark (DEF)

a defensive wall or protection against external forces.

turgid (pronounciation)

TUR gid

Inveigh (pronunciation)

in VEIGH

Invective (pronunciation)

in VEC tive

Meritorious (pronunciation)

me ri TO ri ous

Disseminate (pronunciation)

dis SE mi nate

dissension pronunciation

di SSEN sion

vitriolic (pronunciation)

vi tri O lic

sartorial (pronunciation)

sar TO ri al

Enthrall (pronunciation)

en THRALL

Affable (pronunciation)

A fffa ble

Inconsequential (pronunciation)

in con se QUEN tial

opportune (pronunciation)

o ppor TUNE

castigate (pronunciation)

CA sti gate

blazon (pronunciation)

BLA zon

annotation (pronunciation)

a nno TA tion

slovenly (pronunciation)

SLO ven ly