Sullens Vocab Quiz: Words 41-60 (Juniors)

Parody

artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

Pervasive

quality or tendency to be everywhere at the same time

Plagiarism

 passing off as one's own the ideas or writings of another

Prophetic

foretelling or predicting future events

Spurious

not genuine; false

Suppressed

subdued, kept from being circulated

Surreptitious

done by secretive means

Thwart

to prevent the occurrence of

Timorous

shy, timid

Cantankerous

grumpy, disagreeable

Ameliorate

to make or become better

Conserve

keep from waste, loss or decay

Detriment

injury, damage or something that causes it

Exotic

foreign, or strikingly unusual or strange

Folly

foolish, lack of good sense

Formerly

previously, in an earlier period

Harmony

peaceable or friendly relations

Ignoramus

ignorant; stupid person; dunce

Impede

interfere with or slow down the progress

Impediment

something that hinders or obstructs