Unit 3 Vocab

Quiz 10/29

pedestrian

adj. ordinary or dull

bona fide

adj. in good faith

adventitious

adj. accidental; nonessential

fecund

adj. fertile; productive

deviate

v. to turn aside from a course; to stray

obfuscate

to confuse; to bewilder

impale

v. to pierce with a sharp stake through the body (can also be non-literal)

extenuate

v. to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses

parochial

adj. local; narrow; limited

glower

v. to stare angrily

edify

v. improve someone morally

ambiguous

adj. open to more than one interpretation

importune

v. to ask persistently; to beg

cataclysm

n. a violent change

optimum

adj. best; most favorable; ideal