9093 Vocabulary Set 1

unmitigated (adj.)

absolute (being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief); unqualified

prolific (adj.)

productive, producing abundant works or results

revere (v.)

to respect, honor or admire

resolute (adj.)

firm or determined

auspicious (adj.)

favorable; successful

mercurial (adj.)

(of a person) volatile; erratic; changeable

prosaic (adj.)

ordinary; lacking in imagination; monotonous; uninspiring

egregious (adj.)

extremely bad

novel (adj.)

strikingly new or different

solidarity (n.)

unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.

conciliatory (adj.)

appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to placate, rectify, or pacify

facetious (adj.)

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

laudatory (adj.)

(of speech or writing) expressing praise; complimentary

reticent (adj.)

not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily; silent; reserved

derisive (adj.)

ridiculing, mocking

reductive (adj.)

tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude.

fatalistic (adj.)

believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate

indignant (adj.)

(adj.) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

adversarial (adj.)

adj. relating to hostile opposition

analogous (adj.)

similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail; not identical