10th Grade Vocab - List 3

adulturate

make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

ascertain

learn or discover with confidence

cajole

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

condenscend

do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity

copious

large in number or quantity

corroborate

support with evidence or authority or make more certain

dictum

an authoritative declaration

egalitarian

favoring social equality

exaltation

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

fortuitious

lucky; occurring by happy chance

imperious

having or showing arrogant superiority

insinuate

suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand

mutinous

characterized by a rebellion against authority

prevailing

most frequent or common

punctilious

marked by precise accordance with details

rapport

a relationship of mutual understanding between people

scrutinize

look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

taciturn

habitually reserved and uncommunicative

ungainly

lacking grace in movement or posture

vilify

spread negative information about