honors english 9 vocab 25-26

Fatuous

complacently stupid or silly

Gregarious

sociable, inclined to go in groups

Volatile

changeable, flighty, explosive

Impetuous

rushing with great force, headlong, rash, hasty

Cynical

scornfully, distrustful

Captious

fault-finding, hard to please

Fastidious

daintily refined, very discriminating

Sinuous

curving or winding, devious

Truculent

fierce, savage, cruel

Taciturn

habitually silent, uncommunicative

Fortuitous

occurring by chance or accident

Salubrious

healthful, promoting health

Auspicious

promising, favorable

Fulminate

to explode, erupt, shout violently

Capitulate

surrender on certain terms

Equivocal

vague, ambiguous, questionable

Mitigate

lessen make milder

Adumbrate

to outline in a vague way, to foreshadow

Extenuate

to make less serious, diminish

Egregious

remarkably bad, flagrant