Greg Mat Set 6

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly; castigate

aesthetic

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

affectation

behavior, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress.

alleviate

make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

analogous

similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

bolster

support or strengthen.

chauvinistic

feeling or displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.

connoisseur

an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

dissemble

to disguise, to pretend

dogged

having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.

dupe

deceive; trick.

empirical

based on experiment an observation rather than theory

engender

cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

entitled

believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

pertinacious

stubbornly persistent

presumptuous

too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds

probity

complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles

proliferate

increase rapidly in number; multiply.

specious

superficially reasonable , but actually wrong.

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

subjective

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

subvert

undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).

timorous

timid

tortuous

Convoluted ; complicated and twisted

tractable

easy to control or influence.; amenable

transient

lasting only for a short time; ephemeral

ubiquitous

present everywhere.

underscore

emphasize.

venal

showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

venerate

regard with great respect; lionize