Senior Vocabulary List 13

abhor

to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe

accolade

praise; an award

ascetic

living a life of self-denial and contemplation, absent of luxury

bequeath

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

charlatan

one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack; a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

conflaguration

a large fire; inferno

dearth

a lack; a scarcity; a shortage

diffidence

shyness; reserve; unassertiveness; timidity

effervescent

showing high spirits; lively; vibrant

ethereal

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

expunge

to remove; to erase; to obliterate

innocuous

harmless, producing no injury; inoffensive

insipid

boring and stupid; dull; bland

lament

to mourn; to express sorrow; to express grief

laud

to praise; to extol; to speak well of

obscure

difficult to see; vague; unclear; not clearly understood or expressed

ostentatious

showy, pretentious; flamboyant

prodigal

wasteful, a person given to extravagance

repudiate

to reject, to disown, to disavow

reticence

restraint in speech, reluctance to speak; the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

revere

to honor; to regard with respect; to admire

serene

calm, placid

subtle

delicate, elusive, not obvious; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

superfluous

beyond what is needed or required; an overflow; extra

taciturn

quiet, not verbose; reserved