H10 vocab u14

amenable

(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; liable to be held responsible

berate

(v) to scold sharply

carnage

(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

credulous

(adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived

criterion (pl. criteria)

(n) a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

deplete

(v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to deminish greatly

expatiate

(v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

extraneous

(adj) coming from the outside, foregin; present but not essential, irrelevant

inception

(n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

infirmity

(n) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc)

jejune

(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

obdurate

(adj) stubborn, unyielding

potpourri

(n) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

precocious

(adj) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

sadistic

(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

sententious

(adj) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

supplicate

(v) to beg earnestly and humbly

surfeit

(n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v) to feed or supply with anything to excess

torturous

(adj) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

turgid

(adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language