HSPT Vocab Set 2

abhor

v. to despise

admonish

v. to warn

animosity

n. hostility

benign

adj. favorable

callous

adj. careless

concede

v. to admit

conspicuous

adj. obvious

cunning

adj. shy, scheming

decree

v. to command

eccentric

adj. unusual

embellish

v. to decorate, beautify

fluctuate

v. to vary

gregarious

adj. friendly, social

haughty

adj. arrogant

inconspicuous

adj. hidden

indifferent

adj. not caring

knoll

n. small hill

lethargic

adj. without energy

malice

n. desire to harm

morose

adj. gloomy

novice

n. beginner

omnipotent

adj. all powerful

placid

adj. calm

quandary

n. dilemma (a hard situation)

recalcitrant

adj. disobedient

reclusive

adj. isolated, alone

somber

adj. gloomy

stringent

adj. rigid

taciturn

adj. quiet

trivial

adj. unimportant

usurp

v. to take over

vanquish

v. to conquer

vigilant

adj. watchful

voracious

adj. hungry

whimsical

adj. carefree

zealot

n. fanatic