English 3 honors unit 3 vocab quiz

Cavort

(v) to prance around exuberantly

Credence

(n) belief, mental acceptance

Decry

(v) to condemn, express strong disapproval of; to officially depreciate

Dissemble

(v) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Distraught

(adj) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

Evince

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Exhume

(v) to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Feckless

(adj) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Murky

(adj) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Nefarious

(adj) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Piquant

(adj) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Primordial

(adj) developed or created at the very beginning; fundamental, basic

Propinquity

(n) nearness in place or time; kinship

Substantive

(adj) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

Unwonted

(adj) not usual or expected

Utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

Verdant

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

Viscous

(adj) thick; sticky; lacking in easy movement or fluidity