vocab lesson 10

abstracted

lost in one’s own thoughts

adulation

extreme praise or admiration

adversity

misfortune

burgeon

to sprout; to emerge recently

chimera

imaginary, fanciful being

culpable

deserving blame

decadent

decaying

entreaty

a plea; an earnest request

fatuous

foolish; silly

humane

kind; compassionate

indulgent

lenient (especially toward oneself)

ineptness

lack of competence

ingrate

an ungrateful person

inundate

to flood; to overflow

miser

a person who hoards money

nefarious

extremely wicked; evil

prattle

meaningless sounds; babble

predilection

preference

procrastinate

to defer action; to delay

stoic

impassive; indifferent to pain

suffrage

right to vote

summon

to call together; to send for

transparent

quality of allowing passage of light

turbulence

unpredictable or disturbing activity

viable

capable of working