Vocab list #1

slovenly

untidy especially in personal appearance

exasperate

to excite the anger of; enrage; to cause irritation or annoyance to

malignant

evil in nature, influence, or effect; injurious

prolific

marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity; fruitful

fetid

having a heavy offensive smell

pinion

to disable or restrain by binding the arms; to shackle

innocuous

producing no injury; harmless; inoffensive

sullen

gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed

covert

not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed; veiled; sheltered

contemptuous

showing, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval

sardonic

disdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively mocking

furtive

done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed; sly

cordial

showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval

latent

present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic

drab

characterized by dullness and monotony; cheerless

prodigious

extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree; enormous

taut

having no give or slack; tightly drawn; tense

indignant

feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy

whet

to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone); to make keen or more acute

derisive

expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn

devilment

mischief

conjecture

to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork; to

guess

audacity

bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints

accentuate

to accent; to emphasize

succulent

juicy; moist and tasty

tantalize

to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach

unscrupulous

unprincipled

dreg

sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated from it; the most undesirable part

dross

waste or foreign matter

eke

to get with great difficult (used with out)

insolent

insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct;