"Pre-Ap English 10 - Vocabulary List #5"

moiling

work hard

impresario

a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas.

ire

anger

pernicious

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

provost

a senior administrative officer in certain colleges and universities.

clandestine

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

aplomb

self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.

gentian

a plant of temperate and mountainous regions, typically with violet or vivid blue trumpet-shaped flowers.

enfeeble

make weak or feeble.

superfluous

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough