Vocab lists 4 and 5

rate five stars

Furtive

secret, done quickly to avoid notice

galvanize

to arouse, to stimulate, to startle

garner

to gather, to collect

garrulous

talkative

gratuitous

unnecessary, uncalled for

guile

cunning, trickery, deceit

heretic

someone whose beliefs goes against those of his religion

hierarchy

ordering by class, grade, status, or rank

homogeneous

similar, all alike, uniform

hyperbole

obvious exaggeration

hypothetical

supposed, unproven, theoretical

immaterial

irrelevant, unimportant

imminent

about to happen

immutable

unchanging, constant, inflexible

imperturbable

calm, cool, not easy to excite

implausible

unbelievable, incredible, seemingly untrue

inadvertent

unintentional, careless

incipient

beginning, at an early stage

incisive

direct, clear cut, biting, cutting to the heart of the matter

incorrigible

uncorrectable, delinquent, uncontrollable, unable to be reformed

indigent

impoverished, poor

innocuous

harmless

insatiable

hard or impossible to satisfy

insurgent

rebel, someone who revolts

intractable

stubborn, hard to manage

Efface

To erase, to wipe out

Egregious

Flagrant, obviously bad

Elucidate

To explain, to make clear

Elusive

Hard to understand, baffling

Embroil

To involve in a quarrel, to entangle

Emulate

To rival, to try to equal or excel

Enervate

To sap energy from, to weaken

Engender

To cause, to make happen

Enigma

A mystery, a puzzle

Ephemeral

Short lived, lasting a short time

Equanimity

Composure, calmness

Euphemism

a nice way of saying something harsh

Evanescent

Short lived, fleeting

Exacerbate

To make worse, to irritate

Expedient

Useful, practical

Expedite

To accelerate, to speed up

Expunge

To erase, to wipe out

Extol

To praise highly

Facilitate

To make easier, to help make happen

Fallacy

A false idea, an erroneous belief

Fastidious

Overly neat, finicky

Fervor

Passion, intense emotion, zeal

Flagrant

Glaringly bad, obviously offensive, outrageous

Formidable

Dreaded, hard to overcome, frightful

Fortuitous

Accidental, occurring by chance