08 - Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson 8 (Book 4)

puerile

(adj.) childish, juvenile

inveigh

(v.) to disapprove angrily; to protest

ameliorate

(v.) to make better; to improve

renunciation

(adj.) rejection; refusal to acknowledge

vitiate

(v.) to corrupt morally; to contaminate

profligate

(adj.) wasteful and immoralin the use of resources.

otiose

(adj.) useless; unimportant; futile

lionize

(v.) to assign great social importance; to treat as a celebrity

recalcitrant

(adj.) stubbornly resistant; showing opposition; insubordinate

pander

(v.) to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others

aleatory

(adj.) dependent on luck or chance

asperity

(n.) roughness or harshness; severity

unimpeachable

(adj.) unquestionable; beyond doubt

allay

(v.) to relieve; to alleviate pain or fear

exegesis

(n.) an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation

nat/nasc

to be born

viv

to live

mort

to die

con-

together/with

pre-

before

-fy

to make