Elite Prep Vocab 151-175

Conscientious

adj. showing care and precision; painstaking

Crass

adj. dull-witted; unrefined

Impart

v. to give a portion of; to make known

Spendthrift

n. one who spends money wastefully

Tabulate

v. to count

Adroit

adj. naturally skillful, esp. dealing with difficult circumstances

Dexterous

adj. skillful with the hands or mind

Redolent

adj. aromatic; fragrant; suggestive

Forboding

n. a sense of impending evil, esp. one without definite cause

Denounement

n. conclusion; resolution; the falling action of a story after its climax

Subsidy

n. monetary assistance

Prevalent

adj. dominant; widespread

Incumbent

adj. necessary or obligatory; n. a person who currently holds a particular position

Mimic

v. to copy closely, esp. with intent to ridicule

Beacon

n. a signaling light; a source of guidance or inspiration

Supplant

v. to take the place of

Scythe

n. a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops

Shard

n. a fragment of a brittle substance, e.g., glass or pottery; a small piece of something

Wayward

adj. stubbornly going against what is expected or required in order to satisfy one's own desires

Effrontery

n. bold and insulting behavior

Vagary

n. an erratic notion or action

Agile

adj. quick and easy in movement; mentally alert

Glut

n. an oversupply

Cursory

adj. superficially done; performed rapidly

Spurn

v. to push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot