Vocab Freshman year

Acuity

Sharpness of perception

Advocacy

Support of an idea or cause

affable

friendly, courteous, amiable

antipathy

a dislike

apocryphal

of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine

approbation

approval or praise

ardent

very enthusiastic, impassioned

ardor

intense and passionate feeling

ascend

to go up

athiest

A person who denies the existence of God

auspicious

favorable

aversion

strong disinclination, disliking

beguile

To deceive; to charm; to enchant

benign

harmless

blasphemous

disrespectful toward what is considered sacred

blunderbuss

1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person

capitulate

to surrender

compatriot

fellow countryman

complacency

self-satisfaction; smugness

conflagration

a large destructive fire

consecrate

to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

corroboration

confirmation

debauchery

corruption; self-indulgence

deference

to respect

demented

mentally ill; insane

demur

to object, to hesitate, to delay

deprecate

to express disapproval of

desolate

Deserted and lonely

despoil

plunder

despondency

depression, dejection

diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

discern

to differentiate between two or more things

disconcerting

upsetting, frustrating

disdain

(v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt

disparage

to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

dissociate

seperate

dissolution

the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration

docile

easy to teach or manage

edifice

large building

elicit

to bring out a response, ekove

emanciated

extremely thin; wasted away

embellish

to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

engender

to produce, cause, or bring about

engrossed

completely occupied or absorbed