Caponetti TEWWG Vocabulary Unit

Affront

a deliberately offensive act

Aggravate

to exasperate or irritate

Beseech

to ask for or request earnestly

Brazen

marked by shameless or disrespectful boldnes

Bridle

to restrain, check, or control

Broach

to bring up a topic for discussion

Chastise

to scold or criticize severely

Commiserate

to feel or express sympathy or compassion

Conjecture

the formulation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

Decorum

propriety in manners or conduct

Defile

to spot, stain, or pollute

Deft

agile, skillful

Desecrate

to vandalize and remove the sacredness from an object or person

Doleful

filled with or evoking sadness

Feeble

lacking strength or vigor

Fetid

offensively malodorous

Fractious

easily irritated or annoyed

Futility

uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

Gumption

fortitude and determination

Hinder

to be an obstacle to

Homage

respectful deference

Indignant

angered at something unjust or wrong

Languid

lacking spirit or liveliness

Languish

to experience prolonged suffering in an unpleasant situation or place

Menial

relating to unskilled domestic work

Mien

a person’s appearance, manner, or demeanor

Ornery

having a difficult or contrary disposition

Ostentatious

intended to attract notice or impress others

Ponderous

slow and laborious because of weight

Proffer

to present for acceptance or rejection

Revelation

an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

Shiftless

lacking ambition or initiative

Scorn

a lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of great dislike

Strife

bitter conflict, heated or violent dissension

Temerity

fearless daring

Transient

fleeting or lasting only a short time

Turbulent

vigorously agitated

Usurper

one who wrongfully seizes and holds the place of another

Wallow

to delight greatly in

Wanton

unprovoked or without motive or justification