H English 4: Vocab Quiz #1

Ambivalent

having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone

Capitulate

To surrender, often after negotiation of terms, or give in to an opponent

Disparate

fundamentally different, distinct in quality, or completely made up elements that do not naturally go together

Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short time or fading quickly

Garrulous

excessively talkative, especially about trivial, boring, or unimportant matters

Harangue

a speech addressed to a public assembly; a ranting speech or writing

Incongruous

strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected

Mitigate

to cause to become less harsh or hostile, to make (something) less severe, painful, or intense

Prosaic

characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual

dull, unimaginative

Vacillate

to show uncertainty about the right course of action