Vocab 7-12

austere

severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple plain; harsh or sour.

beneficent

performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good.

cadaverous

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse.

concoct

to prepare by combining ingredients, make up; to devise, invent, fabricate.

crass

coarse, unfeeling; stupid.

debase

to lower in character, quality or value; to degrade, adulterate.

desecrate

to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute.

disconcert

to confuse; to disturb the composure of.

grandiose

grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation.

inconsequential

trifling, unimportant.

infraction

a breaking of a law or obligation.

mitigate

to make milder or softer; to moderate in force or intensity.

pillage

to rob of goods by open force; the act of looting.

prate

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion.

punctilious

very careful and exact; attentive to fine points of etiquette.

redoubtable

inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent.

reprove

to find fault with, scold, rebuke.

restitution

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner.

stalwart

strong and sturdy; brave; resolute.

vulnerable

open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged.

acrimonious

stinging, bitter in temper or tone.

bovine

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive.

consternation

dismay, confusion.

corpulent

fat; having a large, bulky body.

disavow

to deny responsibility for or connection with.

dispassionate

impartial; calm, free from emotion.

dissension

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.

dissipate

to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel.

expurgate

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text.

gauntlet

an armored or protective glove; a challenge.

hypothetical

based on an assumption or guess.

ignoble

mean, low, base.

impugn

to call into question; to attack as false.

intemperate

immoderate, lacking in self-control.

odium

hatred, contempt.

perfidy

faithlessness, treachery.

relegate

to place in a lower position; to assign.

squeamish

inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset.

subservient

subordinate in capacity or role.

susceptible

open to; easily influenced.

abate

to make less in amount, degree, etc.

adulation

praise or flattery that is excessive.

anathema

an object of intense dislike.

astute

shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom.

avarice

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth.

culpable

deserving blame, worthy of condemnation.

dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate.

egregious

conspicuous, standing out from the mass.

equivocate

to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation.

evanescent

vanishing, soon passing away.

irresolute

unable to make up one's mind.

nebulous

cloudlike, resembling a cloud; vague.

novice

one who is just a beginner at some activity.

penury

extreme poverty.

pretentious

done for show, striving to make a big impression.

recapitulate

to review a series of facts.

resuscitate

to revive, bring back to consciousness.

slovenly

untidy, dirty, careless.

supposition

something that is assumed.

torpid

inactive, sluggish, dull.

accrue

to grow or accumulate over time.

annotation

a critical or explanatory note or comment.

bedlam

a state or scene of uproar and confusion.

covert

hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret.

debonair

pleasant, courteous, lighthearted.

dun

to demand insistently.

efficacious

effective, producing results.

equanimity

calmness, composure, refusal to panic.

fortuitous

accidental, occurring by a happy chance.

gist

the essential part, main part.

gratuitous

freely given; not called for by circumstances.

imperious

overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate.

invective

a strong denunciation or condemnation.

motley

showing great variety; composed of different elements.

munificent

extremely generous, lavish.

procrastinate

to delay, put off until later.

provocative

tending to produce a strong feeling or response.

recondite

exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding.

reprobate

a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person.

sedentary

characterized by or calling for continued sitting.

abstemious

moderate, sparing in eating and drinking.

censurable

deserving of blame or correction.

contingent

likely but not certain to happen.

corroborate

to confirm, make more certain.

denizen

an inhabitant, resident.

discursive

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another.

disseminate

to scatter or spread widely.

dowdy

poorly dressed, shabby.

florid

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate.

foist

to impose by fraud.

gauche

awkward, lacking in social graces.

heresy

an opinion different from accepted belief.

inculcate

to impress on the mind by repetition.

palpable

capable of being touched or felt.

perceptive

having sympathetic insight or understanding.

pernicious

extremely harmful; deadly.

salient

leaping, jumping, or springing forth.

satiate

to satisfy completely.

sear

to make or become dry and withered.

specious

deceptive, apparently good but lacking merit.