vocab lesson 3.4

1. indignation – anger as a result of something unjust

2. lucid – evident; clear; easily understood

3. meticulous – taking greatest care

4. misanthrope – a hater of mankind

5. munificent – very generous

6. plagiarize – to use another’s writings as one’s own

7. profuse – abundant; flowing freely

8. recluse – hermit; person living in solitude

9. sated – satisfied; filled

10. stupefy – to dull the senses

11. terse – concise; to the point

12. transient – quickly passing; fleeting

13. virtuoso – one skilled in the arts

1. ambiguous – not clear in meaning

2. amiable – friendly; sociable; congenial

3. crass – crude; unrefined

4. discursive – rambling

5. docile – easily managed; obedient

6. estrange – to alienate; to separate

7. exonerate – to free from blame; to exculpate

8. gratuitous – given freely; unwarranted

9. hypothesize – to reach a conclusion based on assumption

10. induce – to bring on or bring about

11. intractable – stubborn; difficult to manage

12. introspective – examining one’s own thoughts