Unit 4 Vocab

Buoyant - capable of floating

Enervate - to weaken; rob of strength or energy

Incorrigible - uncontrollable; unmanageable; not capable of being corrected or reformed

Inexorable - not capable of being influenced; relentless

Irrefutable - impossible to disprove

Marred - a feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride

Parochial - restricted to a narrow scope or outlook; narrow-minded

Partisan - strongly supporting a specific party, cause, or person

Pique - made less perfect through injury or damage

Satirical - attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit

Cajole - to persuade with flattery; to sweet-talk

Capitulate - to give in

Egregious - highly noticeable in a negative way; conspicuously bad

Premonition - a feeling that something bad is going to happen

Prestigious - having an honored name or reputation; having prestige

Reverent - feeling or expressing respect or awe

Stupor - a state of mental numbness; a daze

Sycophant - a person who tries to win favor through flattery

Urbane - smooth in manner; elegant; olished; suave

Zany - wildly silly or comical

Aberration - something abnormal

Composure - calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

Congenital - existing from birth

Elusive - difficult to capture

Extol - to praise highly; glorify

Formidable - very challenging; demanding

Inscrutable - difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

Precocious - advanced for one’s age

Trepidation - alarm or dread

Virulent - very injurious; lethal; deadly

Accommodate - to provide with something needed; make or have room for

Clairvoyant - seeing beyond the senses

Contiguous - sharing an edge or a boundary

Debilitate - to deprive of strength or energy

Obliterate - to destroy or erase completely

Officious - offering unwanted advice; meddlesome

Preclude - to make impossible; prevent

Spurn - to reject or refuse with scorn

Stealthy - moving or acting in a cautious, deceptive way

Taciturn - habitually nontalkative; uncommunicative

Cordial - warm and friendly

Defame - to damage the good name or reputation of

Discordant - lacking agreement; lacking harmony

Grueling - physically or mentally exhausting

Indict - to charge with an offense; blame

Indoctrinate - to teach the principles of a specific point of view

Submissive - giving in to the authority of others; obedient

Sullen - quietly resentful; bitter

Thwart - to oppose directly; to frustrate or defeat

Wanton - senseless