vocab lesson 11

a. bombastic – pompous; boastful

b. alacrity – briskness; swiftness; celerity

c. ingratiate – to make an effort to gain favor

d. abridge – to shorten; to diminish

e. impecunious – without money; broke

f. fervid – ardent; burning; impassioned

g. augment – to make greater; to supplement

h. euphonious – harmonious; pleasant to hear

i. antipathy – a dislike; distaste; enmity

j. enhance – to make better; to improve

k. decry – to speak against; to disparage

l. eclectic – coming from a variety of sources

a. luxuriant – abundant; very fertile

b. raze – to destroy completely

c. paltry – trifling; worthless; insignificant

d. vindictive – revengeful; spiteful

e. secular – non-religious; worldly

f. placid – peaceful; calm

g. vindicated – cleared of accusations

h. static – having no motion

i. prelude – to make impossible

j. torpid – sluggish; dull; apathetic

k. promontory – projection into water

l. pedantry – a showing off of learning

m. tact – sense for knowing what is appropriate