vocab lesson 10

abstracted - lost in one’s own thoughts

adulation - extreme praise or admiration

adversity - misfortune

burgeon - to sprout; to emerge recently

chimera - imaginary, fanciful being

culpable - deserving blame

decadent - decaying

entreaty - a plea; an earnest request

fatuous - foolish; silly

humane - kind; compassionate

indulgent - lenient (especially toward oneself)

ineptness - lack of competence

ingrate - an ungrateful person

inundate - to flood; to overflow

miser - a person who hoards money

nefarious - extremely wicked; evil

prattle - meaningless sounds; babble

predilection - preference

procrastinate - to defer action; to delay

stoic - impassive; indifferent to pain

suffrage - right to vote

summon - to call together; to send for

transparent - quality of allowing passage of light

turbulence - unpredictable or disturbing activity

viable - capable of working