10-18 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abyssal | impossible to comprehend |
| acquiesce | comply or accept or give in |
| affable | pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| apocryphal | doubtful authority |
| appreciable | capable of being perceived or measured |
| apprise | to inform or let someone know |
| callow | lacking life experience; immature |
| capitulate | to give up resistance to something |
| capricious | changing frequently without warning |
| caveat | a warning |
| censure | an official expression |
| circumspect | attentive to all circumstances |
| clamber | to climb on all fours |
| contrite | expressing regret from having done wrong |
| convivial | fond of feasting |
| craven | lacking in courage |
| demure | characterized by shyness and modesty |
| divest | to take away from |
| ephemeral | lasting a short time |
| explicate | to unfold the meaning of |
| expunge | to eliminate entirely |
| fecund | fruitful, productive, fertile |
| fortitude | strength when facing difficulty |
| glean | to collect little by little |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar elements |
| hew | to conform to |
| inexorable | determined |
| insinuate | to imply in a subtle manner |
| insuperable | incapable of being overcome |
| interloper | one who intrudes or interferes wrongly |
| itinerant | passing from one place to another |
| malapropism | a misspoken word |
| malcontent | dissatisfied with an established order |
| mollify | to soothe or calm |
| myriad | a great number |
| neologism | a new word |
| nuance | a subtle distinction |
| obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| onerous | involving or imposing a burden |
| paltry | trivial, small |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion or purpose |
| precocious | showing mature qualities at a young age |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events |
| preternatural | surpassing the usual or normal |
| propitiate | to render favorable inclined; to appease |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| succor | assistance that relieves from distress |
| supine | lethargic cor lying on the back |
| surly | mean-spirited, crabby, not friendly |
| vapid | lacking life and spirit |
| voluptuary | addicted to enjoyment |
| voracity | state of being ravenous or insatiable |
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