Vocabulary Lesson 3

plausible

adj. appearing to be true; reasonable; seeming to be logical or correct

painstaking

adj. careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous

portly

adj. comfortably fat or stout; large and heavy in a stately and dignified way

atrocious

adj. exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; abominable

insipid

adj. flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless

unprecedented

adj. never done or known before; without previous example

exalted

adj. overjoyed with excitement; raised in status or rank; elevated in style or tone

pompous

adj. overly dignified; self-important; characterized by exaggerated stateliness; as in speech or manner

invariably

adv. continually, perpetually, constantly, always

affiliate

n. an associated person or organization; a member; v. to join or unite with a larger body

proximity

n. nearness; closeness; a neighboring area

compassion

n. pity for someone else's suffering, along with a desire to help

composure

n. self-possession; tranquility

deteriorate

v. to become worse or less valuable; to diminish

discern

v. to detect with one of the senses, to notice; to recognize as different or to identify as separate; to come to know mentally, to judge

lament

v. to feel deep sorrow; to express sorrow or mourning for; to grieve; n. an expression of grief; a song or poem expressing grief

loathe

v. to feel intense dislike or hatred; to detest

encumber

v. to hinder; to obstruct; to burden

rejuvenate

v. to make young or vigorous again; to give youthful qualities to

repress

v. to restrain; to keep or put down