Vocabulary Lessons 7-9

munificent (munificence)

Generous; liberal in giving

recession (recessional, recede)

a general decline in business activity the act of withdrawing or going back

pundit

a person of great learning about a particular topic; an expert a source of opinion; a critic

solvent (insolvent, solvency)

capable of meeting financial obligations; able to pay off debt Or not

frugal (frugality)

economical; thrifty; careful or strict in avoiding unnecessary spending

indigent (indigence)

extremely poor; impoverished; lacking basic necessities

pecuniary

having to do with money

didactic

intended to teach overly moralistic; preachy

equity (equitable)

net value; the value of a business or property minus debt owed fairness; justice

pedantic (pedantry)

overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules

conciliatory (conciliate, conciliator)

peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust, animosity, or conflict

erudite (erudition)

possessing great knowledge and scholarship

aegis

protection; sponsorship; guidance

austerity (austere)

severe and rigid restrictions, especially those brought about by difficult economic times the quality of lacking luxury or ornamentation; bareness; simplicity

amends

something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or a mistake; compensation

conducive

tending to cause or bring about; favorable to

pedagogy (pedagogical, pedagogue)

the art or profession of teaching the body of knowledge related to education and teaching

importune (importunate)

to annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly

depreciate (depreciation)

to decrease or cause to decrease in value or price

elucidate (elucidation)

to explain or make clear

extricate (extrication)

to free from difficulty or entanglement

mediate (mediator; mediation)

to help opposing sides reach an agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation

imbue

to inspire or influence thoroughly to stain or dye thoroughly

edify (edification)

to instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement

indoctrinate (indoctrinate)

to instruct in or impart certain principles or ideology

mitigate (mitigation)

to make less severe; to often, lessen or moderate

remunerate (remuneration)

to pay for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; to compensate for

renovate (renovation)

to restore something to an earlier condition, by repairing or remodeling

patronize (patron, patronage)

to support or sponsor to go as a customer; to shop at regularly to treat as inferior

esoteric (esoterica)

understood by an elite, scholarly, or exclusive group; obscure