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