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