Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 6, 7, 8

indubitable

(adj) Certain, not to be doubted or denied

plenary

(adj) Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

abject

(adj) Degraded; wretched ;base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

testy

(adj) Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

sylvan

(adj) Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

inane

(adj) Silly, empty of meaning or value

intermittent

(adj) Stopping and beginning again, sporadic

felicitous

(adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

bestial

(adj.) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

furtive

(adj.) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

inordinate

(adj.) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

convivial

(adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

garish

(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

Macabre

(adj.) grisly gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

Irrefutable

(adj.) impossible to disprove;beyond argument Syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

Lackadaisical

(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

ephemeral

(adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived

illusory

(adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality

indigent

(adj.) needy, impoverished

Saturnine

(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition;cold or sluggish in mood Syn: sullen, morose

picayune

(adj.) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

moot

(adj.) open to discussion and debate; unresolved (v) to bring up in a discussion;

Fatuous

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way Syn: Silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

Arrant

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant Syn: egregious, unmitigated

pertinacious

(adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

diatribe

(n) A bitter and prolonged verbal attack

effigy

(n) A crude image of a despised person

travesty

(n) A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; A disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v) To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

neophyte

(n) A new convert, beginner, novice

motif

(n) A principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

surveillance

(n) A watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation

complicity

(n) Involvement in wrongdoing; The state of being an accomplice

perspicacity

(n) Keenness in observing and understanding

agnostic

(n) One who believes that nothing can be known about God; A skeptic; (adj) Without faith, skeptical

derelict

(n) Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) Left abandoned; neglectful of duty

indictment

(n) The act of accusing; a formal accusation

equity

(n) The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; Fair and equal treatment; Something that is fair; The money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

coterie

(n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

Juggernaut

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes what is in its path

counterpart

(n.) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

misanthrope

(n.) a person who hates or despises people

Litany

(n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list Syn: rigmarole, catalog, megillah

Paucity

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth Syn: lack

raiment

(n.) clothing, garments

Badinage

(n.) light and playful conversation Syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

Echelon

(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement Syn:level, rank

effrontery

(n.) shameless boldness, impudence

embellish

(v) decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details

Allege

(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation Syn: claim, contend

allay

(v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

Countermand

(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first Syn: recall, revoke

Slough

(v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud: (n.) a mire; a state of depression Syn: shed, along

jettison

(v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

Exacerbate

(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen

demur

(v.) to object or take exception to; (n.) an objection

Conciliate

(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over;to appease, pacify;to reconcile, make consistent Syn:placate, mollify, propitiate

Saturate

(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

Raze

(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out Syn:pull down, demolish, shave off

Recant

(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract Syn: repudiate, disavow

Portend

(v.)to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of Syn:bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest