Vocabulary power plus level 4: lesson 4

Kudos

Acclaim or praise. Honor, distinction

Maxim

An established principle; a truth or rule of conduct. Axiom; apothegm, proverb

Efficacious

Effective, producing the desired outcome. Productive, useful

Sybaritic

Marked by luxury or pleasure, luxurious, ostentatious, grandiose

Internecine

Mutually destructive

Intrinsic

Of or relating to a things basic nature; inherent, basic, elemental, inborn

Apocryphal

Of questionable authenticity, but widely believed. Dubious, equivocal, spurious

Crepuscular

Pertaining to twilight

Risible

Relating to laughter; laughable

Catharsis

Release of emotional tension. Purgation

Putrid

Rotten and foul smelling, fetid, rancid, malodorous

Servile

Submissive; slavish, subservient, ignoble

Estrange

To alienate, disaffect, antagonize

Inundate

To overwhelm; to fill beyond capacity. Flood, overwhelm

Revere

To regard with respect, awe, or adoration, venerate, respect, honor