Vocab. Unit 3 Word Scramble

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Vocab. Unit 3

Question	Answer
articulate	(verb) to pronounce distinctly and carefully: enunciate
credence	(noun) acceptance as true or valid; belief; trustworthiness
decry	(verb) to disparage or belittle openly; to censure
derogatory	(adj.) detracting or disparaging
distraught	(adj.) anxious or agitated; harried or worried
eulogy	(noun) a public speech or written tribute extolling the virtues or achievements of a person, especially one who is deceased
exhume	(verb) to bring to light or uncover; to disinter
feckless	(adj.) lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective
intractable	(adj.) difficult to manage or govern, stubborn
nefarious	(adj.) evil, famous
piquant	(adj.) pleasantly pungent in taste or odor; spicy
primordial	(adj.) being or happening first in sequence or time; original
propinquity	(n.) nearness; proximity
unwonted	(adj.) not habitual or ordinary; unusual
utopian	(adj.) excellent or ideal but existing only in visionary or impractical thought or theory
verbiage	(n.) wordiness; tending to use excess words
verdant	(adj.) green with vegetation
viscous	(adj.) having a high resistance to flow

Created by: NotecardNerd on 2010-12-09