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Boda Vocab 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Proselytize (v) | to convert or attempt to convert; recruit |
| Provincial (adj.) | belonging or peculiar to some particular place; local |
| Provocative (adj.) | tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing |
| Prudent (adj.) | wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober |
| Querulous (adj.) | full of complains; complaining |
| Quixotic (adj.) | extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or improbable |
| Rancor (n) | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
| Rapacious (adj.) | given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed |
| Recalcitrant (adj.) | stubborn |
| Recondite (adj.) | dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter |
| Redolent (adj.) | having a pleasant odor; fragrant |
| Relegate (v) | to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition |
| Remonstrate (v) | to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval |
| Reparation (n) | the making of amends for wrong or injury done |
| Repudiate (v) | to reject as having no authority or binding force |
| Reticent (adj.) | disposed to be silent or not speak freely; reserved |
| Rudimentary (adj.) | involving or limited to basic principles |
| Ruminate (v) | to meditate or muse; ponder; to quietly ponder or chew on your own thoughts |
| Sacrosanct (adj.) | extremely sacred or inviolable; most holy |
| Salient (adj.) | prominent or conspicuous; leaps to mind; outstanding; most obvious |