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Vocab.#2 - Honors 11
Quarter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| salient | adj. sticking out; conspicuous; prominent |
| mitigate | v. to moderate the effect of something |
| doggerel | n. comic, trivial, often satirical poetry; words badly written or expressed |
| intractable | adj. uncontrollable; stubborn |
| penchant | n. strong taste or liking for something; a predilection |
| prodigal | adj. wastefully extravagant |
| vacillate | v. to be indecisive; to waver |
| promulgate | v. to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something |
| supplant | v. to displace; to substitute for another |
| vapid | adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless |