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12th vocab

QuestionAnswer
REBUT CONTRADICT
PRETENTIOUS POMPOUS OR SELF-IMPORTANT
AUDACITY BOLDNESS
COLLUSION CONSPIRACY
CONJECTURE TO GUESS
FLOUT TO DISREGARD CONTEMPTUOUSLY
SOLVENT NOT BANKRUPT
QUALIFY MODIFY OR RESTRICT
PRECURSOR FORERUNNER
INJUNCTION COURT ORDER
PROPRIETARY CONSTITUTING PROPERTY
SENTIENT CONSCIOUS
SYNTHESIS COMBINING PARTS
COERCE FORCE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING
PHILANTHROPY LOVE OF MANKIND
VERBOSE WORDY
CHOLERIC HOT-TEMPERED
CIRCUITOUS ROUNDABOUT
AGNOSTIC SOMEONE UNCONVINCED ABOUT GOD
BEMUSED CONFUSED
BANE POISON
PUTATIVE COMMONLY ACCEPTED
LAUDABLE WORTHY OF PRAISE
REPREHENSIBLE WORTHY OF BLAME
ADHERENT FOLLOWER
MOLLIFY SOFTEN
INDIFFERENT NOT CARING; MEDIOCRE
RAMPART FORTIFICATION
atrophy to waste away from lack of use
subtle not obvious
lament mourn
civil polite
itinerant moving from place to place
equanimity composure
drone to talk on and in a dull way
articulate speaking clearly and well
pervade spread throughout
broach open subject
proliferate spread rapidly
denounce speak out against; condemn
advocate speak in favor of; support
disseminate spread seeds
epigraph apt quotation
scintillate sparkle
averse opposed to
accost approach someone
vicissitudes upheaval
foster promote growth
efface erase
exculpate free from guilt
extol praise highly
artful crafty
commensurate proportionate
platitude trite remark
sedition treason
mundane ordinary
extricate free from difficulty
exonerate free from blame
epitome brief summary
insolent arrogant
affable friendly
amiable friendly
abysmal wretched
proscribe prohibit
pragmatic practical
circumscribe draw a line around
utilitarian pragmatic
provident frugal
novel original
innovate create; introduce something new
preclude prevent
instigate provoke
artifice trickery
attrition gradual wearing away
candor truthfulness
castigate criticize severely
exhort urge strongly
veracity truthfulness
perfidy treachery
visionary dreamer
concise brief and to the point
blasphemy treat as inferior
patronize treat as inferior
insidious treacherous
prepossess preoccupy
disdain arrogant scorn
contentious argumentative
refute prove to be false
coup brilliant victory
protract prolong
malinger pretend to be sick
irrevocable irreversible
rapacious greedy
enfranchise grant voting rights
decorous proper
irascible irritable
connoisseur artistic expert
profane irreverent
succinct brief and to the point
patrician aristocrat
aesthetic artistic
discreet prudent
sanctimonious pretending to be devout
hiatus break
incandescent brillian
amity friendship
pivotal crucial
brevity briefness
circumvent frustrate
squalor wretched living conditions
encroach trespass
latent present by not visible
laud praise
frenetic frantic
tout brag publicly about
remonstrate argue against
dogmatic arrogantly assertive
promulgate proclaim
eclectic drawn from many sources
Created by: tyleranne16
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