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English II Week 8
Week 8 Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vagabond (noun) | A person without a permanent home, a constant traveler or wanderer |
| Excoriate (verb) | To denounce strongly; to speak out against |
| Improvident (adj) | Careless; wasteful |
| Prognosticate (verb) | To tell the future; to predict |
| Lackadaisical (adj) | Lacking energy and vitality |
| Mordant (adj) | Extremely sarcastic; witty |
| Reticent (adj) | Extremely quiet; silent |
| Choleric (adj) | Hot-tempered; quick to anger |
| Ethnocentricity (noun) | A belief that one's own group is superior |
| Foment (verb) | To instigate; to spur into action |
| Nefarious (adj) | Extremely wicked; openly evil |
| Parsimonious (adj) | Sparing; frugal; miserly |
| Ubiquitous (adj) | Being or seeming to be everywhere at one time |
| Virtuoso (noun) | A person with special knowledge or skills in a field |
| Gratuitous (adj) | Unjustified; uncalled for |
| Imbecility (noun) | Stupidity; silliness; absurdity |
| Immaterial (adj) | Not likely to make any sort of difference or impact |
| Pious (adj) | Devout or virtuous |
| Verbose (adj) | Wordy; long-winded in speech; not succinct |
| Brouhaha (noun) | An uproar; hubbub; chaos |