Vocabulary Lists

March 22nd Test

querulous: habitually complaining
rancorous: showing deep-seated resentment
reclusive: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
reconciliation: the reestablishing of cordial relations
renovation: the act of improving by renewing and restoring

March 15th
NO WORDS!  CATCH UP WEEK

March 8th Test

procrastinate: postpone doing what one should be doing

prosaic: lacking imagination or wit

prosperity: having good fortune

provocative: tending to provoke, stimulate, excite

prudent: careful and sensible

February 29th Test

parched: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

perfidious: tending to betray

pragmatic: concerned with practical matters

precocious: exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

pretentious: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distintion

February 22nd Test

1. mundane
   
   found in the ordinary course of events
2. nonchalant
   marked by blithe unconcern
3. opulent
   rich and superior in quality
4. orator
   a person who delivers a speech or oration
5. ostentatious
   intended to attract notice and impress others

February 15th Test

1. intrepid
   invulnerable to fear or intimidation - (Not allowing anyone or anything to scare you or put you down)
2. intuitive
   spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency - (In that very moment)
3. jubilation
   a feeling of extreme joy
4. lobbyist
   someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
5. longevity
   the property of being long-lived

February 8th Test

1. hypothesis an educated guess; a possible explanation of facts or phenomena facts or phenomena
2. impetuous
   undue haste, lack of thought or deliberation
3. impute
   attribute or credit to
4. inconsequential
   lacking worth or importance
5. inevitable
   incapable of being avoided or prevented

February 1st Test

1. foster
   
   providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
2. fraught
   filled with or attended with
3. frugal
   avoiding waste
4. hackneyed
   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
5. haughty
   having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

January 25th Test

extenuating: partially excusing or justifying
florid: elaborately or excessively ornamented
forbearance: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges;refraining from acting
fortitude: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortuitous: occurring by happy chance

January 17th Test

emulate: try to equal or match, to copy
enervating: causing debilitation
ephemeral: short-lived, like the life of a butterfly
evanescent: disappear, as in a vapor
exemplary: worthy of imitation

January 10th Test

diligent:  quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness (Keeping on keeping on)
discredit:  being held in low esteem (underestimate effort)
disdain:  lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike (hate - can't stand)
divergent:  tending to move apart in different directions (wandering away)
empathy:  understanding and entering into another's feelings (feeling with someone)