Vocabulary List #4
profuse flowing freely; generous; excessive
expedient useful for effecting a desired result
fastidious not easy to please; overly critical; picky
prosaic uninspired; dull; banal
philanthropy a desire to help mankind
languid slow; drooping; tired; weak
astute perceptive; clever
authentic real; genuine
brevity briefness
relevant pertinent; important to know
incoherent impossible to understand; chaotic
mitigate to make milder; to make less severe
reprehensible shameful; bad
augment to add; to increase; to make bigger
engender to create; to produce
deride (derision) to ridicule; to make fun of
acclaim praise; applause; admiration
lethargic tired; languid; weak
fanatic one who is very devoted to a cause or idea
novel new; unusual
solemn serious; grave
ambivalent undecided
indolence laziness
benign harmless
tedious boring; painstaking
amiable friendly
laud to praise
caustic burning; uncomplimentary
atrophy to waste away from lack of use
meander to wander randomly
instigate to start trouble
heed to obey
virtuoso an accomplished musician
predecessor the person who came before another
deplete to use up; to reduce
compliant submissive; obedient
inadvertent accidental; unintentional
acquiesce to agree finally, to go along with something
levity humor
belittle to put down; to disparage
extraneous irrelevant; extra; unnecessary
digress to stray from the subject
emulate to copy something admired; to imitate
appease to make peace with; to satisfy
sage (sagacious) a wise person
nostalgic yearning for the good old days
assuage to soothe
saccharine overly sweet
stanza a section of a poem
jeopardy danger
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