Week One Vocabulary
Week Two Vocabulary
Weeks One AND Two Vocabulary
Week Three Vocabulary
Week Three Vocabulary (cont'd)
100
Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
What is surreptitious?
100
Means fair and impartial.
What is equitable?
100
To praise, especially in a public forum or context.
What is laud?
100
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
What is frugal?
100
Having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.
What is stagnant?
200
Means to regard with disgust and hatred.
What is abhor?
200
Means flagrantly wicked or evil.
What is nefarious?
200
A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
What is a debacle?
200
Having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain secret or private; imprudent.
What is indiscreet?
200
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity.
What is viscous?
300
Means peculiar to an individual or unique.
What is idiosyncratic?
300
Means persisting tirelessly; ex. The Energizer Bunny
What is indefatigable?
300
A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
What is enigma?
300
Means a beggar.
What is a mendicant?
300
One who gives a false or misleading appearance or conceals the truth or his or her real nature.
What is a dissembler?
400
Means historically or chronologically out of place.
What is anachronistic?
400
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
What is insidious?
400
Conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.
What is orthodox?
400
Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
What is collusion?
400
Means in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
What is decorous?
500
Means experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
What is vicarious?
500
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
What is a polemic?
500
The making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation; slander.
What is calumny?
500
A person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval
What is a sycophant?
500
An angry feeling of hatred or dislike for someone who has treated you unfairly
What is rancor?
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