Unit 9 Vocab Flashcards
Ambiguous
Having more than one meaning;unclear/uncertain
Amiable
Kind, friendly, sociable, civil, urbane
Crass
Course, crude, unrefined
Discursive
Rambling, moving from you topic to another randomly
Docile
Easily managed, tame, obedient, passive
Estrange
To alienate, separate
Exonerate
To free of blame, obligation, or responsibility
Gratuitous
Given freely, unwarranted
Hypothesize
To reach a conclusion based on and assumption or something not proven
Indignation
Anger as a result of something unjust
Índuce
To bring on or bring about
Intractable
Stubborn, difficult to manage
Introspective
The quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts
Lucid
Easily understood; mentally sound
Meticulous
Taking great care
Misanthrope
A hater of man kind
Munificent
Very generous
Plagiarize
To steal and use someone else’s writing as one’s own
Profuse
Extravagantly abundant; flowing freely
Recluse
Person who lives in solitude; hermit
Sated
Satisfied fully; indulged in excess
Stupefy
To dull the senses as to put into a stupor
Terse
Concise
Transient
Quickly passing; fleeting
Virtuoso
One skilled in fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant