Vocab 1 Flashcards
Assert
v- to express or declare firmly; to defend or claim; adj- assertive
Condescend
v- to stoop to do somethhing you think is beneath you; adj- condescending
Contemptuous
adj- showing feelings that someone doesn’t deserve respect; adv- contemptuously
Elite
n- a group or part of one seen as the best, most skilled, most powerful; n-elitist
Evolve
v- to develop gradually; adj- evolving
Fortitude
n- moral strength; patient courage in facing danger or pain; endurance
Inarticulate
adj- unable to speak clearly; unable to say what one thinks; adv- inarticulately
Mentor
n- a wise and trusted advirsor; a counselor; v- to mentor
Notoriety
n- fame, usually in an unfavorable sense; a bad reputation; adj- notorious
Transpire
v- to happen, occur, or come about
Umber
adj- to dark reddish-brown color of the earth
Vivify
v- to give life to or revive; adj-vivifying
Omnipotent
adj- having unlimited/ universal power
Recalcitrant
n- one who defies authority; refusing to obey; adj- disobedient
Acquittal
n- a setting-free by judgement of a court or judge; v- to aquit