Vocab 10 Flashcards
cajole
to urge, to coax
defile
to make not pure, to contaminate
desecrate
to violate the sacredness of a place or thing
magnate
a wealthy and influential person
prevaricator
someone who speaks in an evasive way
egregious
extremely bad
sapient
smart, knowledgeable
ingratiating
sucking up, obsequious
oleaginous
excessive complimenting
fastidious
meticulous, conscientious
fractious
troublesome and irritable
iconoclast
a person who attacks common beliefs
impinge
to make an impression, or to infringe
inchoate
formless, amorphous
stipulate
to lay out conditions, to specify
intransigent
refusing to compromise, dogmatic
scurrilous
foul-mouthed; vulgar
invective
a verbal attack
recondite
esoteric, abstruse
limpid
clear, transparent