Vocab 10 Flashcards
Garrulous
Talkative
Iconoclast
One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
Importurbable
Not easily excited; emotionally steady
Ennervate
To weaken
Engender
To cause, produce, to create
Equanimity
Calmness, composure, refusal to panic
Equivocate
To be deliberately vague or ambiguous
Erudite
Scholarly, learned, pedantic
Esoteric
Understood by only select few, private, secret
Exculpate
To free from guilt or blame
Exigent
Urgent; requiring immediate action
Extant
Still existing
Turbulent
Sudden changes, arguments, or violence
Precarious
Dependent on chance; uncertain
Immutable
Not changing or unable to be changed
Tortuous
Repeated twists, bends, or turns; winding
Antedated
Precede in time; come before (something) in date
Venality
Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery