Vocab 11 Flashcards
Acumen(noun)
Keen, accurate judgment or insight
Adulterate(verb)
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingedients
Amalgamate (verb)
To combine several elements into a whole (noun-amalgamation)
Archaic(adj)
Outdated; associated with earlier,perhaps more primitive,time
Aver(verb)
To state as a fact; to declare or assert
Bolster ( verb )
To provide support or reinforcement
Bombastic (adj)
Pompous; grandiloquent ( noun: bombast)
Diatribe ( noun )
A harsh denunciation
Dissemble ( verb )
To disguise or conceal; to mislead
Eccentric ( adj,,)
Departing from norms or conventions
Endemic ( adj )
Charatersistic off or often found in a particular locality, region or people
Evanescent (ad s)
Tending to disappear like vapour; vanishing
Exacerbate ( verb )
To make worse or more severe
Fervent (adj)
Greatly emotional or zealous (roun: fervor )
Fortuitous ( adj )
Happening by accident or chance
