vocab Flashcards
Cultivate
Adapt something wild to the environment
Wherewithal
The necessary means (especially financial means)
Contemplative
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
Preeminent
Greatest in importance, degree, or significance
Cantankerous
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Relegate
Assign to a lower position
Palatial
Relating to or being a large and stately residence
Rousing
Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement
Nomad
A group of a people who have no permanent home
Desolate
Providing no shelter or sustenance
Foolhardy
Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Diminutive
A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness
Centrifugal
Tending to move away from the middle
Wheedle
Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering
Evasive
Deliberately vague or ambiguous