Vocab List 14 Flashcards
regale
to entertain lavishly
vulgar
lack of good breeding or taste
countenance
appearance
conciliate
to overcome the distrust or hostility of
untoward
unfavorable or unfortunate
deportment
behavior
officious
objectionably aggressive
prognosticate
to forecast or predict
futile
incapable of producing any result; useless
presumptuous
impertinently bold; forward; overconfident
cursory
going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty
lithe
bending readily; supple; flexible
encompass
to form a circle about; to surround
preclude
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
lucrative
profitable
cetacean
marine animals
dubbing
the conferring of knighthood
contrived
obviously planned or forced; artificial
tantamount
almost the same or having the same effect as something
devise
to contrive, plan, or elaborate
corroborate
to make more certain; confirm
counterintuitive
counter to what intuition would lead one to expect (common-sense expectation)
