vocabulary list 3 Flashcards
incongruity
at odds, not matching
lucid
easily understood
pernicious
destructive, deadly
execrated
denounced
loitered
proceeded slowly or with many stops
imperiously
domineeringly, overbearingly
impetuosity
forcefully or passionately
contiguous
neighboring, adjacent
approbation
approval
fain
pleased, willing, obliged
consorted
associated
obsequious
Full of or showing servile compliance
abject
contemptible, miserable, wretched
auspicious
marked by success, grand
alluded
suggested indirectly
repudiate
totally reject
tenure
period during which something is held
Fidelity
faithfulness, loyalty
eliciting
bringing out, drawing forth
expatriated
removed from residence in one’s native land
impiously
lacking reverence, respect or dutifulness
Exhorted
urged, advised