Vocabulary Study Tool Unit #3 Flashcards
Adventitious (adj)
Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design
Clandestine (adj.)
Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit
Pedestrian (adj.)
Lacking inspiration or excitement
Edify (v.)
To improve someone morally
Nuance (n.)
A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
Deviate (v.)
To turn aside from a course
Bona Fide (adj.)
In good faith; genuine
Glower (v.)
To stare angrily
Cataclysm (n.)
A violent change
Obfuscate (v.)
To confuse; to bewilder
Antithesis (n.)
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone else or something else
Chagrin (n.)
Embarrassment; a complete loss of courage
Parochial (adj.)
Having a narrow or limited outlook
Ambiguous (adj.)
Open to more than one interpretation
Optimum (adj.)
Most favorable; ideal
