Vocab #05 - English 4

Front 1

Ascend

Back 1

to move upward, succeed.

Front 2

Austere

Back 2

Stern, severe, strict.

Front 3

Banal

Back 3

Commonplace; trite.

Front 4

Benign

Back 4

Of a gentle disposition; showing kindness.

Front 5

Capricious

Back 5

A sudden whim or fancy

Front 6

Depravity

Back 6

to pervert or corrupt.

Front 7

Didactic

Back 7

Intended primarily to instruct.

Front 8

Disparity

Back 8

Distinct in quality or character.

Front 9

Engender

Back 9

to create or bring into being.

Front 10

Enigmatic

Back 10

obscure, ambiguous, equivocal.

Front 11

Ephemeral

Back 11

Short-lived, transitory, passing, fleeting.

Front 12

Esoteric

Back 12

Designed for or understood only by the specially initated.

Front 13

Exacerbate

Back 13

to make worse.

Front 14

Extol

Back 14

to glorify and praise highly.

Front 15

Furtive

Back 15

done by stealth.

Front 16

Laud

Back 16

Praise, acclaim.

Front 17

Levity

Back 17

Lack of seriousness, lightness.

Front 18

Nulify

Back 18

To make null or valueless.

Front 19

Opaque

Back 19

blocking the passage of radiant energy.

Front 20

Prolific

Back 20

Making an abundance.

Front 21

Repudiate

Back 21

To cast off; refuse to have anything to do with.

Front 22

Reticence

Back 22

being uncommunicative; reserved.

Front 23

Servile

Back 23

submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior.

Front 24

Taciturn

Back 24

habitually reserved and uncommunicative.

Front 25

Virulent

Back 25

deadly, extremely poisonous.