Vocab List 1-4

Front 1

legacy

Back 1

something passed on from an ancestor

Front 2

dormant

Back 2

marked by a suspension of activity

Front 3

exhalation

Back 3

to breathe out

Front 4

grimace

Back 4

a facial expression of disgust

Front 5

candid

Back 5

free from bias

Front 6

evocative

Back 6

to evoke an emotional response

Front 7

deft

Back 7

characterized by facility and skill

Front 8

infatuated

Back 8

to inspire with a foolish admiration

Front 9

malaise

Back 9

a vague sense of mental
well-being

Front 10

complacence

Back 10

calm or secure satisfaction

Front 11

obsequios

Back 11

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Front 12

genuflect

Back 12

to bend the knee

Front 13

demean

Back 13

to lower in character, status, and reputation

Front 14

profusely

Back 14

exhibiting great abundance

Front 15

pander

Back 15

someone who caters to the weaknesses of others

Front 16

brusque

Back 16

blunt in manner or speech

Front 17

arbitrary

Back 17

depending on individual discretion

Front 18

bland

Back 18

smooth in manner or quality

Front 19

loquacious

Back 19

full of excessive talk

Front 20

quarry

Back 20

an open excavation

Front 21

polychromatic

Back 21

showing a variety of colors

Front 22

saunter

Back 22

to walk in an idle manner

Front 23

dilatory

Back 23

to delay

Front 24

wistful

Back 24

musingly sad

Front 25

ambiguity

Back 25

uncertain

Front 26

delineate

Back 26

to mark the outline of

Front 27

contrive

Back 27

to create in an ingenious manner

Front 28

portentous

Back 28

solemn or important

Front 29

limpid

Back 29

absolutely quiet and untroubled

Front 30

sublime

Back 30

exalted in thought or expression

Front 31

tenuous

Back 31

having little strength or support

Front 32

ostensible

Back 32

suspected as the reason though it can not be proven

Front 33

myriad

Back 33

a great many

Front 34

sconce

Back 34

candles with holders that are taller than the candles

Front 35

obstreperously

Back 35

noisly,boisterously, or uncontrollably

Front 36

rescind

Back 36

to repeal

Front 37

eidetic

Back 37

marked by vivid recall

Front 38

intuitive

Back 38

knowing things without conscious reasoning

Front 39

amenity

Back 39

something that gives material convenience

Front 40

alleged

Back 40

questionably true

Front 41

impasse

Back 41

a difficulty having no recognizable solution

Front 42

imminence

Back 42

the state of being ready to take place

Front 43

grub

Back 43

to dig in the ground

Front 44

irrepressible

Back 44

impossible to control

Front 45

gossamer

Back 45

something delicate

Front 46

revel

Back 46

to take intense satisfaction

Front 47

accost

Back 47

to speak in a challenging way

Front 48

impetuous

Back 48

marked by impulsive passion

Front 49

swathed

Back 49

bound in long strips of bandages