Vocab Squares 5-8

Front 1

Acrimonious

Back 1

Biting in feeling, language, or manner

Hint 1

Acri-biting

Front 2

Condone

Back 2

To forgive or overlook

Hint 2

Done-forgiveness

Front 3

Eclectic

Back 3

Selecting from or made up of variety of sources

Hint 3

Electric wires from diff. Sources

Front 4

Forte

Back 4

Something a person does well; strong point

Hint 4

Strong Fort builder

Front 5

Epitome

Back 5

Typical or perfect example of something

Hint 5

Ep-Ex

Front 6

Integral

Back 6

Essential; necessary; entire

Hint 6

Inter-enter-essential

Front 7

Overt

Back 7

Open and evident; not hidden

Hint 7

Overt-Open

Front 8

Accost

Back 8

To confront boldly; to approach with a greet

Hint 8

Cost-bold money

Front 9

Conspicuous

Back 9

Easily seen; clearly visible; worthy of notice

Hint 9

Suspicious-con (-) = easily seen

Front 10

Et al

Back 10

And others

Front 11

Incorrigible

Back 11

Too firmly fixed to be refirmed or changed; impossible to manage

Hint 11

Corrid-firmly fixed

Front 12

Pithy

Back 12

Precisely meaning, forceful, brief

Hint 12

Pith-path-forceful

Front 13

Fortitude

Back 13

Firmness in spirit and strength of mind in facing pain

Hint 13

Fort tude-fourteen. Team

Front 14

Validate

Back 14

To confirm, to prove correct, to make legally valid

Hint 14

Valid-valid

Front 15

Allure

Back 15

To attract with something desirable to entice

Hint 15

Lure-attract

Front 16

Embellish

Back 16

More beautiful with ornaments

Hint 16

Bells decorate

Front 17

Hapless

Back 17

Unlucky or unfortunate

Hint 17

Unhappy-unlucky

Front 18

Precarious

Back 18

Not safe or secure; uncertain; dangerous or risky

Hint 18

Caution

Front 19

Indelible

Back 19

Permanent, impossible to remove

Hint 19

INDELIBLE new superglue!!

Front 20

Pervade

Back 20

Spread out, present everywhere

Hint 20

Vade-dark vader- spread out

Front 21

Salient

Back 21

Obvious, easily seen or noticed

Hint 21

Sal-Sally-obvious

Front 22

Alacrity

Back 22

Cheerful willingness,speed or quickness

Hint 22

City is cheerful

Front 23

contingent

Back 23

Depending on something not certain

Hint 23

Continent depends on water

Front 24

Dexterity

Back 24

Physical / mental skill - cleverness

Hint 24

Dex is smart

Front 25

Gamut

Back 25

Complete range or extant

Hint 25

Mut-muddy-range

Front 26

Extrinsic

Back 26

Caused by outside circumstances, external

Hint 26

Ext-external

Front 27

Intrinsic

Back 27

Belonging to its very nature

Hint 27

Instinct-love a human

Front 28

Subvert

Back 28

To corrupt, cause downfall or ruin of

Hint 28

Sub-subway sandwich- downfall