Wilson Vocab 15

Front 1

Brazen

Back 1

bold, shameless, impudent; blatant

Front 2

Candor

Back 2

honesty of expression; truthfulness

Front 3

Champion

Back 3

to defend or support; to fight for

Front 4

Charlatan

Back 4

quack, faker, imposter

Front 5

Chaotic

Back 5

extremely disorderly

Front 6

Circumnavigation

Back 6

to sail completely around

Front 7

Circumvent

Back 7

to go around; avoid

Front 8

Clandestine

Back 8

secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

Front 9

Clemency

Back 9

merciful leniency, forgiveness, mercy

Front 10

Coddle

Back 10

to baby, to treat indulgently, to spoil

Front 11

Colloquial

Back 11

characteristic of informal speech, slang

Front 12

Commensurate

Back 12

equal, proportional

Front 13

Diabolical

Back 13

fiendish, wicked, evil

Front 14

Deviate

Back 14

to stray, to wonder, to turn away

Front 15

Diminutive

Back 15

small

Front 16

Dogmatic

Back 16

rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated

Front 17

Dolt

Back 17

idiot, dimwit, foolish person

Front 18

Dulcet

Back 18

pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear

Front 19

Doleful

Back 19

sad, mournful

Front 20

Disheveled

Back 20

untidy, disarranged, unkempt, messy

Front 21

Duress

Back 21

threat of force or intimidation; imprisonment

Front 22

Ebullient

Back 22

exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

Front 23

Edifice

Back 23

building

Front 24

Engender

Back 24

to produce, to cause, to bring out

Front 25

Enervate

Back 25

to weaken, to sap energy from

Front 26

Ensconce

Back 26

to settle comfortably into a place; entrench

Front 27

Ennui

Back 27

boredom, lack of interest and energy

Front 28

Enshroud

Back 28

to cover, to enclose with a dark cover

Front 29

Enthrall

Back 29

to captivate, to enchant, to enslave, to charm

Front 30

Equine

Back 30

relating to horses

Front 31

Errant

Back 31

straying, mistaken, roving; delinquent

Front 32

Espouse

Back 32

to support or advocate; to promote

Front 33

Euphoria

Back 33

feeling of happiness, joy, excitement

Front 34

Excommunicate

Back 34

to bar from membership in the church

Front 35

Exude

Back 35

to give off, to ooze, to show

Front 36

Farcical

Back 36

absurd, ludicrous, ridiculous

Front 37

Fitful

Back 37

intermittent, irregular, broken

Front 38

Fortuitous

Back 38

happening by luck, fortunate

Front 39

Forsake

Back 39

to abandon, to withdraw from, to leave behind

Front 40

Forlorn

Back 40

hopeless, sad, despairing