Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2, Lesson 8

(Review) easily angered

• candid
• irascible
• ostensible 
• jaunty 

the whole range or extent

• decorum 
• rancor 
• gamut 
• banter 

stern; severe; plain

• diffident 
• droll
• gauche
• austere 

(Review) an organized group of people with an obsessive devotion to a person or set principles

• effigy 
• cult
• destitute 
• enigma 

to lessen in violence or intensity

• abate 
• divulge 
• expunge 
• concur 

amusing in an odd or whimsical way

• austere 
• gauche
• droll
• irascible 

conformity to accepted standards or conduct; proper behavior

• jingoism
• duplicity 
• ignominy 
• decorum

(Review) one who merely dabbles in an art or science

• opus 
• dilettante 
• argot
• enigma 

to distribute; to give out sparingly

• dole
• extol 
• ostracize 
• appease 

to detest; to hate strongly

• abate 
• expunge 
• abhor 
• castigate