11-2 Vocab Review Quiz 2

lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

• lackluster

• opaque

• tedium

• obtuse

hedonism

• the pursuit of pleasure

• a brief rest

• excessive admiration or praise

• showing great wealth and luxury

support or prop up

• bolster

• espouse

• pontificate

• goad

to express one's deep grief

• lament

• hone

• vilify

• bristle

to reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

• curtail

• transgress

• temper

• abridge

connoisseur; someone who knows a lot about food/drink

• epicure

• hiatus

• bourgeois

• clandestine

insubstantial; in need of strengthening

• tenuous

• poignant

• frenetic

• blithe

rude or unmannerly

• boorish

• winsome

• precocious

• incorrigible

remove blame or suspicion

• vindicate

• emancipate

• debunk

• reprieve

deeply emotional

• poignant

• jaundiced

• lament

• obtuse