12th Q2 Vocab Pre-Test

overbearing pride; arrogance

• hubris

• platitude

• venera

• quotidian

to respect or revere

• venerate

• prognosticate

• sanctimonious

• haughty

restrictive; imposing demanding standards

• stringent

• haughty

• sanctimonious

• imbroglio

nonsense; unintelligible speech

• gibberish

• inimical

• coeval

• convoluted

complicated; intricate

• convoluted

• entreat

• anecdote

• incumbent

boorish or vulgar

• churlish

• promulgate

• staid

• lurid

shocking; explicit

• lurid

• cogent

• livid

• staid

to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others

• pander

• otiose

• puerile

• aleatory

rejection; refusal to acknowledge

• renunciation

• unimpeachable

• inveigh

• asperity

wasteful and immoral

• profligate

• ameliorate

• recalcitrant

• vitiate