Eng. 12 Q3 Vocab Pre-Test

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

• pander

• cajole

• indulge

• inveigh

to disapprove angrily; to protest

• inveigh

• berate

• aleatory

• asperity

stubbornly resistant; showing opposition

• agreeable

• vitiate

• recalcitrant

• ameliorate

wasteful and immoral

• profligate

• exegesis

• virtuous

• recalcitrant

an unsophisticated, awkward person

• bumpkin

• hortatory

• blithe

• toady

deserving blame or condemnation; guilty

• culpable

• penultimate

• provocative

• orotund

permeating; spreading throughout

• pervasive

• benign

• frenetic

• indecorous

lacking good taste; improper

• frenetic

• corroborate

• indecorous

• benign

a thin, attractive layer that conceals something

• veneer

• timorous

• luminous

• majordomo

a chief butler or assistant

• majordomo

• sous

• perquisite

• attendant