AVID Vocab #2

Muse

• to become absorbed in thought

• notably polite

• aggressive

Meticulous

• insensitive

• cheerful

• excessively careful, scrupulous

Urbane

• lessen

• notably polite

• group within a larger group

Sagacity

• the quality of being keen in judgement

• tastelessly showy

• failure

Edify

• insensitive

• cheerful

• to instruct to improve, enlighten

Abate

• lessen

• to become absorbed in thought

• rash, passionate

Belligerent

• excessively careful, scrupulous

• tastelessly showy

• aggressive, warlike

Callous

• from diverse sources

• insensitive

• excessively dramatic or emotional

Debacle

• the quality of being keen in judgement

• to instruct to improve, enlighten

• failure

Eclectic

• from diverse sources

• to be absorbed in thought

• excessively dramatic or emotional