Vocab 5 & 6 - 10th

Acquiesce

• Accept something reluctantly but without protest

• Enthusiastic or passionate

• A bold manner or show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

• Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself

Ardent

• Wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well

• Enthusiastic or passionate

• A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

• Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

Bravado

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

• A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

• Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself

Complacent

• Wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

• Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself

Conscientious

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

• Following a winding course

• Wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well

Frivolous

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

• Follow a winding course

• Intended to attract notice and impress others

Inept

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

• Follow a winding course

• Intended to attract notice and impress others

Meander

• (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible

• Accept something reluctantly but without protest

• Follow a winding course

• Intended to attract notice and impress others

Ostentatious

• Intended to attract notice and impress others

• A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

• Not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual

Palpable

• (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible

• Intended to attract notice and impress others

• Follow a winding course

• Generally incompetent and ineffectual