Eng IV Vocab Lesson 1

adj. done in a smooth, offhand manner; easily spoken; speaking too smoothly to be sincere

• glib

• banal

• bellicose

• finesse

adj. sad or mournful, often to an exaggerated degree; doleful

• lugubrious

• glib

• lampoon

• nefarious

n. delicate skill, subtlety; v. to bring about with skill; to evade

• nemesis

• finesse

• pseudonym

• purloin

n. an avenger; an unbeatable rival; a person who punishes another for evil deeds

• banal

• nemesis

• bellicose

• finesse

v. to steal

• finesse

• lugubrious

• purloin

• nemesis

adj. commonplace; trite; stale from overuse

• bellicose

• glib

• finesse

• banal

n. a fictitious name assumed by an author; a pen name

• lampoon

• pseudonym

• purloin

• nemesis

n. strongly satirical writing; v. to ridicule or satirize

• lampoon

• pseudonym

• nefarious

• bellicose

adj. villainous; infamous; having a bad reputation

• banal

• lampoon

• nefarious

• lugubrious

adj. quarrelsome; hostile; inclined to fighting

• purloin

• nemesis

• nefarious

• bellicose