Vocab List 2 Definitions - Spring '24

compunction

• a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• deserving praise and commendation

• showing fearlessness and determination

Pernicious

• showing fearlessness and determination

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

• cheerful and lighthearted

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

palpable

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• so intense as to seem almost tangible

• official permission or approval for an action

• create or bring about

dauntless

• irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

• showing fearlessness and determination

• a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

laudable

•  deserving praise and commendation

• official permission or approval for an action

• so intense as to seem almost tangible

• cheerful and lighthearted

sanction

• official permission or approval for an action

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• create or bring about

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

contrive

• cheerful and lighthearted

• create or bring about

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• showing fearlessness and determination

jocund

• cheerful and lighthearted

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

• so intense as to seem almost tangible

•  irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely

exasperate

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

•  irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely

• a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

beguile

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

• (of an action, idea, or goal) deserving praise and commendation

• having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• official permission or approval for an action