Vocabulary Workshop Unit 9

to set apart or designate for a special purpose

• allocate
• deviate
• copious
• rancor

very enthusiastic, impassioned

• copious
• exult
• chastise
• ardent

prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent

• brash
• deviate
• allocate
• gnarled

subject to whims or passing fancies

• rancor
• capricious
• palatable
• limpid

unnaturally thin

• emaciated
• ardent
• assiduous
• chastise

a hint; a vague notion

• rancor
• omnipotent
• inkling
• poignant

clear, transparent; readily understood

• ardent
• palatable
• spontaneous
• limpid

agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption

• capricious
• palatable
• exult
• gnarled

deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell

• poignant
• limpid
• rancor
• spontaneous

persistent, attentive, diligent

• gnarled
• assiduous
• brash
• sophomoric