Wordly Wise Vocabulary

immature; inexperienced

• callow

• sagacious

• cynical

existing or occurring at the same time

• secular

• contemporary

• wane

skeptical or doubtful

• speculate

• cynical

• secular

A ruler with absolute power over a group of people

• despot

• secular

• impediment

In speech class, we learn to --- our words.

• impoverish

• enunciate

• venerate

obstacle; anything that gets in the way

• impediment

• venerate

• strife

Uncontrolled gambling and other bad financial choices can --- a person.

• speculate

• impoverish

• venerate

Working out in the sun makes one feel ---.

• indolent

• secular

• contemporary

My grandmother's --- advice has guided me many times over the years.

• sagacious

• voracious

• contemporary

not connected with church or religion; worldly

• secular

• cynical

• despot