Honors English 4 - Vocabulary List #3

(n.) a method of argument seemingly plausible but is actually invalid and misleading; the art of using such arguments

• dissemination

• alacrity

• somnolent

• sophistry

(v.) to increase the severity of; to aggravate

• profligate

• exacerbate

• vituperative

• ad nauseam

(adj.) certain or definite; clear; having only one possible meaning

• irreproachable

• intrinsic

• unequivocal

• voluble

(n.) cheerful readiness or willingness; liveliness

• alacrity

• burgeon

• voluble

• sophistry

(adj.) sleepy or drowsy; tending to cause sleep

• covet

• somnolent

• ad nauseam

• ostensible

(adv.) to a disgusting or ridiculous extent (to the point of nausea)

• ad nauseam

• vituperative

• somnolent

• implacable

 (v.) to grow or develop quickly; to flourish

• evanesce

• profligate

• exacerbate

• burgeon

(adj.) outwardly appearing as such; professed or pretended; apparent and obvious

• vituperative

• ostensible

• unequivocal

• intrinsic

(v.) to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away

• burgeon

• intrinsic

• ad nauseam

• evanesce

(adj.) utterly and shamelessly immoral; excessively wasteful and extravagant

• vituperative

• ostensible

• profligate

• sophistry