WorksheetsEng. 12 Q3 Vocab Pre-Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others
pander
cajole
indulge
inveigh
to disapprove angrily; to protest
inveigh
berate
aleatory
asperity
stubbornly resistant; showing opposition
agreeable
vitiate
recalcitrant
ameliorate
wasteful and immoral
profligate
exegesis
virtuous
recalcitrant
an unsophisticated, awkward person
bumpkin
hortatory
blithe
toady
deserving blame or condemnation; guilty
culpable
penultimate
provocative
orotund
permeating; spreading throughout
pervasive
benign
frenetic
indecorous
lacking good taste; improper
frenetic
corroborate
indecorous
benign
a thin, attractive layer that conceals something
veneer
timorous
luminous
majordomo
a chief butler or assistant
majordomo
sous
perquisite
attendant
lazy
indolent
industrious
tacit
polemical
to plunder & pillage
depredate
enhance
largesse
circumvent
a delibrately misleading story
canard
solecism
cortege
simian
relating to ordinary people
formal
solecism
demotic
wont
insincere; calculating
disingenuous
intransigent
malaise
requisite
uncompromising; refusing to moderate
candid
disingenuous
yielding
intransigent
a tendency
propensity
aversion
compunction
sepulcher
warlike; inclined to fight
bellicose
compunction
wizened
sepulcher
to enjoy; to take pleasure in
lament
voluble
revel
assiduous
feeling of offense; resentment
umbrage
voluble
panacea
assiduous
