Vocabulary Review 1st marking period 2011-2012

acquiesce: (verb) definition: to assent tacitly to submit or comply silently or without protest

contentious: adj. creating disagreement argumentative; quarrelsome definition: creating disagreement argumentative; quarrelsome subject to litigation

crestfallen: adj. dejected; dispirited; discouraged having a drooping definition: dejected; dispirited; discouraged having a drooping crest or head

dexterity: noun skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body definition: skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body having mental adroitness or skill; clever done with skill or adroitness

eradicate:(verb) to remove or destroy utterly to erase by rubbing definition: to remove or destroy utterly to erase by rubbing do away with; exterminate

exacerbate: (verb) to increase the severity, definition: to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.) to aggravate, irritate, or exasperate

obfuscate: verb to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy definition: to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy to make obscure or unclear to darken

pernicious: adj. causing great harm, injury destruction, or death definition: causing great harm, injury destruction, or death fatal or likely to cause death wicked

sagacious: adjective having acute mental discernment definition: having acute mental discernment keen practical sense wise or shrewd