1. Week of March 5 Study for Quiz
Vocabulary
Week of March 5
Study for Quiz

2. Renounce
give up claim: to give up formally a claim, title, position, or right
reject belief: to reject or disavow a belief or theory
stop doing something: to give up a habit, pursuit, or practice

6. Truculent fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work
aggressively hostile; belligerent

10. Nefarious
evil: utterly immoral or wicked

12. Complacency
A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy.

18. Vehemence
Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction
fervid: a vehement denial

20. Innocuous
unlikely to offend: not intended to cause offense or provoke a strong reaction and unlikely to do so
harmless: harmless in effect

22. Obsequious submissive: excessively eager to please or obey fawning
annoying teacher’s pet

25. Malevolence
ill will ; malice; hatred

27. Alacrity
eager readiness

29. Canonical relating to, or forming a canon – what a lousy definition
conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure : orthodox
of or relating to a clergyman

31. Berate
scold: to scold somebody vigorously and at length

33. Incontrovertible
certain, undeniable, and not open to question

35. Polarize
cause division of opinion: to make the differences between groups or ideas ever more clear-cut and extreme, hardening the opposition between them, or become ever more clear-cut and extreme in this way

37. Axioms a self-evident truth that requires no proof
a universally accepted principle or rule
a proposition that is assumed without proof

38. Unbridled
freely and openly expressed

40. Predicated
to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert

41. Opaque
not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light

42. Circuitous
lengthy because very indirect

43. Affable
easygoing: good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to

45. Ardent having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling
Passionate
fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love

47. Vaunted
boasted about or praised in an ostentatious way

48. Beguiled
charm somebody: to win and hold somebody's attention, interest, or devotion
deceive somebody: to mislead or deceive somebody
cheat somebody: to rob somebody of something, or cheat somebody out of something

50. Enervated
weakened or exhausted physically, mentally, or morally

53. Castigated to criticize or reprimand severely
to punish in order to correct

54. Exonerated
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame

55. Filial
of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience
noting or having the relation of a child to a parent

56. Tacit
implied but not expressed: understood or implied without being stated openly

57. Prescient
knowing in advance: having or showing knowledge of actions or events before they take place