1. 12 CP Vocab 6

2. innocuous Adjective Harmless “The assassin wore a disguise and a smile to make himself look like an innocuous old man.”

3. foist Verb To pass off as genuine or valuable “The secret service arrested the man who foisted counterfeit $20 bills throughout the country.”

4. plethora Noun An abundance, excess “The Library of Congress has a plethora of information about most any subject imaginable.”

5. flippancy Noun Disrespect “His flippancy in class got him sent to the principal’s office.”

6. incongruous Adjective Incompatible; unsuitable for the situation “Ed’s incongruous joke about the policemen did not get him out of a speeding ticket.”

7. disconcert Verb To frustrate, confuse “The lengthy calculus problem on the quiz disconcerted Nancy.”

8. vitriolic Adjective Harsh in tone, bitterly critical “The critic’s vitriolic review of the new film prompted thousands of contradictory letters.”

9. expiate Verb To make amends for “Johnny mowed the neighbors’ lawn free of charge all summer to expiate himself for breaking their front window with a baseball.”

10. compendium Noun A list or collection of items “Jen perused a compendium of antique toys to find the value of an old doll.”

11. coterie Noun a small group of people who share interests and meet frequently. “Virginia Woolf was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, a coterie of English authors respected for its talent, but ridiculed for its arrogance.”