Vocabulary List #11: 11/17/97
antipathy | opposition in feeling |
choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger |
collusion | secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal purpose |
disparage | to lower in rank or reputation; degrade |
entrepreneur | one who manages and assumes the risks of a business |
epitaph | an inscription on a tomb or grave |
equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations |
glib | marked by ease and informality; nonchalant; smooth talking |
imbibe | to take in or up; receive into the mind; drink, absorb |
imbue | to cause to become penetrated; to tinge deeply |
incongruous | incompatible; disagreeing; unsuitable |
infamy | evil reputation brought about by something criminal; disgrace |
ire | intense and openly displayed anger |
luxuriant | characterized by abundant growth; florid |
microcosm | a little world; a community that epitomizes a larger one |
morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition; sullen |
nemesis | one that inflicts retribution or vengeance |
novice | person new to an occupation or activity |
nullify | to make of no value or consequence; to make null and void |
palatable | agreeable to the taste or mind |
pernicious | highly injurious or destructive; deadly |
ploy | something devised or contrived |
reprimand | to reprove sharply |
scurrilous | using or given to coarse language; containing obscenities |
slough | a place of deep mud or mire; swamp |
succulent | extremely juicy |
surreptitious | acting or doing something secretly |
tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness; boring |
truculent | feeling or displaying ferocity; cruel; savage; destructive |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge |