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 |