Unit 3 Vocabulary

Cavort

def: to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

Credence

def: belief, mental acceptance

Decry

def: to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Dissemble

def: to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Distraught

def: very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Eulogy

def: a formal statement of commendation; high praise

Evince

def: to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Exhume

def: to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Feckless

def: lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Murky

def: dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Nefarious

def: wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Piquant

def: stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Primordial

def: developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

Propinquity

def: nearness in place or time; kinship

Substantive

def: real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

Unwonted

def: not usual or expected; not in character

Utopian

def: founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Verbiage

def: language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

Verdant

def: green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

Viscous

def: having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity