vocab lesson 3

pedestrian

ordinary or dull

bona fide

in good faith

adventitious

accidental; nonessential

fecund

fertile; productive

deviate

digress; to stray

obfuscate

muddle; obscure

impale

to pierce with a sharp stake through the body

extenuate

to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses

parochial

provincial; narrow-minded

glower

to stare at angrily

edify

improve someone morally

ambiguous

unclear; uncertain

cataclysm

disaster; catastrophe

optimum

best; most favorable; ideal

importune

to beg; badger

merge

to plunge

integr

whole

lat

to carry

ence

the quality of________(ing)

e

out

co

with

trans

across