ENGL 2010: VOCABULARY EXAM I Define the following terms (2 pts each) PART 1 Prudent Diffident Felicitous Resolute

Discord Eclectic Vindicate Spurious Impetuous Prosaic Hackneyed Banal Denounce Apprehensive Belie Polemical Deferential Auspicious Dogmatic Venerate Immutable Transitory Veracity Rancor Cursory

Tenacious Ephemeral

PART 2 Sensibility Ingenuous Expedient Vapid Parochial Vicarious Surreptitious Sanguine Decorus / urbane Corroborate Circumspect Cynical Tenuous Acclaim Patronize Assiduous Pedantic Wary Provincial Obstinate Intrepid Reprehensible Extol Erratic (weak link, thin, unable to support) (high praise) (be customer, criticize) (hard working) (overly academic) (cautious) (related to region, narrow-minded, parochial) (stubborn) (brave/fearless) (wicked, deserve blame) (honor) (inconsistent) (preferences, awareness, discernment) nave, childhike simple, efficient, practical Bland, Proasic, Banal, Trite, Hackneyed narrow minded have second hand experience sneaky/clandestine/not in open hopeful/optimistic sophisticated support/backup careful, cautious, prudent, wary

Inherent Tractable Amenable Insolvent Inundate Genial Transcend Dilatory Divisive Enigmatic Preclude Exorbitant Idiosyncratic Banal Salutary Ardent/Ardor Amicable Incisive Affectation Resignation Inured Florid Amenable Officious Assiduous Scrupulous Laconic Duplicity

(inborn) (obedient, easily controlled) (easy to control/obedient) (out of money) (flood)

(delay)

(prevent)

(beneficial)

(pretentious behavior) (accept less than ideal situation) (give up, accept bad situation)

(cooperative, tractable, amicable)

(principled and moral) (few words and tight lipped) (deceitful)

Urbanity Languid Tacit Peremptory/Preemt Attenuate (weaken) lazy understanding w/o needing to be said bossy