Vocabulary

Alleviate – to make easier to endure, to alleviate

Amicable – friendly, showing good amicable

Benevolent – showing good will, desiring to help others

Inevitable – sure to happen, unavoidable, certain

Scrutinize – to examine in detail

Tenacious – persistent, stubborn, obstinate, retentive

Disdain – to scorn, to treat with contempt, despise

Evident – plain or clear to the sight or

Frugal – not wasteful,

Superficial – lacking in content, shallow

Abdicate – to give up a throne or right, power, or claim in a formal manner.

Candor – the quality of being frank, sincere, and

Connive – to conspire to secretly help someone do something

Eloquent – showing the ability to use the language clearly and effectively

Forsake – to quit or abandon entirely

Inhibit – to restrain or prohibit to keep someone from doing

Modicum – small amount or portion

Nuance – small difference

Penchant – a strong liking or inclination

Zenith – the highest point or state

Resolute – Determined

Vanquish - To defeat or conquer in battle

Cautious - Careful in actions and behaviors

Sullen - Depressed, gloomy

Fawn - To act in a servile manner

Adrift - Wandering aimlessly; afloat without direction

Query - A question; to call into question

Impure - Lacking in purity; containing something unclean

Adverse – Unfavorable

Averse - Opposed or reluctant

Alter – To change

Assent - Agreement/ to agree

Ascent - Movement upward

Insure - To guard against loss

Bizarre - Very strange, weird

Cite - To quote, to refer

Complement - Something that completes; to go with or complete

Descent - Downward movement

Discrete - Separate, not connected

Discreet - Prudent, modest, having discretion; not allowing others to

notice

Eminent - Outstanding, distinguished

Imminent - About to happen, impending

Incidence - Frequency Uncountable noun: occurrence

Precede - To come before

Rein - A means of restraint or guidance

Analogies - Compare two words and then extend the relationship to

another set of words