CHSPE vocab Study Guide

aberrant --deviating from what is normal or expected ablution --A washing or cleansing, especially of the body acquiesce --(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit aggrandize --(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater agile --Able to move quickly and easily alacrity --cheerful promptness; eagerness animosity --Hatred benign --Causing no harm banal --Commonplace boorish --Rude cajole --To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises caustic --biting in wit; sarcastic coddle --To treat as a baby or an invalid. congeal --To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid dearth --(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famin dubious --Doubtfull, questionable, suspect egregious --Conspicuously bad erudite --learned; scholarly; bookish extenuate --(v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses inane --Silly indigenous --Native to a place. equivocal --Ambiguous; intentionally misleading insinuate --To imply or communicate stealthily intrepid --(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable ire --wrath paragon --A model of excellence Zeitgeist --The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. fidelity --FAITHFULNESS; LOYALTY flippant --Humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty frugal --Economical, thrifty, not wasteful with money facile --(adj.) easily done or attained; no difficult to do germane --(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos,