Exam (elaborations) CHSPE

aberrantdeviating from what is normal or expected ablutionA 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 agileAble to move quickly and easily alacritycheerful promptness; eagerness animosityHatred benignCausing no harm banalCommonplace boorishRude cajoleTo coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises causticbiting in wit; sarcastic coddleTo treat as a baby or an invalid. congealTo change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid dearth(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famin dubiousDoubtfull, questionable, suspect egregiousConspicuously bad eruditelearned; scholarly; bookish extenuate(v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses inaneSilly indigenousNative to a place. equivocalAmbiguous; inte