Vocabulary Words

Week 9

ABROGATE to abolish

BURNISH to polish

CASTIGATE to punish

DIDACTIC instructive

ECLECTIC selecting the best from various sources

FATUOUS foolish

IGNOMINIOUS shameful

LATENT hidden; dormant

MICROCOSM world in miniature

NEBULOUS vague; indistinct

OBDURATE stubborn

PARAGON model of excellence

PERFIDIOUS treacherous

QUERULOUS complaining

RECALCITRANT not obedient

SANGUINE optimistic

SHUNT to turn aside

TEMERITY foolish boldness

TURBID muddy

VOLITION act of determination