vocab 7/27, 28, 29

small in quantity

derogatory, uncomplimentary

1. admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion 2. reflecting light evenly from all surfaces 3. easily intelligible, clear

a tendency, partiality, preference

remorseful, regretful

miserly, stingy

disloyal, unfaithful

1. characterized by routine or superficiality: a perfunctory smile. 2. lacking in interest or enthusiasm

shrewdness, perceptiveness

1. saucily free and forward, flippantly cocky and assured. 2. jaunty 3. piquantly stimulating

stubbornly persistent

having the tendency to spread throughout

insolent or rude in behavior

uninterested, unresponsive

having or expressing little or no sensibility; unemotional

tersely cogent

a very small amount, esp. relating to money

to ease the anger of, soothe

1. quality of being dull or insipid. 2. a trite, banal, or stale remark

enthusiastic approval, applause

1. in the state of being full, completed. 2. an abundance

1. bendable, flexible. 2. yielding readily to others 3. adjustable to conditions

1. an aggressive argument against a specific opinion. 2. an aggressive controversialist

suitable for drinking

one who has great power, a ruler

to prevent, to rule out in advance

exceptionally early in development or occurence

1. superiority in weight, importance, power, or strenghth 2. a majority in numbers

occupying the mind to the exclusion of other thoughts or feelings; tending to create a favorable impression; attractive

to have foreknowledge of events

to lay down a rule

disrepectfully bold

original, ancient, primitive

state of being deprived; lacking what is necessary for existence

virtue, integrity

strong inclination toward something

1. completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness 2. wildly extravagant

characterized by wasteful expenditure

plentiful, abundant

to proclaim, make known

to multiply, spread out

1. favorly disposed; benevolent 2. being a good omen; auspicious 3. tending to favor; advantageous

1. quality of being proper 2. conforming to socially accepted special and conduct; fear of offending conventional rules

1. factual, dull, unimaginative; characteristic of prose 2. everyday, ordinary

to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful

able to change shape, displaying great variety

1. ability to govern oneself by use of reason 2. sagacity or shrewdness in affairs 3. caution or circumspection as to danger or risk

marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire esp. sexual desire

juvenile, childish, silly

quarrelsome, combatives; truculent, belligerent

physical comeliness, beauty

marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment

rotten, foul

1. soft miry land that shakes or yields under foot 2. a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position

1. to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity 2. quiet, pacify

1. habitually complaining, fretful, whining

1. foolishly impractical, esp. in the pursuit of ideals. marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2. capricious, unpredictable

1. occurring every day 2. belonging to each day, commonplace, ordinary

1. having a rank smell or taste 2. offensive