Vocab 14

_{a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.}

• a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
• trickery; guile; craftiness.

_{Simon was an artless child.}

• free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous
• not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived

_{She begrudged her friend the award.}

• to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone)
• to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow

_{Einstein was blase about his early discoveries, he was interested in new concepts.}

• indifferent to or bored with life;
• unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures

_{They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.}

• insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic
• made hardened

_{He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.}

erratic, witty

^{Ralph's comely appearance gave him an advantage in the running for leader}

• pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair
• proper; seemly; becoming

_{Relatives of prisonors commanded an investivagtion to delve into the issue of prison conditions.}

• to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate
• to dig, as with a spade

_{America is know for its rich diversity in culture.}

• variety; multiformity
• difference; unlikeness

_{The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.}

a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom

_{It is expedient that you go.}

• proper under the circumstances
• tending to promote some proposed or desired object
• conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right

_{Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales}

• to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable
• to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness

_{In the hours between night and morning, the frenetic pace of city life slows to a lull.}

frenzied, frantic

_{Let's leave a generous gratuity for the waitress since the service was outstanding.}

• a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip
• something given without claim or demand.

_{The evidence manifests the guilt of the defendant.}

• readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain
• to prove; put beyond doubt or question

_{The extra expenses were negligible.}

so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded

_{He had a sudden qualm about the success of the venture.}

an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction

_{I found myself in a quandary from choosing either vanilla or chocolate icecream}

a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.

_{Animals replenish their food supplies for the incoming winter}.

to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up

_{You must submit the requisite forms by Monday in order to be considered for the position}

required