CHSPE vocab
aberrant - Answer deviating from what is normal or expected
ablution - Answer A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
acquiesce - Answer (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
aggrandize - Answer (v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or
intensify; to make appear greater
agile - Answer Able to move quickly and easily
alacrity - Answer cheerful promptness; eagerness
animosity - Answer Hatred
benign - Answer Causing no harm
banal - Answer Commonplace
boorish - Answer Rude
cajole - Answer To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing
thoughts or false promises
caustic - Answer biting in wit; sarcastic
coddle - Answer To treat as a baby or an invalid.
congeal - Answer To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
dearth - Answer (n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famin
dubious - Answer Doubtfull, questionable, suspect
egregious - Answer Conspicuously bad
erudite - Answer learned; scholarly; bookish
extenuate - Answer (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making
partial excuses
inane - Answer Silly
indigenous - Answer Native to a place.
equivocal - Answer Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
aberrant - Answer deviating from what is normal or expected
ablution - Answer A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
acquiesce - Answer (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
aggrandize - Answer (v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or
intensify; to make appear greater
agile - Answer Able to move quickly and easily
alacrity - Answer cheerful promptness; eagerness
animosity - Answer Hatred
benign - Answer Causing no harm
banal - Answer Commonplace
boorish - Answer Rude
cajole - Answer To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing
thoughts or false promises
caustic - Answer biting in wit; sarcastic
coddle - Answer To treat as a baby or an invalid.
congeal - Answer To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
dearth - Answer (n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famin
dubious - Answer Doubtfull, questionable, suspect
egregious - Answer Conspicuously bad
erudite - Answer learned; scholarly; bookish
extenuate - Answer (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making
partial excuses
inane - Answer Silly
indigenous - Answer Native to a place.
equivocal - Answer Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
