(GRADED A)
bewail -✔✔ to express deep regret or sorrow over
destitute -✔✔ without resources or possessions, especially the necessities
of life
detract -✔✔ to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance
of
emancipate -✔✔ (v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
extol -✔✔ to praise highly
flamboyant -✔✔ Excessively showy; unrestrained
impetus -✔✔ 1. A driving force; anything that causes an action
2. Increased activity resulting from a driving force
insuperable -✔✔ incapable of being overcome or defeated
intermittent -✔✔ not continuous; happening at intervals
maxim -✔✔ a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
obligatory -✔✔ required or demanded
, plumb -✔✔ 1. to measure the depth of water
2. to reach the deepest part of
3. to understand by examining closely; to solve
4. adj- straight up and down; vertical
vagabond -✔✔ A person who wanders from place to place
visage -✔✔ a face, especially one that expresses feelings
wheedle -✔✔ 1. to coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
2. to gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
alacrity -✔✔ promptness in responding; eagerness
array -✔✔ 1. A large group of people or things.
2. An orderly arrangement or display.
3. To place in order.
4. To dress up.
deduce -✔✔ to draw a conclusion from given facts
encumber -✔✔ 1. To weigh down or burden.
2. To impede the action of.
fraught -✔✔ (adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
haphazard -✔✔ marked by lack of plan, order, or direction
incontrovertible -✔✔ impossible to dispute; unquestionable