Vocabulary+by+week

Week 1
 * -Oust** v. to eject, to banish, to expel
 * -Placate** v. to soothe, to appease with concessions
 * -Raucous** adj. boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly
 * -Saccharine** adj. excessively sweet
 * -Surfeit** n. an abundance, an excessive amount
 * -Overture** n. an opening move, a preliminary offer
 * -Plausible** adj. believable
 * -Rebuff** v. to snub, to refuse in a blunt or rude way
 * -Sardonic** adj. scornfully mocking, disdainful
 * -Surmise** v. to infer on minimal grounds, conjecture, suppose

Week 2 **-Conviction** n. determination, a state of being convinced **- Diatribe ** n. a biting speech; a lengthy rambling **-Egocentric** adj. self-involved, selfish **-Poignant** adj. emotionally moving **-Reciprocal** adj. mutual, interchangeable, shared. ** -Paltry ** adj. a tiny or insignificant amount, meager, scant ** -Pretentious ** adj. showy, self-important, making unjustifiable claims to excellence. ** -Rebuke ** v. to criticize or reprimand sharply ** -Servile ** adj. submissive, behaving like a slave ** -Teem ** v. to swarm, to be inundated, full or overflowing

Week 3 **Extol** v. to praise highly ** Explicit ** adj. clearly stated, precisely shown **Stagnate** v. to lie inactive, to stay in one place **Quell** v. to put an end to, to squelch, to calm **Pious** adj. Reverent, devout, dutiful; may be marked by times of hypocrisy. **Insidious** adj. Sly, treacherous, having a gradual effect **Manifest** v. to make evident by showing **Polemic** n. a powerful argument to defend a thesis **Table** v. to remove from consideration **Pariah** n. an outcast

Week 4 **Provincial** adj. limited in outlook, narrow in ideas **Stratagem** n. a trick or deceptive scheme **Resplendent** adj. brilliant, gloriously bright **Robust** adj. strong and healthy, vigorous **Transfix** v. to cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
 * Abridge ** v. to shorten
 * Botch ** v. to ruin, to mess up
 * Delude ** v. to deceive the mind or judgment of
 * Exacerbate ** v. to make worse
 * Juxtapose ** v. to put side by side for comparison

Week 5

**Desecrate** v. to treat disrespectfully, to violate the sacredness of **Ebb** v. to decrease in level, to go down **Meander** v. to walk in a winding path = Nominal ** adj. In name only; a small amount. ** = **Palatable** adj. agreeable, pleasant, **Peruse** v. to look over closely **Stymie** v. to obstruct or to foil **Terse** adj. brief, to the point **Vehement** adj. passionate, deeply expressed **Wistful** adj. full of wishful yearning