Week 13-32

reputation---opinion others have of a person

apprehensive---worried; concerned

prejudiced---pre-judged; decide without facts

intoxicated---to be drunk with alcohol

nocturnal---having to do with night

parallel---lines equal distance apart; never cross

juvenile---young; youthful

malignant---harmful

beneficial---favorable; for one's good

paraphernalia---equipment; gear; stuff

perpendicular---at 90 degree angles

toxic---poisonous

fatal---deadly

original---the first; not copied

abandon---to leave or desert

sedentary---sits most of the time

obnoxious---very unpleasant

edible---able to eat safely

unique---rare; special; very unusal

current---up to date; new; recent

simultaneous---at the exact same time

grotesque---very ugly

amiable---friendly

mundane---ordinary; typical of our world

nonchalant---casual; indifferent; not worried; easy going

recent---just happened; new; current

fastidious---fussy; very particular; picky

ambidextrous---able to use right and left hands capably and comfortably

discreet---quietly without drawing attention

conspicuous---obvious; attracting attention; easy to see

ignorant---without knowledge; not knowing

debris---rubbish; trash; scattered remains

ludicrous---ridiculous; absurd; silly

ornery---nasty; mean; troublesome

conceited---stuck-up; inflated opinion of one's self

tolerate---to put up with

imminent-------about to happen soon

inert-------------without power to move

fatigue---------extreme exhaustion, very tired

anonymous--unknown

quarantine-------to isolate especially from disease

accumulate-------to collect; to gather together

consume-------use up; eat up; burn up; buy

motivation-------to cause desire to act; to get someone to want to do something

relent-----------------to give in

trivial-----------------unimportant; small

persuade------------to convince or talk into

anticipate-----------to look forward to

belligerent...........rebellious; smart-alecky

lethal....................potentially dead

idiosyncrasy......a unique habit

consistent..........reliable; stays the same

gregarious......outgoing; sociable; enjoys people

consecutive....one after another

lethargic..........unnaturally tired; drowsy; listless

feign................to pretend

optimist..................one who is positive; "looks on the bright side"

pessimist...............one who is negative; "looks on the bad side"

peculiar..................strange; unusual

correspondence....written communication (like letters)