VOCABULARY TIME!

POWER English Vocabulary Words (1-20)

1. Felicitous - of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad
- He led a felicitous life.

2. Doleful - sad
- He led a doleful life.

3. Fluster - embarrassed
- They flustered me by telling everyone my secret.

4. Preclude – make impossible
- The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.

5. Dither – procrastinate
- Stop Dithering and do something!

6. Poverish – poor
- Poverish people cannot afford luxuries.

7. Chivalrous – polite
- Mary is very chivalrous.

8. Endorse – permit
- We do not endorse smoking in the house.

9. Pallid – pale
- Tom has a pallid face.

10. Condone – overlook
- We condoned his wrongdoing.

11. Conspicuous – outstanding (easily seen)
- He is a conspicuous dancer.

12. Amiable – nice/ kind
- You are an amiable person.

13. Clamorous – noisy
- This is a clamorous class of children!

14. Reticent – modest
- Ernest is reticent about his success.

15. Phenomenal – marvelous
- I made a phenomenal discovery.

16. Agile – lively
- This is definitely an agile party.

17. Insolent – insulting
- Do you know that what you had just said was insolent?

18. Impotent – useless
- Jack felt impotent to help.

19. Hospitable – sociable
- Jon is a hospitable guy.

20. Concede – agree
- I concede to pay my share.