Vocab List #2

Contrive-transitive - To plan cleverly or ingeniously; invent

Controvert-transitive - To argue in opposition to

Converge-intransitive - to tend to move toward a common point or intersection

Culpable-adjective - guilty of a mistake or fault;blameworthy

Curtail-transitive - to make shorter;cut off part of

Dawdle-intransitive - to walk slowly and aimlessly;linger along the way

Delineate-transitive - to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail

Desiccate-intransitive - to lose all moisture;become dried up

Desultory-adjective - disordered,disconnected, or unmethodical;aimless

Dichotomy-noun - division or separation into two oppsed parts, positions, or opinions

Discourse-noun - verbal communication; conversation

Disingenuous-adjective - not candid or sincere

Disseminate-transitive - to spread widley, as though scattering seed

Engender-transitive - to create or give rise to

Erudite-adjective - having or sowing a high level of scholarly knowledge;learned

Esoteric-adjective - understood or known oly by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests

Expedient-adjective - suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances

Exude-transitive - to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin

Fatuous-adjective - smugly foolish or stupid

Haughty-adjective - proud in a manner that shows disdain for others; arrogant

Heft-noun - weight or heaviness, esp. as perceived by lifting

Hoodwink-transtive - to trick, deceive, or dupe