Monday, October 18, 2004

Week 11 Vocabulary Words

1.CAPITULATE-to surrender
2.CATALYST-a substance that alters the rate of a physical orchemical reaction takes place, usually by makingit go faster
3. CAUSTIC-able to burn, eat away, or destroy by chemical action; sarcastic or cutting in speech; corrosive
4. HIERARCHY-a group of persons arranged in order of rank
5. HOMOGENOUS-having or consisting of the same parts; similar
6. HYPOCRITICAL-insincere, fals; pretense of being better than one is
7. ICONOCLAST-a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow poular ideas
8. PIETY-a pious act or thought; devotion to religious duties and practices
9. PLACID-calm; peaceful
10. POMPOUS-acting with an air of great dignity; full of high sounding words or phrases; pretentious; self-important
11. SUMPTUOUS-of a size or splendor suggesting great expense
12. SURMISE-to reach a conclusion on slight evidence; to guess, presume
13. SURREPTITIOUS-acting in a secret way; stealthy
14. SUSCEPTIBLE-easily influenced or affected by; disposed to
15. VALIDATE-to confirm or support; to verify; to make official

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