Quarter one vocab-Eng

Phototrophic

tending to grow or move toward light

phosphorescent

giving off light without heat

photogenic

looking attractive in photographs

lucid

easy to understand; clear

elucidate

to make clear by explaining

translucent

allowing light to pass through

circumspect

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

prospect

that which is expected

specter

a ghost or phantom

invidious

hateful or spiteful

providential

happening by good fortune

improvise

to create without and forethought or preparation

enunciate

to pronounce to speak clearly

renounce

to reject by declararion

pronouncement

a declaration of opinion; a judgement

invoke

to call on for support

provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

revoke

to make invalid; to deactivate

ineffable

unutterable; indescribable

infantile

childish; immature

affable

easy to converse with; friendly

edict

an official order

indict

to charge with a crime; to accuse

dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

prohibit

to someone from doing something

inhibit

to get in the way of

suffuse

to fill up form within; to spread throughout

confound

to confuse and frustrate

infuse

to inject; to fill something or someone with

sustain

to support for an extended period of time

abstain

to not do something; to refrain

tenacious

stubbornly, persistent, determined

retinue

a group that attends to an important person

replete

filled up with

implement

to put into action; to execute

deplete

to use up; to waste

misinformation

untrue or wrong information

reform

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

formative

occurring at the time of most influence

inept

unskilled; clumsy

adept

skilled; expert at

aptitude

a skill of suitablily for

posit

to put forth; to assert

impose

to forcibly place upon

disposition

one's attitude or mood

figment

something invented or imaginary

effigy

a figure constructed in mockery

prefigure

to look like or predict the future