Week 43 Words

1. Aloof (adj) – reserved, apart, distant
2. Ameliorate (v) – to relieve, improve
3. Atrophy (v) – waste away
4. Benevolent (adj) – charitable, kindly
5. Criterion (n) – test, model, standard
6. Cynic (n) – a skeptic, pessimist
7. Guise (n) – appearance, manner, mien
8. Iniquity (n) – wickedness, injustice
9. Largess (n) – liberality, gift, gratuity
10. Maim (v) – to cripple, disable
11. Mercenary (adj) – greedy, motivated by desire for gain
12. Mollify (v) – to appease, pacify
13. Pariah (n) – a social outcast
14. Pragmatic (adj) – practical, based on experience
15. Repent (v) – to desire making amends, regret
16. Roster (n) – a list of names
17. Stunted (adj) – held back from natural growth
18. Subservient (adj) – servile, obsequious
19. Unctuous (adj) – affectedly emotional, sycophantic
20. Vestige (n) – evidence, trace