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CP12 Vocabulary 5. Tested Definitions. Ameliorate Make or become better Angst A feeling of dread, anxiety, or fear Bemused Puzzled; bewildered Clemency Mercy Corporeal Bodily; physical; material. Denizen Inhabitant , resident; one who regularly frequents a place Ennui
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CP12 Vocabulary 5 Tested Definitions
Ameliorate • Make or become better • Angst • A feeling of dread, anxiety, or fear • Bemused • Puzzled; bewildered • Clemency • Mercy • Corporeal • Bodily; physical; material
Denizen • Inhabitant, resident; one who regularly frequents a place • Ennui • Mental weariness; boredom • Florid • Reddish; elaborately ornate • Frenetic • Frantic; frenzied • Gratis • Free; without charge
Invidious • Likely to cause resentment or anger • Malaise • General bodily discomfort; feeling of unease or demoralization • Matriculate • Enroll at a college or university • Neophyte • New convert; beginner, novice • Palliate • Alleviate (disease) without curing it
Paradigm • Example or pattern • Purblind • Dim-sighted; obtuse, dim-witted • Supine • Lying face-upwards; inert • Verisimilitude • Appearance of being true or real • Zeitgeist • Spirit of the times