Unit 3 Vocabulary

limited and narrow in outlook; unsophisticated

idealistic but impractical

demanding or expecting total obedience

promoting good health

using as few words as possible; terse

lacking self-confidence; timid

model of excellence or perfection

 appropriateness

to make something seem less worthy or important

sharply critical; harsh; biting

flat; tasteless; unexciting

not moving or progressing; still

friendly; showing good will 

gradually disappearing; fading away like a vapor

barely sufficient; barely adequate; meager

  having a sense of beauty; giving an impression of beauty

so superior as to be without equal; incomparable; unsurpassed

not straightforward; tricky; shifty

 win favor; make oneself agreeable

to treat with extreme disrespect; defile

to criticize; put down

evil; moral corruption

firmly and consistently loyal

rash boldness

natural preference; tendency to like something

to wipe out; erase

 a person or thing that brings about change

to put down by force

lawlessness; lack of government; absence of authority or rules

to seize power or position by force

not having enough to live on; very poor

well-spoken

an expert, particularly in the arts

labored, heavy; massive; lacking grace

to represent in words or pictures

hardened in mind and feelings

tending to win over or appease: pacifying

harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

lacking in quality or quantity; insufficient

a person who comes before another in time

to bring under control; enslave; conquer

to reject bluntly; snub

to pay attention to

fanciful, odd; arbitrary

to consent without protest; to comply; assent

violent irregularity, disturbance, or agitation, as of motion, air, or water

using high-sounding language without much meaning

talkative to an annoying degree

proud, scornful; looking down on others

never changing or varying