English II Vocab Week 10

Generate

To produce; form.

Assiduous

Diligent; attentive; unremitting

Lucid

Clear; easily understood; distinct

Futile

Ineffective or idle; trifling

Pertinent

To the point, appropriate; relevant

Exploit

To make use of; turn to one's own advantage.

Intervene

To intercede; interfere

Laborious

Not easy; requiring work.

Grandiose

Ostentatiously imposing

Notorious

Widely but not favorably known; negatively famous.

Cantankerous

Perverse in disposition; cross, ill-natured.

Tedious

Long, slow, and tiresome

Feasible

Possible of realization.

Retort

To reply sharply

Auspicious

Well-omened; betokening success.