Name:___________________________Pre-AP English, Period: ______ Date: ____________

VOCABULARY WORDS: VOC #9

1. wanton - malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; licentious
Terrorists commit wanton acts on a helpless populace to make their point.

2. visionary - a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future.
My uncle was a visionary, not a businessman. He spent too much time tinkering with his antigravity generator and not enough time working in his plumbing business so that he went broke.

3. succumb - to yield or submit; to die
The Martians in The War of the Worlds survived every military weapon known to man but succumbed to the common cold and died.

4. squalor - filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions
In the eyes of some Americans, some people in third world countries live in squalor because they have no running water or sanitation system.

5. sacrilege - a violation of something sacred; blasphemy
Dancing, going to movies and watching television are sacrileges in some fundamentalist religions.

6. robust - strong and healthy; vigorous
The hundred-year-old man was still robust, swimming a mile each day in the river.

7. refute - to prove to be false; to disprove
His expensive suit and imported shoes clearly refuted his claim that he was poor.

8. parody - a satirical imitation
At the talent show, the girls sang a terrible parody of a Beatles' song called "I Want to Hold Your Foot."

9. noxious - harmful; offensive
Smoking is a noxious habit because it stinks and is harmful to everyone's health.

10. morose - gloomy; sullen
After his break-up he spent all weekend ensconced in his room feeling a little morose.