Week Eight

Vocabulary

Arid

Arid

•Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; dry

Brusque

Brusque

•Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; dismissive

Condescending

Condescending

•Attitude marked by feeling superior to others

Convergence

Convergence

•The coming together of two or more things

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

•Proposal intended to explain certain facts or occurrences

Nonchalant

Nonchalant

•Marked by indifference or a lack of concern

Provocative

Provocative

• Intended to stimulate or excite

Reconciliation

Reconciliation

•Re-establishing of cordial relations

Spurious

Spurious

•Plausible but false

Vindicate

Vindicate

•To show to be right by providing proof