1. Vocabulary 1

2. herculean
tremendous in size, strength, difficulty, or effort

3. bowdlerize
To remove or
change parts considered vulgar or immoral

4. pandemonium
utter confusion or wild uproar

5. pander
play up to another’s desires and weaknesses

6. quixotic
idealistic but not
practical

7. cynical
doubting the goodness and sincerity of human motives

8. stoical
indifferent to pain
or pleasure

9. stigma
mark of disgrace

10. impede
hinder; obstruct

11. expedite
speed up; hasten

12. VOC =
VOICE; CALL

13. vociferous
noisy; loudly insistent

14. evocative
calling up; producing

15. avocation
hobby

16. irrevocable
unchangeable

17. equivocate
using words unclearly in
order to mislead