Vocabulary (Personal)

Novelette (Novulet)

A very short story or book

Conversant (Kunvrsent)

Very well-versed or knowledgeable about something

Grobian (

A clumsy or rude person

Tacit

Understood without being openly expressed

Sashay

To walk in a confident, exaggerated way

Isochronous

Happening at regular, equal time periods

Recusancy

Refusal to accept authority or comply

Incarnadine

Having a pinkish or reddish color

Preclude

To prevent

Exuberant

Full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness

Gelid

Very cold

Quidnunc

A person who is eager to know news

Congenially

In a friendly and pleasant way

Aphorist

A person who shares wise sayings

Remonstrate

To argue against something to change it

Hircin

Having a strong, unpleasant smell like a goat

Innocuous

Harmless, inoffensive

Rendition

A personal way of presenting something

Quixotic

Romantically idealistic

Contravene

To contradict, oppose, violate

Adjure

To earnestly request or urge someone

Sylph

A slim, graceful young woman

Artlessness

The quality of being honest and simple

Placid

Calm and peaceful

Ostentatious

Excessively, showy, glitzy

Sesquipedalian

Using long and complex words

Appertain

To relate or belong to something

Enumerate

To list things one after another

Courtliness

Elegant and polite behavior like royalty

Presentiment

A feeling something bad will happen

Sagacious

Smart and wise

Contretemps

An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

Esurient

Hungry, greedy, pr eager for something

Noumena

The true nature of something beyond our senses

Indelible

Impossible to erase or forget

Extenuation

Making something seem less serious

Effuse

To express feelings freely or abundantly

Fatuous

Silly, foolish

Volubility

The ability to speak or write easily

Reticence

The quality of being quiet and not sharing thoughts easily

Eminent

Distinguished, prominent, famous

Conciliatory

Friendly, agreeable

Befog

To make someone feel confused

Elucidate

To clarify, explain

Nugatory

Of no value or importance

Enigmatic

Mysterious, difficult to understand

Contrapposto

An artistic pose with weight on one leg

Percipient

Someone who notices or understands things

Compunction

Distress caused by feeling guilty

Continence

Self-control over desires and actions

Shwa

A simple, neutral vowel sound (like the a in sofa)

Fauces

The throat passage behind the mouth

Somnolent

Sleepy, drowsy

Ambulate

To walk from place to place

Sententiously

In a way that is self-righteous or excessively moralizing

Fugacious

Lasting for a very short time

Corpulent

Fat or overweight

Tachymeter

A tool for quick measurements

Smarmy

Excessively or annoyingly flattering

Phonology

Study of sounds in human speech

Fervid

Very emotional or passionate

Remorseful

Feeling regret or guilt over something done wrong

Rebut

To argue against something

Indignation

Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger

Cogent

Intellectually convincing

Impertinent

Intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil

Pragmatist

A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions