vocab 5-9

Apathy

Lack of emotion or passion.

Mauling

Wounding by scratching or tearing.

Prostrate

Lying stretched out, often face down, overcome with distress or exhaustion.

Unprecedented

Never heard of or done before.

Vying

Striving; competing.

Vapid

Dull, uninteresting; without liveliness or spirit.

Sophistry

Deceptive reasoning; false argument.

Scintillating

Lively, animated, effervescent.

Effervescent

Bubbly, vivacious, lively.

Repugnant

Offensive, disgusting.

Recalcitrant

Stubborn; hard to deal with; resist authority.

Grandeur

Splendor; impressiveness.

Crucible

Severe test or trial.

Deluded

Deceived; fooled.

Emaciated

Thin; gaunt; haggard.

Diminished

Make or become less.

Poignant

Evoking a keen sense of sadness; emotionally moving.

Automatons

Those who behave or respond in a mechanical way (robot).

Amenable

Yielding; cooperative; complaint.

Fallacious

Deceitful, incorrect.

Esoteric

Understood only by a few.

Inherent

Intrinsic, natural.

Inane

Senseless, stupid.