Vocab 10-16

Dissolution

(n)- the process of dissolving.

Mercantile

(adj)- pertaining to merchants.

Insipid (adj)

stupid; foolish

Incredulous (adj)

skeptical

Indolent (adj)

lazy/sluggish

Indulgence (n)

a special pleasure

Insolent (adj)

rude

Iota ( n)

very small amount

Ire ( n)

intense anger

Languor (n)

a state of feeling tired/relaxed

Necrotic (adj)

dying animal or plant tissue

Mercantile (adj)

pertaining to merchants

Mettle (n)

courage

Muddled (adj)

confused

Multitudinous (adj)

large, indefinite number

Myriad (n)

large number of things

Obsequious (adj)

obedient

Officious (adj)

interfering; meddlesome

Perambulate (adj)

to walk

Piquant (adj)

pleasantly sharp flavor

Ribald (adj)

crude; offensive

Pittance (n)

small amount

Portly (adj)

fat

Pretentious (adj)

falsely arrogant

Procure (v)

to obtain

Prolific (adj)

producing large quantities

Remonstance (n)

protest/complaint

Sardonic (adj)

sarcastic

Sojourn (n)

short trip

Sonorous (adj)

rich, full sound

Subsequent (adj)

following in order

Tacit (adj)

expressed without words; implied

Taut (adj)

tightly drawn

Titanic (adj)

gigantic

Torpid (adj)

sluggish

Tumult (n)

violent outburst

Unscrupulous (adj)

unethical

Vehement (adj)

forcibly express

Vixen (n)

sexually attractive woman

Voluptuous (adj)

sensuously pleasing

Vouch (v)

to support as being true

Abject (adj)

hopeless condition

Altruistic (adj)

unselfish regard for others

Askew (adv)

not straight

August (adj)

majestic

Conflagration (n)

large, disastrous fire

Cravat ( n)

a scarf worn around the neck

Diaphanous (adj)

transparent

Dubious (adj)

questionable

Enigma (n)

something difficult to understand

Wizen (adj)

shrunken; wrinkled from aging

Desecrate (V)

to violate something sacred

Fractious (adj)

readily angered

Harlequin (n)

comic character

Motley (adj)

made of many different things; multicolored

Petulant (adj)

whiny

Rapacity (n)

greed

Sagacious (adj)

wise

Somnambulist (n)

a seep walker

Absolve (v)

to pardon

Abstruse (adj)

hard to understand

Ameliorate (v)

to improve

Apparition (n)

specter

Approbation (n)

approval

Assuage (v)

to make less painful

Bauble (n)

inexpensive piece of jewelry; trinket

Benevolent (adj)

kind; generous

Stolid (adj)

unemotional

Zest (n)

enthusiasm

Anomaly (n)

irregularity or deviation

Glib (adj)

insincere

Harrowing (adj)

disturbing

Hoard (v)

to accumulate or gather

Impervious (adj)

impenetrable

Impetuous (adj)

impulsive

Implicit (adj)

implied

Implore (v)

to beg

Imp (n)

a mischievous child

Incessant (adj)

ceaseless

Lugubrious (adj)

Full of sadness or mournful