LTTH final exam vocab

acumen

acumen

(n.) keen insight; wisdom

genial

(adj.) warmly and presently cheerful

insolvency

(n.) bankruptcy

fractious

(adj.) unruly; readily angered; moody

coercion

(n.) use of force or intimidation to obtain obedience

audacity

(n.) boldness or daring, especially with confident disregard for one's personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions

doleful

(adj.) sorrowful; melancholy

bigamy

(n.) the crime of marrying while one has a spouse still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.

admonition

(n.) counsel, advice, or caution

ascribe

(v.) to credit or assign; attribute

avaricious

(adj.) greedy; covetous

propensity

(n.) a natural inclination; tendency

bilious

(adj.) peevish; irritable; cranky

despondent

(adj.) feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

magnanimity

(n.) generosity in forgiving an insult or injury

prostration

(n.) extreme mental or emotional depression; the process of reducing to helplessness.

zealous

(adj.) devoted; diligent; dedicated

austerity

(n.) severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness;

ingenuous

(adj.) free from restraint; sincere

enervate

(v.) to deprive of force and strength; weaken

hackneyed

(adj.) made commonplace; cliche

analogous

(adj.) similar

garrulous

(adj.) excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner

pithy

(adj.) brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

perdition

(n.) the state of final, spiritual ruin; damnation