spring midterm

adept

skilled, expert

fortitude

mental or emotional strength

furtive

quiet, cautious, secret

glutton

excessive, greedy eating and drinking

inscrutable

impenetrable, not readily understood

melancholy

a feeling of gloom, thoughtful sadness

nuance

subtle distinction, delicate shading of meaning

pragmatic

practical and useful

punctilious

meticulous, attentive to detail

relinquish

give something up with reluctance

alacrity

cheerful readiness, promptness

debacle

great disaster

bombastic

high-sounding but with little meaning

debilitate

to make someone weak, hinder delay

exhort

strongly urge to do something

exhortation

an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

insipid

dull, lacking flavor

prosaic

commonplace, unromantic, lacking poetic beauty

shroud

cloth for dead people, a thing that envelops or obscures something

superfluous

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

uncouth

unrefined in appearance

amenable

responsive to advice or suggestion, agreeable

epiphany

sudden realization

credulity

readiness of belief, gullible

incredulous

difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical

intrepid

having or showing courage

trepidation

a state of fear or anxiety

malice

a desire to harm others or to see others suffer

poignant

moving the emotions, keen or strong in mental appeal

prolific

plentiful

sagacious

wise

vanquish

conquer, defeat

verbose

containing more words than necessary