English Vocabulary

Acerbic (uh-Serb-ick) (adjective)

(Example : The boys words were so acerbic they caused the girl to burst into a painful sob.)

Sharp, bitter, sour

Diffident (diff-a-dent) (adjective)

(Example : She was very diffident with people she didn’t know.)

Shy, lacking in confidence.

Gregarious (greh-gar-e-us) (adjective)

(Example : He used to be the most liked person in his school, he was so friendly that many referred to him as a perfect example of the word gregarious.)

Sociable, fond of company.

Quiescent (kwee-s-cent) (adjective)

(Example : After the breakup he was so quiescent all he would do was drink honey sticks.)

Inactive, at rest.

Mellifluous (mel-if-flew-us) (adjective)

(Example : The honey was so mellifluous it was all he wanted to eat for days)

Sweet, smoothly flowing.

Guise (Guh-iee-s) : noun

(Example : Her guise was more than deceiving)

Assumed appearance, disguised

Acquiesce (Ak-we-S) : Verb

(Example : Even though she didn’t want to, she eventually acquiesced and wore the ugly brown dress)

Passively consent or agree to

Discursive (dis-curse-iv) : adjective

(Example : When Miranda was nervous she was bound to be very discursive)

Rambling from subject to subject

Nascent (nuh-cent) : adjective

(Example : The baby arrived with a very pleasant nascent to the world)

Just beginning to come into existence

Rapacious (ruh-pay-shus) : adjective

(Example : He was so rapacious he didn’t share any of the food with his hungry children)

Greedy, grasping

Ambiguous (am-big-you-us) : (adj.)

Unclear ; capable of having more than one meaning.

Egregious (E-gree-shus) : (adj.)

Glaringly bad

Heinous (hay-nus) : (adj.)

Excessively evil

Obstreperous (ob-strep-er-us) : (adj.)

Unruly and boisterous

Rhetoric (ret-or-Rick) : (n.)

The art of using language effectively

Sanguine (sang-gween) : (adj.)

Confidently hopeful, optimistic

Omniscient (Omni-nish-ent) : (adj.)

All knowing

Ignominy (ig-nom-uh-nee) : (n.)

Dishonorable conduct; disgrace from a shameful act

Erudite (air-E-uh-dite) : (adj.)

Scholarly; learned

Antithesis (Ann-tith-a-sis) : (n.)

Direct opposite

Audacious (aww-day-shus) : (adj.)

Insolently daring ; foolishly bold

Ethereal (E-thear-real) : (adj.)

Light, delicate, airy

Implacable (im-plack-uh-ble) : (adj.)

Unable to be pacified; relentless

Ostensible (oh-sten-sable) : (adj.)

Seems to be one thing while concealing another.

Temerity (tuh-mar-uh-tea) : (n.)

Rashness; reckless, lack of fear