Review for Quiz 2 (Sets 3 and 4)

auspicious

indicating favorable circumstances; suggesting future success

deleterious

harmful; damaging

fatuous

devoid of intelligence; foolish; idiotic

pecuniary

relating to or involving money

acumen

intelligence; sharp wit

chicanery

deception; trickery

circumlocution

an indirect way of expressing something; talking around something

nihilism

complete denial of established authority and institutions

oligarchy

a political system governed by a few people

kowtow

to bow down to; fawn; to show deference

-ous

characterized by; full of; having

-ism

practice of; condition/state; doctrine; trait

abstemious

not self-indulgent; self-disciplined

churlish

having a bad disposition; surly

evanescent

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

feckless

generally incompetent and ineffectual

gauche

lacking social polish or refinement

kinetic

relating to (or resulting from) motion

equinox

the point when day and night are of equal length;

laissez faire

a policy/attitude of letting things take their course; free for all

nomenclature

a system of words used to name things

soliloquy

speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself (usually emotional)

-ish

to some extent; having the qualities/characteristics of; somewhat

-less

not having; without; free from; not affected by

sol-

alone; only; one