GCH Vocab

Abhor

to hate something with extreme disgust.

Precipice

a Cliff or Edge (used metaphorically)

Cogent

clear and logical

Ostentatious

showing off wealth

Opaque

unclear (physically)

Sagacious

having good judgement, wise

Disparate

completely different or seperate from one another

Mendacious

Dishonest/Lying

Indubitable

certain to be doubted (Factual)

Perspicacious

sharp mind/ smart

Riparian

lives near a body of water

Zephyr

light/gentle breeze

Amalgamation

combination of separate things into a whole

Apricity

feeling of sunlight in the cold

Facetious

sarcastic in a serious situation

Laconic

Breif, few words

Flibbertigibet

Silly/ can’t stop talking

Saunter

to walk in a slow/relaxed way

Ultracrepidarian

giving advice on something you know little about

Brouhaha

over reaction

Petrichor

earthy smell when it rains

Ambivalence

having mixed feelings about something

Austere

simple/plain or strict/servere

Anemoia

nostalgia for a time or place never experienced

Acumen

think clearly/make good decisions

Magnanimous

forgiving towards others

Bodacious

bold/remarkable

Ameliorate

to improve

Anachronism

something placed in the wrong time period

Allegory

a message represented by a story

Defenestration

to throw something out a window

Brusquely

done in a short/harsh way

Taciturn

A person who tends to be quiet/shy

Bamboozled

To trick someone/prank

Supercilious

Acts superior to others/arrogant

Pragmatic

Realistic/ reasonable

Agelast

A person who rarely laughs

Meliorism

Made better through human effort

Opulent

Extremely rich/wealthy

Tenacious

Determination/persistence

Gigglemug

Always smiling/happy

Callow

Immature

Egregious

Extremely bad

Garish

Overly vibrant/ overwhelming

Enervate

to weaken strength/ energy

Pernoctate

To stay up all night

Glib

Careless/ lack of care/depth

Automysophobia

Fear of being dirty

Deiphosophist

Expert at fine dinning table talk

Deft

Skillful and quick in a physical movement

Inchoate

not fully developed/ finished

Sonder

realization of everyones complex life

Nadir

Lowest point of something/ life

jentacular

pertaining to breakfast

psithurism

Sound of rustling wind through the trees

Perendinate

To postpone or delay something until the day after tomorrow

Preposterous

unreasonable/outrageous

Susurrus

Soft low pitch rustling

Pensive

deep/serious thought

Docile

Obedient/to accept instructions

Astute

Very clever/ understand situations quickly

Collywobbles

Nervous/ uneasy feeling

Rejoinder

Breif, critical response

Quixotic

Unrealistic/ impractical

Permissible

to allow or accept something

Mercurial

unpredictable mood

Gobbleddygook

overly specialize language

Nabob

a person of great wealth or power

Premonition

a thought something bad happens

Scripturient

having a strong desire to write

Lagoon

shallow body of water

Tartle

to forget someone’s name

Pusillanimous

Showing a lack of courage in character

Presumptuous

to confidence in an assumption

Logomachy

an argument about words

Ruminate

to think deeply about something for a long time

Esoteric

Understood by a small group of people

Melancholy

a feeling of sadness for no reason

Sanguine

Positive and optimistic

Apprehensive

Nervous or worried about something that might happen

Querulous

always complaining

Torrid

very hot/dry or intense/passionate

Salient

Important/ eye catching details

Ineffable

Can’t describe in words/breathtaking

Pellucid

Clear and easy to understand

Doppelganger

look-alike person

Limerence

crazy obsession with someone

Spearhead

to lead/start something

Nugatory

Having no real value or importance

Bequeath

to leave something for someone/ pass down

Craven

Having no courage/ coward

Quintessential

most perfect/ typical

Cynical

Believing the worst in human nature or motives

Effervescent

Lively quality or forming bubbles

Equivocate

To avoid giving a clear answer