GCH Vocab

Abhor

to hate something with extreme disgust.

Precipice

a Cliff or Edge (used metaphorically)

Cogent

clear and logical

Ostentatious

showing off wealth, possessions, or power in a way that is very obvious and meant to impress

Opaque

unclear (physically)

Sagacious

having good judgement, wise

Disparate

completely different or seperate from one another

Mendacious

Dishonest/Lying

Indubitable

too obvious or 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

treating a serious situation with deliberately inappropriate humor, sarcastic

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 (sometimes w/ sadness)

Docile

Obedient/to accept instructions

Astute

Very clever/ understand situations quickly

Collywobbles

Nervous/ uneasy feeling

Rejoinder

Breif, critical response

Quixotic

Unrealistic/ impractical