langlit 2 first quarter vocab

abstruse

difficult to understand

amity

friendship; friendly relations

arrogant

overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

averse

opposed; unwilling

bolster

support; prop up

clemency

(n.) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness

contingent

dependent; possible

cupidity

greed; strong desire

desultory

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

dissolution

the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

euphemism

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

fastidious

Difficult to please

garish

(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

heed

to pay attention to

impetuous

rash, impulsive

incredulous

disbelieving, skeptical

insolent

boldly rude or disrespectful

jeopardy

danger; peril

legacy

An inheritance; something handed down from an ancestor or from the past

malefactor

criminal, evil-doer

mitigate

make less severe, serious, or painful

nurture

to care for

optimist

person who looks on the good side

pervade

spread or diffuse through

preclude

(v.) to make impossible, prevent, shut out

proximity

nearness

recluse

A person who leads a secluded or solitary life

revere

to honor, to regard with respect

seditious

resistant to lawful authority

stealth

quiet, secret, or sneaky behavior

tangent

going off the main subject

trite

overused

vacillate

(v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will

wane

(v.) - to decrease gradually

affable

friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to

antiquated

obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable

assail

attack, assault

belie

contradict; give a false impression

candor

honesty, frankness

complacent

self-satisfied; smug

converge

to come together

daunted

discouraged

digress

to stray from the main subject

dogmatic

arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs

enigma

a puzzle; a mystery

expurgate

to censore, to remove vulgar or objectionable material

fledgling

an inexperienced person, beginner; a young bird about to leave the nest; inexperienced, budding

gravity

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

hyberbole

exaggeration

inadvertent

unintentional; accidental

infamy

evil fame or reputation

intractable

stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward

jubilant

extremely joyful, happy

loath

unwilling, reluctant

meager

Lacking in quantity or quality

mundane

ordinary, commonplace

obscure

difficult to see, vague

paragon

a model of excellence or perfection

phlegmatic

calm; sluggish; unemotional

pretentious

pompous, self-important

quandary

a puzzling situation; a dilemma

reprove

to scold or criticize

sanction

to authorize, allow, or approve

slander

False charges and malicious oral statements about someone

subtle

not obvious

tenacious

persistent, resolute

ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

vapid

(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

wax

(v.) - to increase gradually in size or degree

alienate

to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

arbitrary

(adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

astute

(adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

benign

kind and gentle

censure

to criticize harshly

composure

mental calmness

cordial

warm and friendly

deplore

to regret

disdain

to regard with scorn

elated

in high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased

erratic

unpredictable

extraneous

irrelevant; unnecessary

fulminate

to loudly attack or denounce

harbor

to give shelter or refuge

imminent

about to happen

incompatible

not well matched, unsuited

infer

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

irascible

easily angered

laconic

concise, using few words

lucid

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

mellifious

sweetly flowing

novelty

something new or unusual

obtuse

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

penury

extreme poverty

ponderous

Heavy and slow moving

profound

Having great depth or seriousness

rampent

growing without check, running wild

reserve

in resource management, the known quantity of a resource that can be economically recovered

scrutinize

to examine closely

sporadic

occurring irregularly