lang lit 2

Acquiescent (adj)

Ready to accept something without protest.

Acrimony (n)

Bitterness or ill feeling.

Ambidextrous (adj)

Able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Amorphous (adj)

Without a clearly defined shape or form.

Analogous (adj)

Similar in certain respects, making comparison easier.

Antithesis (n)

A contrast or opposition between two things.

Archaic (adj)

Very old or old-fashioned.

Assiduous (adj)

Showing great care and perseverance.

Atrophy (v)

To gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor.

Avarice (n)

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Banal (adj)

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Blight (n)

A plant disease, especially one caused by fungi.

Bumptious (adj)

Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

Capacious (adj)

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

Caustic (adj)

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue or critique in a biting way.

Circumspect (adj)

Wary and unwilling to take risks.

Cloister (n)

A convent or monastery.

Concise (adj)

Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words.

Consonance (n)

Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.

Conviction (n)

A firmly held belief or opinion.

Copious (adj)

Abundant in supply or quantity.

Criteria (n)

Principles or standards by which something is judged or decided.

Decadence (n)

Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence.

Deride (v)

To express contempt for; to ridicule.

Despondent (adj)

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Dilatory (adj)

Slow to act; intended to cause delay.

Discord (n)

Disagreement between people.

Divergence (n)

The process of diverging or deviating.

Doleful (adj)

Expressing sorrow; mournful.

Efficacy (n)

The ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Endemic (adj)

Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

Ephemeral (adj)

Lasting for a very short time.

Erudition (n)

The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning.

Eulogize (v)

To praise highly in speech or writing.

Exalt (v)

To hold (someone or something) in very high regard.

Extol (v)

To praise enthusiastically.

Flaccid (adj)

Soft and limp; not firm.

Foresight (n)

The ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen in the future.

Frugal (adj)

Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.

Garner (v)

To gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).

Glutton (n)

An excessively greedy eater.

Hamper (v)

To hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

Hedge (v)

To minimize risk by making counterbalancing investments.

Homogeneous (adj)

Of the same kind; alike.

Immutable (adj)

Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

Impede (v)

To obstruct or interfere with; delay.

Impudence (n)

Lack of respect for others; rudeness.

Incongruous (adj)

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings.

Incorrigible (adj)

Not able to be corrected or reformed.

Inert (adj)

Lacking the ability or strength to move.

Ingenuous (adj)

Showing simplicity and candidness.

Insipid (adj)

Lacking flavor; dull.

Insolvent (adj)

Unable to pay debts owed.

Irreverent (adj)

Showing a lack of respect for things that are generally taken seriously.

Jaunty (adj)

Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident manner.

Jocular (adj)

Characterized by joking; playful.

Kindle (v)

To light or ignite; to excite or inspire.

Latent (adj)

Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden.

Loathe (v)

To feel intense aversion or disgust.

Loquacious (adj)

Tending to talk a great deal.

Magnate (n)

A wealthy and influential person.

Malleable (adj)

Easily influenced; pliable.

Meticulous (adj)

Showing great attention to detail.

Minute (adj)

Extremely small.

Myriad (adj)

Countless or extremely great in number.

Nuance (n)

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion.

Objurgate (v)

To reprimand severely.

Obsolete (adj)

No longer produced or used; out of date.

Ominous (adj)

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

Opulence (n)

Great wealth or luxuriousness.

Paltry (adj)

Small or meager.

Paucity (n)

The presence of something in insufficient quantity.

Pernicious (adj)

Having a harmful effect.

Pithy (adj)

Concise and forcefully expressive.

Platitude (n)

A remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting.

Potent (adj)

Having great power, influence, or effect.

Predilection (n)

A preference or special liking for something.

Prodigious (adj)

Remarkably or impressively great in extent.

Prudent (adj)

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

Qualify (v)

To meet the necessary requirements.

Ratify (v)

To sign or give formal consent.

Redolent (adj)

Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something.

Relevancy (n)

The quality of being closely connected or appropriate.

Repudiate (v)

To refuse to accept or be associated with.

Rotund (adj)

Plump; rounded.

Sardonic (adj)

Grimly mocking or cynical.

Scrupulous (adj)

Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

Sententious (adj)

Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

Solemn (adj)

Formal and dignified; serious.

Specious (adj)

Superficially plausible, but wrong.

Stymie (v)

To prevent or hinder the progression of.

Succinct (adj)

Briefly and clearly expressed.

Superfluous (adj)

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Tantamount (adj)

Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

Terse (adj)

Abruptly concise.

Torpid (adj)

Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic.

Trepidation (n)

A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.

Undermine (v)

To weaken or damage something.

Unerring (adj)

Always right or accurate.

Vagrant (n)

A person without a settled home or regular work.