Vocab 1-25

flag

v. to decline in strength or vigor

alacrity

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

capitulate

v. to surrender; to give up or give in

ingenuous

adj. frank; without deception; simple

culpable

adj. deserving blame; guilty

insular

adj. like an island; isolated

austere

adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding

transient

adj. not staying for a long time; temporary

acrimonious

adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty

acumen

n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

burgeon

v. to expand; to flourish

profligate

adj. extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral

impetuous

adj. impulsive; extremely impatient

hiatus

n. a break or interruption, often from work

incorrigible

adj. incapable of being reformed

fauna

n. animals

pejorative

adj. negative; disparaging

spurious

adj. false; fake; counterfeit

adulterate

v. to contaminate; to make impure

propensity

n. a natural inclination or tendency

despot

n. an absolute ruler; an autocrat

indignant

adj. angry; insulted

heed

v. to pay attention to

lugubrious

adj. exaggeratedly mournful

gravity

n. seriousness