Voc 13 and 14

aesthetic

referring to a sense of beauty, artistic

eclectic

carefully selected from many good sources

gratuitous

offered freely, but not necessary under the circumstances, therefore unwanted or unneeded

inevitable

unavoidable

irony

the opposite of what would be normal or expected; humor based on incongruity

expedient

suitable, practical, or advisable; also opportunic

apocryphal

of doubtful authorship; ficticious

heinous

shocking awful, appalling; abominable, outrageous

mundane

everyday, commonplace, like menial chores

arduous

demanding, hard to achieve; strenuous

prodigal

wildly extravagant or lavish in spending

quixotic

extravagantly idealistic: unpredictable or imaginary

verbose

using more words than necessary

blasphemy

disrespect or irreverence toward something sacred or seriously important

vilify

to slander or defame someone's name or standing in the community

diatribe

bitter, critical speech or writing

vitriolic

burning or corrosive like acid

jargon

special language or terminology; dialect or hybrid langauge

satire

comedy using laughter as a weapon to evoke a feeling of scorn criticism of someone

tirade

a lengthy, emotional, critical speech

slander

a false, defamatory spoken criticism of someone

garble

to change or alter meaning through misrepresentation of facts or distortion of ideas

rhetoric

insincere or high-flown writing or speech; originally the study of good speech

garrulous

extremely talkative, gabby, loquacious, verbose

leg/lect/lig

to choose, pick, read

leg

law

quer/quir/quis

to ask, seek

dic/dict

to speek; say, words