PASSING - Vocabulary Part 3

Tenacious

Strong; a tenacious person won't give up on defending their opinions.

Teeming

To become filled to overflowing; ABOUND.

Abstemious

Marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol.

Banter

To tease.

Surmise

To make an assumption with very little evidence.

To pique

To provoke.

Bodice

A corset type top.

Swain

A male admirer or suitor.

Acquisitive

Strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing.

Pretence

A claim made or implied.

Inconsequential

of no significance : UNIMPORTANT

Sparse

___ means very spread out.

Aloof

____ means lazy. When someone's sick they might act very aloof.

To efface

to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface

Triviality

the quality or state of being trivial

Triviality Example

In other words, no drugs, alcohol abuse, tardiness, triviality, egocentricity.

Turmoil

Turmoil means confusion. After having a new declaration from the president, a country may be left in turmoil.

Erratic

Erratic means crazy. A person who had one too many drinks may act erratic.

Perchance

Perchance means possibly. If someone presumes something might happen in the future, they might say 'perchance ____ might happen'.

Hectic

Hectic means crazy. A family with seven kids may have a hectic day ahead of them.

Irksome

tending to irk : TEDIOUS

Geniality

marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness

Inaccessible

Inaccessible means something that's out of reach. For example, I can't dig up 1,000,000 dollars out of the ground.

Avert

Avert means to turn away. If parents don't want you to see something, they often avert your eyes from the subject.

Laudable

worthy of praise : COMMENDABLE

Inkling

Inkling means a small amount of knowledge. Having an inkling about a topic is better than having no knowledge.

Haggard

wild in appearance

Spurious

born to parents not married to each other (Merriam-Webster)

Callousness

feeling or showing no sympathy for others : HARD-HEARTED (Merriam-Webster)

To hinder

Hinder means to hold back. Sometimes students' potentials are hindered by certain factors.

Irrevocable

Irrevocable means something you can't take back. If someone says something offensive on camera, their words are irrevocable.

To consummate

extremely skilled and accomplished (Merriam-Webster)

Frenzy

Frenzy means wild and mad. Many parties can be classified as a frenzy.

Solace

Solace means to comfort. When you let someone into your solace, you're comforting her.

Acme

the highest point or stage (Merriam-Webster)

Unmolested

Unmolested means untouched. Back in the 1800s it was presumed that people liked unmolested women more.

Fastidious

extremely or excessively careful or detailed (Merriam-Webster)

Ramshackle

appearing ready to collapse : RICKETY (Merriam-Webster)

Placid

Placid means free of interruptions. I like to study in my room, where I'm placid.

Nonchalance

Nonchalance is acting relaxed, casual. Many people try to act nonchalant.

Perfunctory

Perfunctory means boring, routined. Someone who is perfunctory may be very productive but not happy.

Stark

Stark means bold. For example a stark difference.

Craven

lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted (Merriam-Webster)

To submerge

To submerge means to go underwater. When divers go into the ocean they submerge.

Misadventure

Misadventures means things that weren't supposed to happen but they did anyways. Sometimes we experience many misadventures that may ruin a perfectly good moment.