Studied by 2 peopleArduous
difficult; takes a lot of effort
Impetus
motivation; drive; force or energy with which the body moves
Precarious
unstable; likely to collapse
Stifle
to stop; prevent
Vehement
showing strong passion
Assuage
soothe; help/calm
Deference
give someone power to decide; in compliance to
Derelict
not doing something because of laziness; didn’t want to
Reticent
quiet; silent; reserved
Verbatim
word for word
Blithe
carefree and unconcerned (good or bad)
Candor
honesty; frankness
Gaunt
skinny to the point of being malnourished
Indolent
flat out lazy
Shirk
avoid; weasel way out of
Savant
A prodigy; very talented at something
Callous
cold-hearted; cruel
Cursory
quick skim/scan
Eloquent
well-spoken; persuasive
Petulant
childish
Succinct
short and to the point (usually a summary)
Sycophant
suck-up
Tenet
rule
urbane
cultural and sophisticated
Vapid
not stimulating at all; empty headed
Colloquial
informal language
Maudlin
Overly sad and emotional
Opine
blabber on about opinions
Surmise
to guess
Terse
angry or rude; brief (negative connotation)
Malapropism
the misuse of a word
Maverick
unorthodox or independent-minded person
Paucity
lack or scarcity of something
Galvanize
inspire someone into action
Quixotic
morally good but reckless; unrealistic or impractical
Garrulous
talkative; chatty
Loathe
passionate hatred
Impertinent
rude; harsh
Puerile
childishly immature
Turpitude
moral corruption (bad morals)
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