APLAC Vocabulary List 5 (Word/Definition)

abnegate (v)

to give up; to deny oneself

affected (adj)

phony, artificial

certitude (n)

assurance, freedom from doubt

diffuse (v)

to spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate

epochal (adj)

momentous, highly significant

feckless (adj)

ineffective, worthless

grandiloquence (n)

pompous talk; fancy but meaningless language

impudent (adj)

marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others

intimation (n)

a subtle and indirect hint

misanthrope (n)

a person who hates or distrusts mankind

obfuscate (v)

to confuse, make obscure

paradigm (n)

an outstandingly clear or typical example

plaintive (adj)

expressive of suffering or woe, melancholy

promulgate (v)

to make known by open declaration, proclaim

recapitulate (v)

to review by a brief summary

sacrilegious (adj)

impious, irreverent toward what is held to be sacred or holy

sportive (adj)

frolicsome, playful

temerity (n)

unreasonable or foolhardy disregard for danger, recklessness

unconscionable (adj)

unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust

wanton (adj)

undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless