P&P Vocab 1

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Surmise

Suppose that something is true without having the evidence to support it

Ostentation

Pretentious or vulgar display, especially of wealth or luxury, designed to impress or attract notice

Ductile

1. Capable of being drawn out into a thin wire
2. Easily led

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned with accuracy and detail

Supercilious

Behaving or looking as though one thinks themselves superior to others

Pedantic

Of or like a person who is concerned with minor details and rules or with academic learning

Inducement

A thing that persuades or influences someone to do something

Complaisance

Willing to please others; obliging; agreeable

Archly

Deliberately and affectedly playful and teasing

Reverie

A state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts

Insipid

1. Lacking flavor
2. Lacking vigor or interest

Conjecture

An opinion or conclusions formed on the basis of incomplete information

Intrepid

Fearless; adventurous

Ensign

A member of the lowest rank of the military

Extort

Obtain by force, threats, or other unfair means

Prognostics

1. Serving to predict the likely outcome of a disease
2. An advance indication of a future event

Impute

Represent as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute

Indolent

1. Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy
2. Causing little to no pain

Impertinence

Lack or respect; rudeness

Blowsy

Coarse, untidy, and red-faced

Decorum

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Mirth

Amusement, especially as expressed in laughter

Paltry

Small or meager

Odious

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Panegyric

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

Precipitance/Precipitate

A cause of a particular action or event

Celerity

Swiftness of movement

Obstinacy

The quality or condition of being stubborn

Deference

Humble submission and respect