english language vocab

selcouth

selcouth

adjective strange / unusual

serendipity

noun unplanned fortunate discovery

elysian

adjective delightful glorious blissful

impetuous

adjective acting without consideration, moving with a great force or violence

equanimous

adjective calm / composed

mercurial

adjective lively / unpredictable

erratically

adverb unpredicably

pertinacious

adjective stubbornly persistant

ricochet (verb)

to rebound off an object

ricochet (noun)

motion or sound of a rebounding object

illicit

adjective illegal

clandestine

adjective kept secret usually because it is illegal

calamitous

adjective causing / resulting in a calamity, disastrous

incandescent (people)

adjective lively or impressive

incandescent (rage)

adjective extremely angry

incandescent (light)

adjective emitting light as a result of high temperature

opacity

unable to understand or see through