Grammar Comp running vocab

pontificate

to express an opinion on something in a pomppus way

fervent

characterized by intense emotion

arcane

mysterious or secret

understood by few

copacetic

Going well

corroborate

to support or strengthen an idea or theory

jubilation

A feeing of great happiness or triumph

Bumfuzzled

In a state of confusion or bewilderment

Spurious

Fake

Spendthrift

Someone that spends a crazy amount of money

enigmatic

mysterious or puzzling

respite

a break/rest from something

jocund

cheery or lighthearted

quintessential

model or perfection

enamor

to be filled with love for

facetious

to be funny in an innappropriate situation

anachronistic

Belonging to a period not being portrayed

metacognition

awareness of our own thought process

fanatical

overly passionate

garrulous

excessively talkative or rambling

absquatulate

to leave someone abruptly

contention

a heated disagreement

parsimonious

stingy

peregrination

a long journey

fortuitous

something good that happens by chance

expurgate

to remove unsuitable matter from a form or text

pragmatic

sensible or practical

vicissitude

change in fortune/circumstances(usually bad)

venerate

to regard with great respect

atrocity

a cruel or shocking act

histrionic

overly dramatic

nepotism

favoritism based on family relations(especially in jobs)

obsolete

no longer produced

out of date

ambivalent

having mixed feelings

frazzled

to feel exhausted

heliophilia

desire to stay in the sun

tentative

without confidence

melange

A mixture

precarious

uncertain

cachinnate

to laugh loudly

tactful

careful not to offend

aurora

dawn

arrogate

to take/claim without justification

blandishment

a flattering statement or action used to persuade someone

pandemonium

disorder, confusion, uproar

paradox

self-contradictory statement

frenetic

wildly energetic

vainglorious

excessively proud of oneself for their achievements

braggert

brags about one’s achievements

contemporary

Belonging or occurring in the present

Laborious

Something that requires a lot of time and effort

Emulate

Match or surpass by imitation

Amicable

A desire to avoid conflict peacefully

Draconian

Harsh or severe

Erudite

Showing great knowledge in a particular subject

Haphazard

Lacking any obvious organization, messy

Ineffable

Too great to be expressed in words

Incandescent

Emitting light as a result of being heated

Sanctimonious

acting moral superior

prodigious

huge

idiosyncrasy

A mode of behavior specific to a person

regnant

exercising power or authority, in a royal sense

daedal

intricate

cromulent

acceptable, adequate

verbatim

In exactly the original words

arbitrary

random

refulgent

shining brightly

altruism

The belief/practice of caring for others, selflessness

pernicious

evil or harmful

paramount

More important than anything else

edification

enlightment

bilk

to cheat out of money(fraud)

egregious

very bad

conundrum

A confusing/difficult problem

didactic

intended to teach

adept

very skilled at a certain thing

pensive

deep in thought

defenstrate

to throw someone out of a window

alacrity

eagerness

excitement

culmination

climactic point of something

exacerbate

to make something worse

assiduous

hard-working

persistent

serendipity

Luck

finding something in good fortune

nefarious

evil

ultracrepidarian

a person who express their opinion on a subject they know little about

mellifluous

pleasant to hear

prudent

acting with good judgement

archaic

ancient

old

eloquent

perfectly said or written

ardent

enthusiastic or passionate

austere

harsh or strict

churlish

rude

admonish

to reprimand firmly

elysian

blissful

delightful

absolve

to set free from blame, guilt, or responsibility

pacify

to ease anger or agitation

cacophony

a harsh mixture of sounds

adagio

to perform in slow tempo

deputation

a group of people put in charge of something for a larger group

elucidate

to explain or make more clear

lustrious

shiny