English Vocab

auspicious

favorable, promising

fortuitous

lucky, occurring by chance

paradox

ex. less is more

surreptitious 

secret, sneaky

ubiquitous

seeming to be everywhere at once

sordid

dirty

stringent

strict

tenent

a shared principle or belief

torpor

sluggish, apathy

virulent

full of hate, poisonous

broach

open up for discussion

consecrate

declare something sacred

gender

to produce or bring into existence

lampoon

to mock or satirize

nebulous

vague, hazy, unclear

sundry

various kinds, several

sovereign

supreme ruler

coy

shy and flirtatious

cloister

life of seclusion

gallant

chivalrous

malaise

feeling uneasy or unwell

wistful

yearning or sadly longing

concord

harmony, agreement

desultory

without plan or purpose

hedonism

pursuit of pleasure as a way of life

harbinger

foreshadowing a future event

vindicated

justify or avenge

alacrity

cheerful eagerness

capitulate

to surrender

desiccate

to dry out

atonement

something that makes up for an offense or injury

penance

act of showing respect for a sin

culmination

the highest part or point

apogee

peak, climax, culmination

pinnacle

highest point of development of achievement

abyss

a bottomless gulf or pit

moor

a boggy area or to secure a boat

bellicose

war like or hostile

supercilious

patronizing

prosaic

ordinary, everyday

cavalier

arrogant, haughty

dichotomy

a division of two groups with contradictory qualities

demure

reserved, modest

hegemony

influence or authority

loquacious

talkative

amicable

friendly

austere

undercooked, without excess

hackneyed

over used

myopic

near sighted

utopia

a place of ideal perfection

ambivalent

having mixed feelings

dilapidated 

having fallen into a state of despair

clandestine

secret, covert

soporific

sleep inducing

undulating

moving in waves

heath

an open field, a grassland, a prarie

disdain

a feeling of scorn or contempt

deign

to stoop or condescend to

tempest

a violent, windy storm

fair

beautiful, charming, flawless