vocab

abhor

(v.) to hate or detest

acerbic

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste.

acquiesce

(v.) to agree without protesting.

affable

(adj.) friendly, amiable.

anachronistic

(adj.) being out of correct chronological order.

auspicious

(adj.) favorable, indicative of good things.

balk

(v.) to stop, block abruptly.

bereft

(adj.) devoid of, without.

cacophony

(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound.

candor

(n.) honesty, frankness.

capricious

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle.

coerce

(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat.

culpable

(adj.) deserving blame.

dearth

(n.) a lack, scarcity.

desecrate

(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place.

enervate

(v.) to weaken, exhaust.

ennui

(n.) boredom, weariness.

extraneous

(adj.) irrelevant, extra, not necessary.

fastidious

(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards.

flabbergasted

(adj.) astounded.

fortuitous

(adj.) happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate.

gregarious

(adj.) drawn to the company of others, sociable.

hackneyed

(adj.) unoriginal, trite.

haughty

(adj.) disdainfully proud.

imperious

(adj.) commanding, domineering.

inane

(adj.) silly and meaningless.

insidious

(adj.) appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive.

judicious

(adj.) having or exercising sound judgment.

latent

(adj.) hidden, but capable of being exposed.

lurid

(adj.) ghastly, sensational.

meager

(adj.) deficient in size or quality.

mollify

(v.) to soften in temper.