TFA Vocab

For vocab quiz Nov 29 (S) and 30 (R) Parts of speech along with definition

Copiously

(adv) doing something on a very large scale; profusely or exuberantly

Effeminate

(adj) having or showing qualities that are considered more suited to women than to men : not manly

Emissary

(n) a person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization

Indulgently

(adv) doing something in an improper, unhealthy, inappropriate way as a special pleasure

Malevolence

(n) the quality or state of intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; productive of harm or evil

Manifest

(adj) readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight

Specious

(adj) falsely appearing to be fair, just, or right: appearing to be true but actually false

Harmattan

(n) a dust-laden wind on the Atlantic coast of Africa in some seasons

Improvident

(adj) not providing or saving for the future: not wise or sensible regarding money

Incipient

(adj) beginning to develop or exist

Brusqueness

(n) talk or behavior which is very direct, harsh, brief, and unfriendly

Feign

(v) to give a false appearance of, induce as a false impression

Calabash

(n) a utensil (as a bottle or dipper) made from the shell of a calabash (gourd)

Capricious

(adj) changing often or quickly in mood or behavior which is irrational, unreasonable, and unpredictable

Approbation

(n) an act of approving formally or officially

Callow

(adj) lacking adult sophistication and experience

Derisive

(adj) expressing or causing ridicule or scorn to show contempt

Esoteric

(adj) requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group

Evangelist

(n) an enthusiastic advocate

Impenetrably

(adv) doing something in a way which is incapable or being penetrated, pierced, or comprehended

Tremulous

(adj) characterized or affected by trembling or tremors

Voluble

(adj) characterized by ready or rapid speech

Adherent

(n) a person who sticks or attaches firmly to a belief

Degenerate

(adj) having sunk to a condition below that which is normal, to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state

Emanation

(n) something that is produced by or comes out of a source; effluence

Expedient

(adj) providing a quick and easy way solve a problem or to do something

Miscreant

(adj) unbelieving or heretical; depraved or villainous

Ostracize

(v) to exile or exclude from a group by common consent

Imminent

(adj) ready to take place, especially hanging threateningly over one’s head

Palaver

(n) a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication

Superfluous

(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra

Tumult

(n) disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices; commotion

Impotence

(n) the quality or state of lacking power, strength, or vigor (especially for a man)

Coiffure

(n) a style or manner of arranging hair

Harbinger

(n) one that presages or foreshadows what is to come

Diffuse

(v) to spread out over a large space, not concentrated in one area

Plaintive

(adj) expressive of suffering or woe

Imperious

(adj) befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments; marked by arrogant assurance

Prowess

(n) extraordinary ability or skill

Brandish

(v) to wave or swing (something, such as a weapon) in a threatening or excited manner