List 4-6 Vocab

abject

1) utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched
2) contemptible; despicable; base-spirited
3) shamelessly servile; slavish.

aesthetic

sensitive to beauty; artistic

alacrity

a cheerful briskness; readiness; promptness in response.

auspicious

lucky; promising; favorable; propitious.

blatant

obvious, flagrant; brazen; obtrusive; offensively noisy clamorous; tastelessly conspicuous.

capitulate

surrender on terms agreed upon; yield; to give in.

cogent

persuasive; brilliantly compelling; convincing; valid.

conjecture

supposition, an opinion, an inference; to speculate or make a conclusion by guesswork.

cursory

hurried; rapid; superficial; hasty; haphazard.

decorous

proper; becoming; suitable; correct; appropriate.

diffident

shy; timid; reserved; unassertive; unaggressive.

disdain

to despise; to feel contempt or scorn for, to think unworthy.

docile

obedient; manageable; unresisting; teachable; tractable; gentle.

ecstatic

overpowered by delight; enraptured.

façade

front; false exterior; a veneer.

facetious

inappropriately witty; joking or jesting; smarty

fastidious

particular; meticulous; hard to please.

fatuous

silly; nonsensical; complacently or inanely foolish; dense, or dull-witted.

flaunt

display; show off; boast of.

furtive

sly; secret; stealthy; shifty; surreptitious.

generic

common; widespread; general; universal; the opposite of specific;

gregarious

sociable; a good mixer.

harangue

a noisy, pompous speech; a lecture.

idiosyncrasy

oddness; eccentricity.

illicit

unlawful; furtive; not permitted.

importune

demand; insistently beg; make improper advances to another.

incredulous

skeptical; disbelieving.

inexorable

inflexible; unyielding; relentless.

invective

abuse; angry reproach; slander; vituperation.

loquacious

talkative; garrulous.

ludicrous

laughable; ridiculous.

martinet

strict disciplinarian; tyrant.

maudlin

weakly sentimental; drunk enough to be emotionally silly.

nebulous

vague; hazy;

obsequious

subservient; fawning; attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.

ostracize

ban from social and political favor; exile.

panacea

remedy; elixir; cure-all.

pander

v. to appeal to one's vice; to aid and abet; (n) a go-between; a pimp.

placate

appease; pacify; soothe; mollify.

prodigious

huge; monstrous; mighty; enormous; causing wonder.

prolific

fertile; productive; fruitful; teeming; inventive.

propensity

a leaning toward; bent; natural inclination; a tendency.

prudent

wisely cautious; discreet; provident; wise; frugal; careful.

redundant

overly wordy; superfluous; repetitive.

surreptitious

sly; clandestine; stealthy; secret; without proper authority; underhanded.

taciturn

reserved; habitually silent; close-mouthed.

truculent

fierce; savage; cruel; deadly; destructive; belligerent; brutal.

vacillate

waver; change; hesitate; fluctuate.

vilify

to slander, malign, defame; to make a villain of; to call names.

vituperation

verbal abuse; sustained and bitter condemnation; invective.