words forgotten/need to remember pt 1

cursory

without care

contrite

feeling guilty

punctilious

highly concerned with details / meticulous

partial

biased

rapacious

greedy

belligerent

pugnacious

acquiesce

agree

trenchant

mordant / sharp / biting

gratify

to please

acclaim

praise

abet

assist (especially in wrongdoing)

aversion

dislike

inform

give form to

acolyte

assistant

distill

extract important information

facetious

humorous but in a not serious/inappropriate way

munificent

generous

prevaricate

speak in evasive way

viable

feasible

malfeasance

wrongdoing

supplicate

beg/request

vanquish

defeat

abject

most unfortunate

goad

to prod / urge on/ provoke

incontrovertible

undeniable and indisputable

chastise

reprimand

extrapolate

predict through data

obstinate

headstrong

prodigious

abundant

propensity

inclination / tendency

qualm

a feeling of apprehension/doubt

renege

to go back on one's word

stint

to skimp on

tentative

uncertain / can change

astute

shrewd/sharp

commence

start/begin

convalescent

recovering from sickness/operation

decry

publicly criticize

mettlesome

brave

recourse

resort/option

contravene

go against / violate

quiescent

inactive; at rest

adverse

unfavorable

appropriate

forcefully take away

exhort

persuade

proxy

substitute

equanimity

composure

exorbitant

outrageous

lampoon

mock / ridicule

lugubrious

sad / gloomy

officious

pushy / meddling

chary

wary

curmudgeon

cranky person

dirge

a funeral song

excoriate

condemn

exigent

urgent

heady

intoxicating

relegate

demote

repugnant

disgusting

squander

spend recklessly

turpitude

wickedness / depravity / moral corruption

unalloyed

pure

abeyance

suspension / suppression

deprecate

disapprove of / look down on

disdain

scorn / contempt

recant

withdraw / take back

redoubtable

fearsome

sophistry

plausible but false argumentation/reasoning

substantiate

verify / support

apogee

peak

aspersion

defamation

bawdy

indecent/sexual

contretemps

small disagreement

detente

a period of improved relations between countries

dowdy

poorly dressed, shabby

echelon

a level/tier

expatiate

to expand on something in greater detail

imbroglio

dilemma

propitious

favorable

prurient

sexual/lustful

capitulate

surrender

cogitate

ponder

deportment

behavior / manners

extemporize

improvise

fallow

barren

flagrant

glaringly bad; outrageous

gratuitous

unnecessary or uncalled for

nominal

in name only

obstreperous

noisy; unruly, disorderly

odious

extremely unpleasant; repulsive; deserving condemnation

plucky

courageous / brave

precocious

brilliant / gifted child

remuneration

payment

slovenly

untidy

spurn

reject

temerity

boldness / audacity

verve

energy / vigor

abrogate

formally cancel

apprise

inform

frenetic

wildly energetic