English words 2

Vicarious

experiencing through others

sporadic

infrequent

hapless

unlucky

bellicose

aggressive

naval

navy

piecemeal

done gradually

loquacious

talkative

taciturn

quiet

soporific

sleepiness

obsequious

eager to please

supercilious

looking down on people

tyro

beginner

carom

rebound

indolent

lazy

ire

wrath

acuity

sharp senses

covetous

wrongful desire to possess something

enigma

mysterious

peccadillo

minor fault

trifling

unimportant

pariah

social outcast

easel

support frame

celerity

swiftness

gaggle

group of geese

meandering

indirect or slow journey

affable

pleasant

permissiveness

allow freedom of choice

digressive

rambling off-topic

circuitous

roundabout

aboveboard

straightforward

detritus

debris from breaking up of something

foliage

aggregate of leaves on a tree

epigram

witty statement

pithy

language that is brief and meaningful

allegory

story symbolic of abstract ideas

saga

long and epic story

elegy

poem about loss of someone

repose

rest

abeyance

inactivity

denunciation

publicly condemning

abnegation

renouncing a belief

lugubrious

something sad

caustic

corrosive substance

trenchant

clear and effective

litigant

character in a lawsuit

recreant

cowardly to a duty

proselyte

new convert

foundering

boat filling with water

belligerent

hostile

truculent

aggressively self-assertive

supercilious

someone who behaves superior

astute

mentally sharp

cogent

describes argument that is logical

specious

argument that seems plausible but false

precarious

dangerously unstable

fidelity

faithful to a person

munificent

extremely generous

tarry

to delay

callow

young

abstruse

complex

irrespective

without considering

plaintive

sorrow expression

welter

large, messy pile

unfeigned

genuine

wary

cautious concern

recondite

describing obscure knowledge

juxtapose

place 2 opposite things side by side

sardonic

disdainful tone

aphasia

impairs person’s ability to understand language

volubility

speak fluently

gamut

range

paucity

scarce amounts

interstices

small gap between things

churlish

rude

inculcate

teach and impress beliefs

vouchsafing

reveal something to someone

disquisition

highly detailed analysis