Birmingham Vocab

cognizant

aware, mindful

deplore

disapprove, to consider unfortunate

moratorium

suspension, a ban

gadfiles

a person who stimulates or annoys with criticism

futility

uselessness

paradoxical

contradictory

harried

harassed

existential

existence

estrangement

separate, different

stagnation

lack of movement or flow

repudiated

refuse to accept

incorrigible

delinquent

zeitgeist

a critic who represents the spirit of the time

languished

to become weak or feeble

admonish

to scold

pious

religous, spiritual

irrelevancies

not relevant, not important

sanctimonious

religious hypocrisy

trivialities

unimportant

inextricability

incapable of being separated, inseparable

status quo

the standard, the normal

impelled

drive or urge to move forward, a responsibility

profoundly

seriously, deeply

sublime

elevated in thought or language

provocation

provoke

scintillating

radiant, animated