Week 7 Vocab

Inscrutable

Impossible to understand or figure out.

EX: The detective found the suspect’s expression inscrutable.

Adjective

Tchotchkes

Small decorative objects or cheap souvenirs

EX: Her shelves were filled with colorful tchotchkes.

Noun

Construe

To interpret or understand something in a particular way,

EX: I did not construe his silence as anger.

Verb

Precocious

Having unusually advanced abilities or maturity at a young age,

Angel was precocious at flag football.

Adjective

Ephemeral

Lasting for only a short time.

EX: The beauty of the sunset was ephemeral.

Adjective

Disparity

A noticeable difference or inequality.

EX: There is a large disparity between the two teams’ scores.

Noun

Inane

Silly, pointless, or lacking good sense.

EX: The comedian made an inane joke that nobody understood.

Adjective

Intrepid

Brave and willing to face danger or challenges.

EX: The intrepid explorer climbed the dangerous mountain.

Adjective

Insidious

Harmful in a gradual or secret way.

EX: The insidious rumor slowly damaged her reputation.

Adjective

Aberration

Something unusual or different from what is normal.
EX: The unusually cold day was an aberration in the warm summer.

Noun