Carnie Week 4 Vocab. (2nd semester)

abjure

to renounce, to retract

canard

a false story

cavil

to quibble, carp

cogent

convincing, forceful, compelling

halcyon

tranquil, calm, peaceful

nonplussed

perplexed, puzzled, baffled

prepossessing

attractive, pleasing

firmament

the heavens, sky, celestial sphere

rapacious

greedy, grasping, blundering

revile

to abuse, to malign, to denounce

risible

funny, laughable

supercilious

disdainful, arrogant

torpor

sluggishness, lassitude

tumid

swollen, bloated

unctuous

oily, slippery, greasy

to burn the midnight oil

to study or work until very late

to lay one’s cards on the table

to talk frankly

a bolt from the blue

a great surprise

to tell tales out of school

to reveal harmful secrets

micro-

small

mis

wrong, bad

pend

hang

-ify

to make