APLANG VOCAB 5

Acrimonious

Marked by strong resentment

Ameliorate

To make better

Amenable

Disposed or willing to comply

Amorphous

Having no definite form or distinct shape

Buoyant

Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air, characterized by liveliness and light hearted

Cajole

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Calamity

Event resulting in great loss & misfortune

Debase

To reduce status/dignity by adding an inferior substance

Efface

To remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

Elucidate

To make free from confusion or ambiguity

Ephemeral

Enduring a very short time

Ferocity

Property of being wild or turbulent, savagery

Flourish

To grow stronger, thrive

Haughty

Overbearing pride, having an attitude of being superior to others

Impervious

Not allowing passage or the capability of being affected

Inane

Complacently or inanely (not important) foolish

Indolence

Inactivity resulting from a dislike or work

Infallible

Incapable of failure or error

Inscrutable

Quality of being impossible to investigate, of an obscure nature

Languid

Lacking spirit or liveliness

Malice

Feeling a need to see others suffer

Oblique

not straightforward/indirect, quality of deceptive

Opulence

Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Penitent

Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

Perfunctory

Hasty & without attention to detail