ALARP Vocab

Brazen

bold and without shame

Compunction

feeling of regret or remorse

Din

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

Edict

an order issued by someone in authority

Indiscretion

action lacking in judgment and breaking the rules as a result

Penchant

a strong liking

Seplucher

tomb

Suppliant

asking humbly and earnestly

Tumult

Noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance.

Marauding

going about in search of things to steal or people to attack

Admonish

to warn

Akimbo

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

Lassitude

lack of energy

Licentious

immoral; unrestrained by society

Muse

to think about in a dreamy way

Pecuniary

relating to money

Plight

a difficult or dangerous condition or situation

Presumptuous

assuming too much; arrogant

Subversive

in opposition to authority or government

Vacuous

lacking ideas or intelligence

Avocation

hobby

Callous

unfeeling, insensitive

Capricious

unpredictable mood changes

Disparity

inequality

Efficacy

the power to produce a desired result

Epistle

letter

Hospice

a home providing care for the sick

Impetus

a moving force; momentum

Moribund

dying

Vacillate

to waver; to sway indecisively

Akin

related to or alike

Corroborate

to confirm

Inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

Inspid

lacking flavor

Nefarious

extremely wicked

Physiognomy

facial features

Retinue

a group of advisers for an important person

Shrewd

clever

Tedium

boredom

Torrid

very hot and dry

Affront

an insult

Blasé

tired of pleasures; bored

Cajole

to persuade with false promises and flattery

Choleric

easily angered

Encumber

to weigh down or burden

Feckless

careless or irresponsible

Impasse

a dilemma with no solution

Indolent

lazy

Lugubrious

mournful; gloomy

Ribald

humor about sexual topics

Adulation

high praise

Censure

to criticize harshly

Dissemble

to disguise, to pretend

Dissimulation

a hiding of one's true feelings

Droll

amusingly odd

Expectorate

to spit

Pallor

paleness

Peremptory

absolute and final command

Perfunctory

done in a routine way; indifferent

Surfeit

an excessive amount

allay

to lessen; ease; soothe

capacious

having a lot of space inside; roomy

didactic

intended to teach

diurnal

active during the day

ignominious

shameful

mitigate

to make less severe

palpitate

beat rapidly

phlegmatic

slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional

propitious

lucky; favorable

prostrate

lying face down

acquiesce

to give in

amity

friendship

arduous

difficult; requiring much effort

gesticulate

to make gestures for emphasis

inundate

to overwhelm

perjury

lying under oath

perspicuity

clearness, lucidity

preposterous

ridiculous, senseless

trepidation

fear

voluble

talkative