Vocab1

transcendent

something so excellent that it's beyond the range of human understanding.

peregrination

a long journey or period of wandering.

asceticism

rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world.

fulminate

explode (bomb, experiment, or person).

contumacious

stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority.

mawkish

excessively sentimental; so sappy it's sickening.

altruism

the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

desiccate

dry out; lacking vitality; spiritless.

surfeit

the state of being more than full.

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority or control.

indolent

slow or lazy.

histrionic

the characteristic of over-dramatizing things; over-acts.

recondite

really hard to comprehend; hard for the average mind to understand.

banality

boring or overused remark.

obsequious

attempting to win favor from influential people through flattery

lambaste

to reprimand or berate someone severely.

castigate

reprimand someone in a very harsh way

pellucid

clear; easily understandable

munificent

very generous

convivial

fond of the pleasures of good company

garrulous

someone who won't stop talking about trivial things; endlessly chatty

razed

tear down; bull-doze

doleful

filled with sadness

mercurial

someone whose mood or behavior is changeable/unpredictable

incendiary

arousing to action; tending to provoke

brazen

doing something shocking shamelessly

equanimity

steadiness of mind under stress

fatuous

devoid of intelligence (stupid)

rancor

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

turgid

overly showy for the sake of being show (could refer to style or rhetoric)