Vocab Words English

Acquittal

Acquittal

a setting free by a judgement of a court

Castigate

to reprimand severely, to scold strongly

Vociferous

implies a vehement shouting or calling out, loud or insistent to compel attention

Impetuous

acting without care

Adulation

excessive admiration or praise

Truculence

aggression, combativeness

Fortitude

courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

Inarticulate

unable to speak clearly or to use words; unable to say what one thinks

Palpable

easily felt, easily perceived

Notoriety

fame, usually in an unfavorable sense; a bad reputation

Sporadic

irregular or unpredictable; infrequent

Sacrilegious

grossly irreverent or disrespectful of something sacred

Placid

calm

Pious

showing religious reverence

Formidable

hard to overcome; something that inspires fear

Coalesce

to blend or fuse together

Supercilious

full of haughty arrogance

Idiosyncrasy

a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thin

Atrophy

to weaken from disuse

Anthology

a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing

Forlorn

lonely

Succumb

to die or to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire. 

Didactic

designed or intended to teach

Pernicious

highly injurious or destructive

Repudiate

to refuse to recognize as true; to cast off

Visage

a face or facial expression; appearance

Grimace

to make a face showing pain, annoyance, and the like; (n) - a twisting of the face to show pain, annoyance, and the like

Complacent

satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Posterity

all future generations

Amiable

friendly; agreeable