Quarter One - Week Two

Avocation

A hobby or minor occupation

Callous

Unfeeling, insensitive

Capricious

Impulsive and unpredictable

Disparity

Inequality; difference

Efficacy

Effectiveness

Epistle

A letter or literary composition in letter form

Hospice

A shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitute

Impetus

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Moribund

Dying, on the way out

Vacillate

To waver; to sway indecisively

Akin

Related to or alike

Corroborate

To support with evidence

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent

Insipid

Lacking interest or flavor

Nefarious

Extremely wicked

Physiognomy

Facial features

Retinue

A group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person

Tedium

Dullness; monotony; boredom

Torrid

Very hot and dry

Affront

An insult