Vocab Wes Moore part 1

presumptuous

adj. going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous

heinous

adj. extremely wicked or deeply criminal

accountability

n. responsibility to someone or some activity

idiosyncrasy

n. a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual

patois

n. a regional dialect of a language

insatiable

adj. impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify

askance

adv. with suspicion or disapproval

gregarious

adj. temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

tirade

n. a speech of violent denunciation

affluent

adj. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

diaspora

n. the dispersion of something that was originally localized

cohort

n. a group of people having approximately the same age

condone

v. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for

lambaste

v. censure severely or angrily

vulnerable

adj. susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation