APLANG Vocab. #12

Jeopardy

Danger

supercilious

haughty; arrogant

avarice

Greed 

pivotal 

important; critical; crucial

Blithe 

free-spirited; carefree

scrupulous

careful; diligent; moral

volatile

changeable; unstable; explosive

voluminous

very large; spacious

peripheral

on the edge; surrounding; unimportant

hedonistic

pleasure-seeking; indulgent

Amity

Friendship

benefactor

a generous donor; someone who helps 

apocryphal

a doubtful origin; mythical

slander

To defame; to speak maliciously of someone

animosity

Hatred

stringent

strict; harsh; severe

hackneyed

banal; over-used

Amass 

to accumulate; to pile up

Verbose

wordily; overly talkative

Trepidation

Fear