BNW Vocab 1&2

Vacuous**

(adjective, lacking intelligence or meaning):

2. Repugnant

** (adjective, extremely distasteful):

Verdant

adjective, green with vegetation):

Languor

4. Languor** (noun, a state of sluggish inactivity):

Insipid

Insipid** (adjective, lacking flavor or zest):

Moribund

Moribund** (adjective, approaching death, lacking vigor):

Placid

7. Placid** (adjective, serenely free of disturbance or worry):

Hierarchy

Hierarchy** (noun, a system of ranking and organizing):

Synthetic

artificially made

Arduous

Arduous (adjective): involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Cacophony

2. Cacophony (noun): a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Facetious

Facetious (adjective): treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

Ubiquitous

Ubiquitous (adjective): present, appearing, or found everywhere.

Vehement

Vehement (adjective): showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Quintessential

Quintessential (adjective): representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Zenith

7. Zenith (noun): the time at which something is most powerful or successful.

Lament

Lament (verb): to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively; mourn.

Ephemeral-

Ephemeral (adjective): lasting for a very short time.

Pernicious

adjective): having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Melancholy**

(noun, a feeling of pensive sadness):