Vocab #2

Legacy

A gift by a will, or handed down to you by an ancestor

• Legacies

Malice

Desire to harm others

• malevolent

• malignity

• spite

• spleen

Melancholy

Depression of spirits

Mettle

Courage or spirit

• A crisis like this would test anyone’s mettle.

Mirth

amusement, high spirits, joy

• The party was a source of mirth and gaiety.

muse

To ponder, or think about

• I have often mused about life on a tropical island.

mutinous

Rebellious

obscure

Difficult to see or vague

• Because the meaning of the play was vague, I was unable to enjoy it.

Ominous

Threatening

• The ominous clouds were harbingers of the tornado.

Portent

A sign or forewarning

• The market crash was a portent to the upcoming depression.

prodigious

Extraordinary in bulk, large quantity

• His prodigious appetite allowed him to ear an entire turkey.

prodigy

Exceptional talents

prostration

a state of weakness, lying down

replicate

Double of something, to copy, to duplicate

revere

to honor, to regard with respect

reputable

having a good reputation

Rhetoric

The art of using language to persuade, inform or influence an audience (ethos pathos logos)

rout

to gouge out, to furrow in

Servile

overly submissive

soothsayer

A person who is able to predict the future

Spurn

to reject or to refuse with hostility

sterile

Incapable or reproducing

Taper

to decrease in thickness or width

tarry

to delay in coming or going, to linger

unassailable

something that is impossible to attack

vanquished

conquered or overpowered

Vexation

discomfort or distress

vouchsafe

to grant or give in a condescending manner

vulgarity

Something offensive to a good taste and refinement