Charlie Brunkala- Word of the Day Round 4: Mods 5-6

Vocabulary flashcards covering the definitions, parts of speech, and friendly descriptions for twenty specific words from Word of the Day Round 4, Mods 5-6.

insipid

An adjective meaning lacking flavor, lacking vigor or interest, or void of pleasing detail and life.

salacious

An adjective meaning lustful or lecherous; it describes something that is obscene or inappropriate.

inept

An adjective meaning having or showing no skill; incompetent, unskillful, or inexpert.

denude

A verb meaning to strip something of its covering, possessions, or assets, or to make bare; to remove what surrounds or protects something, leaving it exposed or uncovered.

raze

A verb meaning to completely destroy or demolish; pronunciation is reyz ($1$ syllable).

obsequious

An adjective meaning obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree, or to eagerly praise or obey someone.

placid

An adjective meaning not easily upset or excited; calm and peaceful with little movement or activity; hard to bother and composed.

tremulous

An adjective meaning shaking or quivering slightly, or being timid or nervous; having tremors throughout which cause shaking.

deride

A verb meaning to laugh at in scorn or contempt, to scoff or jeer at, or to mock someone in a cruel manner.

soporific

An adjective meaning tending to induce drowsiness or sleep; boring or calming activities that cause a person to be tired.

dilatory

An adjective meaning slow to act, intentionally delaying, or doing something without urgency.

penurious

An adjective meaning extremely poor or poverty-stricken; a term to describe an individual without adequate resources to survive.

innocuous

An adjective meaning not harmful or offensive; not causing injury or being bothersome.

umbrage

A noun meaning offense, annoyance, resentment, or irritation.

vitiate

A verb meaning to spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of something; to make faulty or imperfect.

extirpate

A verb meaning to root out and destroy completely; to get rid of something entirely so it no longer exists.

turgid

An adjective meaning swollen and distended or congested; puffed up because it is filled with a fluid or pressure.

obfuscate

A verb meaning to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; to make something unclear or confusing.

peevish

An adjective meaning easily irritated, especially by unimportant things; quickly bothered by small matters.

surfeit

A noun meaning an excessive amount of something or an unnecessary surplus of things.