tfa vocab

Copiously

doing something on a very large scale; profusely or exuberantly

Effeminate

Having or showing qualities that are considered more suited to women then to men: not manly

Emissary

A person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization

Indulgently

Doing something in an improper, unhealthy, inappropriate way as a special pleasure

Malevolence

The quality or state of intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; productive of harm or evil

Manifest

Readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight

Specious

Falsely appearing to be fair, just, or right: appearing to be true but actually false

Harmattan

A dust-laden wind on the Atlantic coast of Africa in some seasons

Improvident

Not providing or saving for the future: not wise or sensible regarding money

Incipient

Beginning to develop or exist

Brusqueness

Talk or behavior which is very direct, harsh, brief, and unfriendly

Feign

To give a false appearance of, induce as a false impression

Calabash

A utensil (as a bottle or dipper) made from the shell of a calabash (gourd)

Capricious

Changing often or quickly in mood or behavior which is irrational, unreasonable, and unpredictable

Approbation

An act of approving formally or officially

Callow

Lacking adult sophistication or experience

Derisive

Expressing or causing ridicule or scorn to show contempt

Esoteric

Requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group

Evangelist

An enthusiastic advocate

Impenetrably

Doing something in a way which is incapable or being penetrated, pierced, or comprehended

Tremulous

Characterized or affected by trembling or tremors

Voluble

Characterized by ready or rapid speech

Adherent

A person who sticks or attaches firmly to a belief

Degenerate

Having sunk to a condition below that which is normal, to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state

Emanation

Something that is produced by or comes out of a source: effuence

Expedient

Providing a quick and easy way to solve a problem or to do something

Miscreant

Unbelieving or heretical; depraved or villianous

Ostracize

To exile or exclude from a group by common consent

Imminent

Ready to take place, especially hanging threateningly over one's head

Palaver

A long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication

Superfluous

Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra

Tumult

Disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices; commotion

Impotence

The quality or state of lacking power, strength, or vigor (especially for a man)

Coiffure

A style or manner of arranging hair

Harbinger

One that presages or foreshadows what is to come

Diffuse

To spread out over a large space, not concentrated in one area

Plaintive

Expressive of suffering or woe

Imperious

Befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments; marked by arrogant assurance

Prowess

Extraordinary ability or skill

Brandish

To wave or swing (something, such as a weapon) in a threatening or excited manner