Vocab (1B)

tutelage

instruction

generic

general; common

impervious

impenetrable

Malaise

a sick feeling, a sense of mental or moral ill being

decadence

deterioration

remuneration

payment for work done

abrasive

rough; coarse; harsh

billow

swell

blatant

obvious

crepuscular

active at dawn and dusk

implacable

incapable of being appeased or mitigated

abide

to remain

crescendo

a steady increase in intensity or volume

indolent

lazy

expedient

advisable

intractable

unmanageable

cosmopolitan

worldly

fractious

troublesome or irritable

aloof

reserved, distant

iconoclast

one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

obtuse

lacking quickness of intellect

languid

sluggish from fatigue and weakness

jubilant

extremely joyful

mundane

commonplace

iridescent

showing rainbow colors

heinous

shockingly wicked

obstreperous

noisy

harrowing

greatly distressing

hedonist

one who believes pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans

indignation

anger sparked by something unjust or unfair

insipid

dull

covert

secretly engaged in

lucid

clear

mollify

to soften in temper

pert

bold

pithy

concisely meaningful

quaint

charmingly old fashioned

rescind

repeal

prowess

extraordinary ability

stolid

unemotional

harbor

keep a thought or feeling, typically a negative one, in one’s mind, especially secretly

flounder

to struggle

quip

a clever remark

anomaly

something that does not fit into a normal order

bilk

cheat

connive

scheme

empirical

based on observation or experience

hapless

unlucky

revel

to enjoy intensely

saccharine

sickeningly sweet