Vocab list 3 English 1

Audacity

a willingness to take bold risks

Banal

so lacking in originality as to be obvious or boring

corroborative

confirm or give support to

deceptive

giving an appearance or impression different from the truth

disseminate

spread (something, especially information) widely

emulate

to match or surpass (a person or achievement) especially by imitation.

furtive

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt

guile

sly or cunning intelligence

gullible

easily persuaded to believe something

irascible

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

jocular

fond of or characterized by joking

jovial

cheerful and friendly

laborious

requiring considerable effort and time

macabre

disturbing or horrifying because of deception of death

machination

a scheming or crafty action intended to accomplish evil

nascent

beginning to display signs of future potential

sedition

inciting people to rebel against authority

specious

superficially plausible but actually wrong

spurious

no being what is purports to be; false; fake

tawdry

showy but of cheap and poor quality