Vocabulary (light academia edition)

Comely

(adj.) attractive, beautiful

Indolent

(adj.) lazy; showing no effort

Disconsolate

(adj.) deeply unhappy and without hope

Vexed

(adj.) annoyed, frustrated, or worried

Grandiloquence

(n.) lofty, pompous language

Specious

(adj.) seems correct or true, but actually wrong or false; deceptive

Propitious

(adj.) favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out

Idyllic

(adj.) peaceful, picturesque

Veracity

(n.) truthfulness, accuracy

Puerile

(adj.) childish; immature, or silly in a way that is not appropriate for an adult

Canard

(n.) a false or baseless rumor, story, or belief, often intended to deceive or mislead

Felicity

(n.) happiness, or joy

Truculent

(adj.) tending to argue or fight

Ubiquitous

(adj.) present everywhere, pervasive

Ignominious

(adj.) humiliating, disgracing

Cloying

(adj.) sickenly sweet

Bilk

(v.) cheat, defraud

Diffident

(adj.) shy, quiet, modest

Prurient

(adj.) eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

Impetuous

(adj.) acting or done quickly without a thought or care

Pusillanimous

(adj.) lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

Euphonious

(adj.) pleasant-sounding, melodious

Crestfallen

(adj.) sad and disappointed because of a failure or disappointment

Temerity

(n.) audacity, recklessness

Curmudgeon

(n.) a cranky person, usually old

Tyro

(n.) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill

Surreptitious

(adj.) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Epitome

(n.) a perfect example, embodiment

Ostentatious

(adj.) excessively showy, glitzy

Unctuous

(adj.) characterized by excessive flattery or ingratiating behavior, often with insincere or exaggerated politeness

Fastidious

(adj.) very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Sardonic

(adj.) cynical; scornfully mocking

Desultory

(adj.) jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Lugubrious

(adj.) looking or sounding sad and gloomy

Somnolent

(adj.) sleepy, drowsy

Penurious

(adj.) extremely poor or lacking in resources

Saccharine

(adj.) sickenly sweet, overly or excessively sweet

Petulant

(adj.) easily annoyed or irritated, especially when things don't go your way

Insipid

(adj.) dull, boring, banal

Deft

(adj.) skillful, capable

Mellifluous

(adj.) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear, sweetly flowing

Sanguine

(adj.) optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult or uncertain situation, cheery

Demure

(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved

Malinger

(v.) to pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated in order to escape duty or work

Gregarious

(adj.) fond of company, sociable, drawn to the company of others

Garrulous

(adj.) talking a lot, especially about things that are not important

Abstruse

(adj.) hard to comprehend

Calumny

(n.) attempting to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

Lucid

(adj.) clear and easily understood

Placid

(adj.) calm, peaceful

Emollient

(adj.) soothing

Maverick

(n.) an independent, nonconformist person

Salubrious

(adj.) healthy, beneficial

Rancor

(n.) deep, bitter resentment

Fatuous

(adj.) silly, foolish

Adulation

(n.) extreme praise

Pulchritude

(n.) physical beauty

Fervid

(adj.) intensely emotional; feverish

Prevaricate

(v.) to avoid giving a direct answer or deviate from the truth

Ineffable

(adj.) unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words, too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Zephyr

(n.) a gentle breeze

Auspicious

(adj.) favorable, indicative of good things

Esoteric

(adj.) understood only by a select few

Pulchritudinous

(adj.) physically beautiful or attractive

Mendacious

(adj.) dishonest or untruthful in speech or conduct

Impecunious

(adj.) poor; having no money

Abase

(v.) to humiliate, degrade

Surly

(adj.) rude; unfriendly; bad-tempered

Vicissitude

(n.) an event that occurs by chance; a change or variation that occurs in the course of something

Nettle

(v.) to cause someone to become annoyed or angry

Effervescent

(adj.) bubbly, lively, and enthusiastic

Convivial

(adj.) friendly, sociable

Levity

(n.) an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual

Affinity

(n.) a spontaneous feeling of closeness

Amorous

(adj.) showing sexual desire

Quagmire

(n.) a difficult situation

Serendipity

(n.) a pleasant surprise, luck

Satiate

(v.) to satisfy excessively

Stentorian

(adj.) extremely loud

Imbue

(v.) to fill with something especially a strong feeling or opinion

Ennui

(n.) a feeling of boredom or weariness

Raconteur

(n.) witty, skillful storyteller

Bourgeois

(n.) a middle-class person, capitalist

Loquacious

(adj.) talkative or chatty

Ameliorate

(v.) to make a bad situation better, improve, enhance

Demur

(v.) to express doubts or objections

Sagacity

(n.) the quality of having or showing good judgment, wisdom, or shrewdness

Anodyne

(n.) something that calms or soothes pain

Licentious

(adj.) disregarding societal norms, particularly with regard to sexual behavior; promiscuous or morally unrestrained

Castigate

(v.) to punish or criticize harshly

Myopic

(adj.) lacking foresight; having a narrow view or long-range perspective

Intrepid

(adj.) brave in the face of danger

Intransigent

(adj.) refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion

Acrimony

(n.) bitterness or ill feeling

Fervent

(adj.) having an intense feeling or passion for something

Husband

(v.) to manage prudently and economically

Candor

(n.) honesty, frankness

Abnegation

(n.) denial of comfort to oneself

Reticent

(adj.) keeping to yourself; not likely to draw attention to yourself; uncommunicative

Deleterious

(adj.) harmful