Vocab Week 3

Fraught

Filled with or likely to result in

Convivial

Friendly, lively and enjoyable

Anachronistic

Belonging to a period other that being portrayed

Belligerent

Hostile and agressivde

Enigma

A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult to understand

Obscure

Not discovered or known about; uncertain/keep from being seen

Bolster

Strengthen or support

Gumption

shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness

Lament

To express grief or sorrow, to mourn someones death

Gambit

A device, action or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk that is calculated to gain an advantage

Reparation

The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

Avarice

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation

Disconsolate

Without comfort; unhappy

Contagion

Disease

Prodigious

Large in scope or size

Disparity

Unequal

To malinger

A fake illness