APLit Vocab, S2L7

aplomb (n.)

total competence, poise and assurance

composure, ANT: doubt

choleric (adj.)

extremely irritable, easily angered

grumy, irascible, testy

dint (n.)

force, power

effort, exertion

fecund (adj.)

producing/capable of producing offspring or fruit in abundance

fertile, prolific, bountiful, fruitful

insinuate (v.)

to suggest or hint slyly

imply

moribund (adj.)

in a dying state or near death (without force/vitality)

stagnant, declining

privation (n.)

the lack of the usual comforts of life

want, need

propitiatory (adj.)

designed or intended to be sacrifical or appeasing

conciliatory, pacifying

recondite (adj.)

dealing with profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter

abstruse, esoteric

ribald (adj.)

vulgar or indecent in speech

obscene, course, inappropriate