Carnie - Week 7 Vocab (2nd Semester)

adjure

command, enjoin, retreat

asperity

harshness, acerbity, severity, irritability

extirpate

to annihilate, exterminate, root out

gainsay

to deny, contradict

ingenuous

naive, natural, artless

insouciant

carefree, unconcerned

nacreous

pearly, lustrous

ratiocination

reasoning

sanguine

hopeful, optimistic, confident

sedulous

diligent, industrious

sentient

conscious, aware, capable of feeling

sobriquet

a nickname

spate

a flood, outpouring, deluge

temerity

rashness, effrontery, audacity

truculent

fierce, belligerent, pugnacious

straight from the shoulder

in a direct, open way

to rub a person the wrong way

to do something that irritates or annoys

to draw in one’s horns

to become cautious

to throw cold water

to discourage a plan or idea

port

carry

-ist

person