Vocab #5

pundit

a learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions

deride

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

volition

will; conscious choice

dilapidated

falling apart or ruined, run-down

credulity

tendency to believe things too quickly or easily

truncate

to shorten by cutting off

stipulate

to specify a condition

guile

deceit; trickery

indignation

anger as a result of something unjust

mollify

to calm or make less severe

exigent

urgent; requiring immediate action

propagate

to multiply, spread out

chortle

to chuckle gleefully

maudlin

overly sentimental

evince

to show clearly

deleterious

harmful, injurious

innocuous

harmless

delineate

To describe accurately

neologism

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

rubicon

point of no return