English vocab #3

Unscrupulous

adj, unprincipled

sacrilegious

adj, having or showing disrespect for a sacred person, place, object

ostracize

verb, to exclude from a group by common consent, single out

inane

adj, empty, insubstantial, pointless

pedagogical

adj, of or relating to teaching or education

connubial

adj, of or relating to the married state

trenchant

adj, keen, sharp (like observation not like knife)

consternation

noun, amazement or dismay, typically at something unexpected

remonstrance

noun, an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition

impel

verb, to urge or drive forward as if by exertion of strong pressure

vicarious

adj, experienced through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another

blithe

adj, lacking due thought or consideration

terse

adj, using few words, short, brusque

expectorate

verb, to eject from throat or lungs, to spit

livid

adj, very angry