reading vocab

arbitrary

Random choice

capitulate

To give in or give up

Insidious

Dangerous

expedite

to speed up

Capacious

Having a lot of space, spacious

castigate

Scold someone a lot 

exacerbate

make it worse

obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change

loquacious

talkative

Digress

get off topic

Pretentious

attempting to impress

animosity

hostile, bad blood

mundane

ordinary

surfeit

A great amount of something more than enough

immutable

unchangeable

temerity

Excessive confidence

clandestine

secret

Ruse

trick

transient

lasting only a short time

Disparage

belittle or mock

Plethora

a large amount of

Deleterious

causing harm

Sequester

to seperate

Alleviate

to relieve

palatable

pleasant to taste

reticent

Not revealing ones feelings