Vocab List #3

Psychosis

A severe medical disturbance

Savor

Enjoy

Table

To put down for future discussion

Underwrite

Insure; give guarantee

Dissident

A person who disagrees

Vagary

something uncomfortable; freak

Indigent

Poor; needy

Nadir

lowest point

Resuscitation

Revival from unconsciousness

Shirk

Avoid

Surly

Grumpy

Belligerent

Aggressive; Ready to fight

Niggardly

Miserly

Contrite

sorry

Recuperate

To get better after an illness

Guffaw

Very loud laughter

Willful

Stubborn

Sirreptitious

sneaky

Whimsical

Changeable

Superlative

The best, extremely good

Pompous

too serious and full of importance

Newfangled

different from what one is used to;new

Unruly

difficult to control or to manage ;stubborn

Vestige

a trace of something that once existed but has disappeared; remains

Replete

filled to the top or well-supplied with something

Sullen

bad-tempered; gloomy

Predicament

a difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation

Theology

the study of religious beliefs

Surmise

to guess something easily or without much hints

Rebuff

to refuse to do something

Tirade

a long and angry speech

Trite

expressed, done or said to often; cliche

Treachery

betrayal of trust

Strut

to walk in a proud way