lang unit 2 vocab

abysmal

extremely bad; awful

prodigal

wastefully extravagent; spending money

veinal

forgivable (reffering to like a small sin)

lackadaisical

lacking enthusiasm; lazy, careless (not ray)

mercucial

moody, unpredictable; changing quickly

allegorical

symbolic; having a hidden meaning

quintessential

the perfect example of something

circumstantial

based on circumstances; depending on context

torrential

pouring heavily; like a torrent (only pretains to rain lmao)

incite

to provoke/encourage action

resusicate

to bring back to live/revive

recitation

the act of repeating/reading something aloud

solicit

to ask for something/request strongly

unsolicited

not asked for/requested (unsolicited advice)

corpulent

very fat; having a large, heavy body

corporeal

physical/having a body (not spiritual)

incorporeal

NOT having a physical body (spiritual/ghost-like)

incorporate

to include/combine something (quote incorporation)

dominion

control, rule, territory under someone’s power

predominant

most powerful, most common, strongest influence

subdominant

secondary in power/importance

convalescent

recovering from illness - becoming healthy again

effervescent

bubbly, lively, speaking (of a person or a drink)

coalescent

coming together into one

ingenious

clever, original, inventive (talent someone is BORN with)

progeny

offspring, children, descendents

genesis

origin/beginning of something

generate

to make/create/produce something

indigenous

native to a place, originally from that location (indigenous plants/people)

luciferous

bringing/giving light; illuminating

odiferous

having/producing a smell

confierous

bearing cones (trees - pine, fir, spruce)

vice versa

the other way around; reversed order

vicissitude

a change or variation, usually unexpected (a turn of events)

vicarious

experiencing something through someone else (hayden simon core)

parable

simple story used to teach a moral lesson

paradigm

a model, pattern, example

paragon

a perfect example of something

parameter

limit, boundary, rule that defines how something works