Lang Final Vocab

Dour

(adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Intimation

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion

Fortitude

(n.) courage in facing difficulties

Amicable

(adj.) peaceable, friendly

Meticulous

(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

Benevolent

(adj.) kindly, charitable

Coerce

(v.) to compel, force

Inclement

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Sojourn

(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time

Affiliated

(adj.) associated, connected

Panacea

(n.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

Ascertain

(v.) to find out

Assent

(v.) to agree or yield; (n.) agreement

Discrepancy

(n.) a difference; a lack of agreement

Remiss

(adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless

Deft

(adj.) skillful, nimble

Extirpate

(v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

Solace

(n.) comfort, relief; (v.) to comfort, console

Renegade

(n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

Martinet

(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Discern

(v.) to see clearly, recognize

Recalcitrant

(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Quandary

(n.) a state of perplexity or doubt

Consecrate

(v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Emaciated

(adj.) unnaturally thin

Ardent

(adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned

Sophomoric

(adj.) immature and overconfident; conceited

Respite

(n.) a period of relief or rest

Profess

(v.) to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim or pretend

Misnomer

(n.) an unsuitable or misleading name

Integrity

(n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness

Endemic

(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field

Misconstrue

(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

Clandestine

(adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded

Platitude

(n.) a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

Tacit

(adj.) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred

Innocuous

(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

Decorum

(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

Ultimatum

(n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions

Bellicose

(adj.) warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome

Rescind

(v.) to repeal, cancel

Alleviate

(v.) to relieve, make more bearable

Pandemonium

(n.) a wild uproar, din, or commotion

Complacent

(adj.) self-satisfied; overly content

Vehement

(adj.) intense, forceful, powerful