Vocabulary set #2

Abate

To make something perceived as dangerous and hostile into something less intimidating or severe

Banal

Lacking originality as to being obvious and boring

Candor

The quality of being open and honest in expression

Cacophany

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Decorus

In keeping good taste and propriety; polite and restrained

Edict

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

Elucidate

To make something clear; explain

Facile

Simplistic, superficial, effortless

Garrulous

Excessively talkative especially in not important matters.

Acquiesce

Accept something reluctantly but without protest

Apathetic

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Didactic

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Ambivalent

Having mixed feeling or contradicting ideas about something or someone.

Scornful

Feeling or expressing contempt or derision.

Empathetic

Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Candid

The action of being truthful and straightforward.

Foreboding

Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something will happen

Sanguine

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Reticent

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Vexed

Annoyed, frustrated, or worried.