All Vocab :D

polemic

n. a powerful argument, often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

obdurate

adj. stubborn and insensitive

discreet

adj. marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; free from ostentation or pretension; modest

ardent

adj. passionate; enthusiastic

acquiesce

v. to comply passively; to accept; to assent

extol

v. to praise highly; to laud

ineffable

adj. incapable of being expressed or described

rudimentary

adj. basic; crude; unformed

obtuse

adj. lacking quickness of perception or intellect; characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity; slow to understand

reiterate

v. to say again; to repeat

circumlocution

n. the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to vague or evasive

proletariat

n. the industrial working class

distend

v. to swell; to extend a great deal

perquisite

n. a privilege that goes along with a job; a “perk”

precipitous

adj. steep

furitive

adj. secretive; sly

dictum

n. an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim

consummate

adj. perfect; complete; supremely skillful/ v. make perfect; make complete

recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly defiantof authority; disobedient

rapacious

adj. greedy; plundering; avaricious

stricture

n. a restriction; a limitation

urbane

adj. poised; sophisticated; refined

recant

v. to publicly take back and deny

egalitarian

adj. believing in the social and economic equality of all people

misanthropic

adj. hating mankind

itinerant

adj. moving from place to place

officious

adj. annoyingly eager to help or advise

enervate

v. to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually

rogue

n. a criminal and dishonest person

audacity

n. boldness; reckless daring

erudite

adj. scholarly; deeply learned

sacrosanct

adj. sacred; held to be inviolable

tenacious

adj. persistent; stubborn

petulant

adj. rude; cranky; ill-tempered

whimsical

adj. capricious; erratic; oddly out of the ordinary; subject to sudden changec

ontrite

adj. admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful

moribund

adj. approaching death; about to die; on the verge of becoming obsolete

callow

adj. immature

metamorphosis

n. a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change

81 odious

adj. arousing hatred or repugnance

82 chimera

n. an illusion; a foolish fancy

83 decadent

adj. decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals

84 egregious

adj. extremely bad or offensive

85 verbose

adj. using too many words

86 deduce

v. to conclude from evidence; to infer

87 exalt

v. to raise high; to glorify

88 disdain

v. or n. to reject with contempt or scorn; n. feeling or expression of contempt or scorn

89 sloth

n. laziness; sluggishness

90 peremptory

adj. final; categorical; dictatorial