pocto vocab

sycophant

(noun) someone who is eager to please for personal gain; suck-up / brown-noser

lugubrious

(adj) extremely sad, gloomy, mournful [LUGGING along]

pernicious

(adj) causing great harm & destruction; wicked [VICIOUS]

insouciant

(adj) unconcerned / unworried to the point of arrogance

ubiquitous

(adj) everywhere, omnipresent [ubisoft globe thing .. ]

non sequitur

(noun) statement unrelated to the one before it [non seguir .. not continuous]

restive

(adj) uneasy, agitated; having little patience; unwilling to be controlled [opposite of rest]

diatribe

(noun) bitter verbal / written attack

jingoistic

(adj) Very Patriotic, to point of hostility towards other countries

implacable

(adj) not easily calmed or pacified; impossible to change or move

hirsute

(adj) hairy [h(a)irsute]

affinity

(noun) natural attraction to someone / something bc of something in common

accede

(verb) consent, agree

bonhomie

(noun) easy & good-humored friendliness

quotidian

(adj) ordinary, happening daily [status quo]

coquette

(noun) a flirt, usually a woman??

harangue

(verb) criticize / question angrily

bovine

(adj) cow-like; slow / sluggish

facetious

(adj) humorous, not meant seriously

inchoate

(adj) not fully formed [wip]

contrite

(adj) genuinely & deeply sorry about something

erudite

(adj) academic smart

anomaly

(noun) a not normal thing

cantankerous

(adj) bad-tempered, warlike, hard to get along w

coterie

(noun) small group of people w similar interests

deride

(verb) ridicule / insult

feckless

(adj) disorganized, not very useful [reckless]

excoriate

(verb) critize / scold strongly

debacle

(noun) humiliating failure / defeat [like my debate😂😂]

temerity

(noun) rashness; possibly offensive overconfidence ["the AUDACITY!"]

penury

(noun) extreme poverty

vituperation

(noun) outburst of violently abusive language

supercilious

(adj) proud + contemptuous, arrogant [super ...]

gambol

(verb) frolic playfully

folderol

(noun) silly nonsense

ennui

(noun) weariness w life from lack of excitement / interest

curmudgeon

(noun) bad-tempered, disagreeable person

sojourn

(noun) short trip [JOURNey]

truculent

(adj) aggressive

gregarious

(adj) friendly, sociable

augment

(verb) increase / grow in number, size, strength, etc

insidious

(adj) slowly and subtly harmful / destructive

kismet

(noun) fate / destiny

enmity

(noun) extreme hatred, particularly between enemies [opposite of amity]

denizen

(noun) a regular [citizen?]

fallacious

(adj) deceptive, misleading bc of mistaken belief / idea

obfuscate

(verb) confuse / make unclear by overcomplicating [obstruct ... conFUSe ... idk it just sounds like its definition]

malaise

(noun) worry / depression --\> general illness / sickness w no specific cause

peculate

(verb) steal money / property by taking advantage of trust

efficacious

(adj) effective

exonerate

(verb) free from blame / fault, usually of a crime [ex]

altruism

(noun) unselfish kindness

ignominy

(noun) public loss of dignity + self-respect

soporific

(adj) sleep inducing; dull, boring

enigma

(noun) mystery, something unexplainable

dilatory

(adj) tending to delay / procrastinate, purposefully??

myopic

(adj) short-sighted, literally and figuratively [microscopic = cannot see well]

moribund

(adj) dying, having no purpose [morir]

alacrity

(noun) eagerness, readiness, speed [alack!]

surfeit

(noun) excess, to point that people are sick of it

galvanize

(verb) incite awareness / action

largess

(noun) generosity

gauche

(adj) lacking social refinement

jocular

(adj) playful + humorous

zenith

(noun) highest point, peak

impunity

(noun) exemption from punishment

bellicose

(adj) warlike, quarrelsome

maladroit

(adj) clumsy, insensitive

futile

(adj) useless

ruminate

(verb) meditate, think about carefully [idk kinda sounds like its definition ...]

acrimony

(noun) bitterness, resentment

solace

(noun) comfort; someone providing comfort

exorbitant

(adj) excessive

censure

(verb / noun) {to express} official disapproval

reprimand

(verb) scold / punish

lackadaisical

(adj) dispirited, unenthusiastic

insipid

(adj) lack liveliness

archaic

(adj) outdated bc from long time ago

punctilious

(adj) careful + detailed, esp in behaviour / etiquette

irreverant

(adj) disrespectful

aspersion

(noun) slander / defamation; damaging rumor

candid

(adj) frank, sincere, honest

capricious

(adj) impulsive + unpredictable

despot

(noun) dictator, tyrant

diaphanous

(adj) delicate, almost transparent

detritus

(noun) debris, discarded material [elementary science ...]

equivocate

(verb) speak vaguely / ambiguously to be misleading

iconoclast

(noun) someone who challenges traditions, customs, values

mendicant

(noun) extremely poor person

pedestrian

(adj) ordinate, uninspired, unimaginative

visceral

(adj) instinctive, relating to gut feeling

ostentatious

(adj) showy OBNOXIOUS display of wealth / success, pretentious

nascent

(adj) beginning, emerging

loquacious

(adj) talkative

inept

(adj) unskilled, lacking

derivative / derivate

(adj) unoriginal, copied [derived]

accolade

(noun) high praise / esteem for someone's achievements

indigent

(adj) poor / impoverished

mitigate

(verb) make less severe

perfidy

(noun) treachery, treason, betrayal, deceit