Week Three Vocab

avocation

n. a hobby or minor occupation

callous

adj. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

capricious

adj. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

disparity

n. a great difference

epistle

n. a poem or other literacy work in the form of a letter or series of letters

hospice

n. a lodging for travelers, especially one run by a religious order

impetus

n. the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly

moribund

adj. (of a person) at the point of death

vacillate

v. alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

efficacy

n. the ability to produce a desired or intended result