Learn: GreGmat Vocabulary Group 30

slovenly

untidy, dirty, careless.

factious

inclined to form factions; causing dissension.

spurn

to refuse with scorn, disdain.

callow

(without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers.

flagrant

extremely bad, glaring; scandalous, notorious.

remuneration

payment for work done.

bravado

a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

obstreperous

noisy and difficult to control.

temerity

recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger.

odious

extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

deportment

demeanor; conduct; behavior.

precocious

showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity).

abide

to put up with; to tolerate.

verve

energy, enthusiasm.

intrigue

crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity.

aberrant

abnormal or deviant.

fallow

inactive; unproductive.

tenuous

thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported.

obdurate

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

gratuitous

freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted.

indecorous

lacking good taste; improper.

soliloquy

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

stolid

not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive.

capitulate

to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel.

extemporize

perform without preparation.

cogitate

to think deeply.

nominal

existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously.

plucky

courageous; spunky.

grovel

to humble oneself, act in a fearful and servile way; to lie face downward; to indulge in something base or unworthy.

feint

a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of.