ERWC Spring Vocabulary List #3

Derision

To express contempt for; ridicule; to laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value.

Contemptuous

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.

Effusive

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained, or heartfelt manner.

Furtive

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble.

Sententious

Given to abounding in excessive moralizing or aphoristic expression, terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression.

Evocation

Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

Incongruous

Not in harmony or keeping with surroundings or other aspects of something.

Unconscionable

Unreasonable; immoral; unscrupulous.

Capricious

Motivated by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability.

Deplorable

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality.

To condone

To excuse by overlooking; to accept or allow.

To acquiesce

To comply passively; to yield; to accept or submit tacitly.

Irascible

Irritable; easily angered or provoked.

Scintillating

To dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit.

Subvert

Trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system.

Autonomy

The right to be independent and govern oneself; the ability to make your own decisions without being controlled by anyone else.

Adventitious

Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature.