Week 2: Princeton Review Hot 100

ephemeral

short-lived; fleeting

inevitable

unavoidable; bound to happen

insipid

bland; boring

obscure

unclear; clouded; partially hidden

depravity

corruption; wickedness

discern

to distinguish one thing from another

expedite

to quicken

peripheral

on the edge; unimportant

taciturn

quiet; uncommunicative; silent

apprehensive

fearful; worried

expedient

advantageous; convenient

fastidious

finicky; overly critical

novel

new; interesting

parsimony

stinginess

provincial

narrow minded; unsophisticated

respite

a break; a rest

anecdote

a brief, humorous story

drone

to talk on and on in a dull way

blasphemy

irreverent talk about God

euphonious

melodious; pleasant sounding

cacophonous

harsh sounding

guile

cunning; deceitfulness

immutable

unchanging; permanent

incessant

non-stop

static

unchanging; not moving

bastion

a stronghold; a fort

benign

kindly; good-natured

credulous

gullible; believing without proof

disparage

to speak poorly of

eccentric

odd; out of the ordinary; quirky

censure

severely criticize; blame

squander

to waste

virulent

harmful