English Final Vocab

lugubrious

mournful, gloomy

equanimity

mental calmness, composure

ubiquitous

occurring everywhere; omnipresent

extricate

free something from constraint or difficulty

venerate

regard with great respect

vestige

traces of something that no longer exists; evidence

innocuous

not harmful or offensive

sanctimonious

making a show of being morally superior to others

truncate

to shorten

emollient

have a quality of softening or soothing the skin

metamorphosis

change of the nature of a thing to a completely different one

superfluous

unnecessary; excessive

interminable

endless

catharsis

an extremely emotional experience

serendipity

the occurrence and development of events by chance in a beneficial way

haughty

proud, arrogant

vernacular

everyday language

vitriolic

bitterly spiteful; caustic

dissipate

to waste; exhaust

contemptuous

scornful; haughty

expiate

to atone, to make amends for

ineffable

inexpressible; beyond description

desiccate

remove the moisture from something; to dry completely

cosmopolitan

including people form many different countries

zealous

fervent; fanatical

intrinsic

of or relating to basic nature of a thing; inherent

noc/nox/nec

 hurt, harm

termin

boundary, end, limit

con

with

super

above, beyond, to a very high degree