Lang Voc 1

asinine (adj.)

silly and stupid

aspersion (n.)

casting a bad light on someone

assuage (v.)

to ease or lessen

bombastic (adj.)

over the top

bombast (n.)

extra, unecessary

callous (adj.)

unfeeling, insensitive

censure (v./n.)

official reprimand

congenial (adj.)

nice and friendly

deleterious (adj.)

harmful (to your health)

harangue (v./n.)

angry speech or rant

palatable (adj.)

pleasing to the mouth

provincial (adj.)

shallow, narrowminded

sententious (adj.)

arrogant

coup de grace (n.)

killing blow

litigious (adj.)

likely to sue

mercurial (adj.)

moody (people and weather

noxious (adj.)

likely to cause naseau

nonchalant (adj.)

neutral

jejune (adj.)

boring (anything but people)

indeterminate (adj.)

undetermined

colloquialism (n.)

regional slang/phrase

argot (n.)

language of a particular group including slang or jargin

obdurate (adj.)

stubborn

immaterial (adj.)

unrelated

minatory (adj.)

threatening

gratuitous (adj.)

unnecessary

trite (adj.)

overused

cognizant (adj.)

aware

titillating (adj.)

excite or arouse

paltry (adj.)

meager

salacious (adj.)

base sexual desire

mereticious (adj.)

cheap and slutty

ingratiate (v)

to attain favor by pleasing someone

ubiquitous (adj.)

everywhere

succint (adj.)

concise

plethora (n)

alot

squalid (adj.)

poor and dirty

malapropism (n.)

misuse of words, usually in an idiom

resonant (adj.)

echoing or pleasing to the ear

epithet (n.)

swearing

panegyric (n.)

anything written in praise

candor (n.)

honestly

magnitude (n.)

bigness

iota (n.)

very small amount

bon mot (n.)

witty saying

magnanimous (adj.)

generous

gainsay (v.)

to deny

blithe (adj.)

happy and carefree

semantics (n.)

word use

pontifical

speaking or writing in a arrogant tone

pretentious

showing off arrogantly

puerile

childish (neg. con.)

ribald

dirty sense of humor

supercilious

arrogant

sardonic

ironic in an evil way

onus

burden

bevy

a lot of

quid pro quo

an exchange

bucolic

in a quiet, countryside

splenetic

cranky

venal

corrupt

impetuous

acting without thought

uncompromising

stubborn

apprehensive

worried

enigmatic

mysterious, puzzling

esoteric

abstract and hard to understand

blase

nonchalant

auspicious

favorable

capricious

sudden changes in mood

lethargic

sleepy

insidious

evil in a sneaky way

tempestuous

mood swings, stormy personality

petulant

bratty

stygian

dark, gloomy

apocryphal

doubtful authenticity

indolent

lazy

prudent

acting with or showing care for the future

maudlin

drunk enough to be silly

extraneous

unrelated

pedestrian

civillian

disparaging

belittling the importance of somethjnf

livid

extremely mad

fallacious

mistaken belief

engender

to cause exist or develop

resolute

determined, unwavering

specious

appears sound but flawed

obsequious

servant-like, obedient

egregious

shockingly wrong

ameliorate

to make better or improve

defamatory

slanderous, damaging the reputation

prodigious

enormous quantity or size

innovative

introducing new ideas

disparate

different to a great degree

vacillate

going back and forth

arbitrary

random

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated

elusive

hard to catch

bourgeois

of the social middle class, neg connotation b/c it represents trivial matters/material comforts

demagogue

leader who is a bully (tyrant)

machiavellian

characterized by leading with fear, governs just to get power