ERWC Spring Vocabulary List #3

  1. Derision (n) / to deride (adj): 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. Ex: Donald Trump derails Joe Biden on a constant basis

  2. Contemptuous (adj) / Contemptuously (adv): The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthlesss, or deserving sworn. Ex. John’s girlfriend felt contemptuous after a huge fight with him

  3. Effusive (adj) / effusively (adv): Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained, or heartfelt manner. Ex. He was effusive in his praise for the general.

  4. Furtive (adj): attempting too avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would leave to trouble. Ex. Jane was furtive after a fight at school

  5. Sententious (adj) / sententiously (adv): trying to appear wise, intelligent, and important, in a a way that is annoying, given to abounding in excessive moralizing or aphoristic expression, terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression. Ex. The paper that Jed handed in to his teacher was not so much a research paper as a sententious manifesto denouncing globalization.

  6. Evocation (n) / evocate: bringing strong images, memories, or feeling to mind. Ex. Disney has a very known evocation to children

  7. Incongruous (adj): not in harmony or keeping with surroundings or other aspects of something. Ex. the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath

  8. Unconscionable (adj): unreasonable; immoral; unscrupulous. Ex. Serial killers are very unconscionable due got their nature

  9. Capricious (adj) / capriciously (adv): suggests motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability. Ex. He can be so sweet sometimes, he's just very capricious and whimsical

  10. Deplorable (adj) / deplore (v): deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality; to express displeasure (can imply that you regret something for a loss - sort of like it’s out of your hands). Ex. AI used to be very deplorable until very recently.

  11. To condone (v): To excuse by overlooking; to accept or allow. Ex. I do not condone skipping school

  12. To acquiesce (v): To comply passively; to yield; to accept poor submit tacitly [expressed or carried out without words]. Ex. Mike had to acquiesce to the authorities during a search

  13. Irascible: Irritable; easily angered or provoked. Ex. I was very irascible during the summer

  14. Scintillating (adj)( / to scintillate (v): To emit sparks; to dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit: The car scintillated after crashing into a wall

  15. To subvert (v) / subversive (adj): trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system Ex. On January 6, 2021, There was an attempted subversion on the White House

  16. Autonomy (n) / autonomous (adj): The right of an organization, a country, a region, or person to be independent and govern itself; to ability to make your own decisions without being controlled by anyone else. Ex. Everyone wants to be autonomous at some point in life

  17. Adventitious (adj): happening or carried on accordions to change rather than design or inherent nature. Ex. my adventures were always adventitious, always thrust on me