Vocab 10-16

Insipid (adj)- stupid; foolish

Incredulous (adj) - skeptical

Indolent (adj) - lazy/sluggish

Indulgence (n) - a special pleasure

Insolent (adj) - rude

Iota ( n) - very small amount

Ire ( n) - intense anger

Languor (n) - a state of feeling tired/relaxed

Lofty (adj) -elevated

Necrotic (adj) - dying animal or plant tissue

Mercantile (adj) - pertaining to merchants

Mettle (n) - courage

Muddled (adj) - confused

Multitudinous (adj) - large, indefinite number

Myriad (n) - large number of things

Obsequious (adj) - obedient

Officious (adj) - interfering; meddlesome

Perambulate (adj) - to walk

Piquant (adj) - pleasantly sharp flavor

Ribald (adj) - crude; offensive

Pittance (n) - small amount

Portly (adj) - fat

Pretentious (adj) - falsely arrogant

Procure (v) - to obtain

Prolific (adj) - producing large quantities

Remonstance (n) - protest/complaint

Sardonic (adj) - sarcastic

Sojourn (n) - short trip

Sonorous (adj) - rich, full sound

Subsequent (adj) - following in order

Tacit (adj) - expressed without words; implied

Taut (adj) - tightly drawn

Titanic (adj) - gigantic

Torpic (adj) - sluggish

Tumult (n) - violent outburst

Unscrupulous (adj)- unethical

Vehement (adj) - forcibly express

Vixen (n) - sexually attractive woman

Voluptuous (adj) - sensuously pleasing

Vouch (v) - to support as being true

Abject (adj) - hopeless condition

Altruistic (adj) - unselfish regard for others

Askew (adv) - not straight

August (adj) - majestic

Conflagration (n) - large, disastrous fire

Cravat ( n) - a scarf worn around the neck

Diaphanous (adj) - transparent

Dubious (adj) - questionable

Enigma (n) - something difficult to understand

Wizen (adj) - shrunken; wrinkled from aging

Desecrate (V) - to violate something sacred

Dissolution (n) - the process of dissolving

Fractious (adj) - readily angered

Harlequin (n) - comic character

Lugubrious (adj) full of sadness; mournful

Motley (adj) - made of many different things; multicolored

Petulant (adj) - whiny

Rapacity (n) - greed

Sagacious (adj) - wise

Somnambulist (n) - a seep walker

Absolve (v) - to pardon

Abstruse (adj) - hard to understand

Ameliorate (v) - to improve

Apparition (n) - specter

Approbation (n) - approval

Assuage (v) - to make less painful

Bauble (n) - inexpensive piece of jewelry; trinket

Benevolent (adj) - kind; generous

Stolid (adj) - unemotional

Zest (n) =- enthusiasm