Lecture Notes Vocabulary

Entropy: Disorder or randomness.

Plaudit: Praise, approval.

Assailant: A person who attacks.

Yean: To give birth to.

Offshoot: Something that has branched off something else.

Antics: Foolish behavior.

Wangle: To obtain by dishonest methods.

Nitpick: To find fault in little things.

Duplicitous: Dishonest.

Scrumptious: Delicious.

Havoc: Great destruction.

Woeful: Very sad.

Inculcate: To instill by repetition.

Fickle: Likely to change.

Maven: A specialist.

Fanfare: An ostentatious display.

Volition: An act of willing.

Munificence: Kindness.

Gnash: To grind teeth together.

Divine: Relating to God.

Incarceration: Locking in prison.

Indubitable: Unable to doubt.

Ebullient: To be very happy.

Lax: Not strict or severe.

Amorous: Related to love.

Junta: A small group ruling a country.

Doleful: Sad.

Derivative: Something branched off.

Obsolescent: Old and out-of-use.

Guerrilla: Soldiers harassing the enemy.

Bromide: Overused phrase.

Laud: To praise.

Salient: Prominent and conspicuous.

Subversive: Wanting to overthrow.

Waive: To give up.

Reticent: Shy, silent.

Prerogative: Exclusive right.

Paucity: Smallness of quantity.

Autonomous: Self-governing.

Herald: To signal the coming of.

Furtive: Done in secret.

Inclement: Bad weather.

Stifle: To suppress.

Tantalize: To tease.

Adulation: Excessive devotion.

Accost: To boldly approach.

Diatribe: Severe criticism.

Benediction: A blessing.

Neologism: A new word.

Enamor: To fill with love.

Buffoonery: Foolish behavior.

Equanimity: Calmness.

Flout: To treat with disdain.

Guile: Artful deception.

Ethereal: Extremely delicate.

Swoon: v. to faint.

Decimate: v. to drastically reduce.

Consternation: n. extreme worry.

Doctrinaire: adj. rigid or inflexible.

Expunge: v. to delete.

Connoisseur: n. a person who knows much