LA Binion 2 semester vocab
Calamity
(N) a terrible event to happen
whim
(N) an impulse to do do something
Crony
(N) close friend that's the negotiator/ intrusive thoughts
Fuss
(N) excited state of agitation
Abyss
(N) feeling of bottomless
Pall
(N) feeling of gloominess
Cabal
(N) its like a cult
Perpetuity
(N) stretches' on forever
Deprecation
(N) the act of expressing disapproval
dregs
(N) the gross thing at the bottem or worst of people
Reprieve
(N) to get offered a break in life
Elasticity
(N) wake up in the morning and tonight i bounce back
Temerity
(N)fearless and daring/ audacity
Banality/banal
(N/Adj) to be over used/ cliché
Pervade
(V) a liquid/odder flowing around
Encroach
(V) invading on some ones space/territory
languish
(V) laying around becoming weak/ not getting stronger
Circumvent
(V) to avoid
Divulge
(V) to make secret information known
Rescind
(V) to officially cancel
Affluent
(adj) big money baller
Inherent
(adj) built into a person
unruly
(adj) unable to be controlled, out of control
Licentious
(adj.) lack of moral discipline
vile
(adj.) morally reprehensible, gross
inept
(adj.) unskilled; clumsy
Conviction
(n) hard stuck beliefs
perjury
(n) to lie under oath
Trepidation
(n.) fear, fright, trembling
Defamation
(n.) to talk bad on someone's name
Concoct
(v) scheming
grapple
(v) to wrestle with thoughts
reproach
(v.) criticism or disapproval
Rankle
(v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
Arbitrate
(v.) to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
dote
(v.) to show an extreme amount of love
Convulsive
(Adj) A flinch in the body
Coquettish
(Adj) a flirtish gestor
August
(Adj) an thing/person that gets honored
Haughty
(Adj) cooler than me by mike posner
Macabre
(Adj) gruesome, fear inducing
Entitled
(Adj) has the right to things
Harried
(Adj) in a state of frenzied/discombobulated
Incredulous
(Adj) in disbelief
Adamant
(Adj) insistent (like conviction)
Doddering
(Adj) insult to old people/ mental or physically slow
diffident
(Adj) lacking self-confidence
Pallid
(Adj) pale while ill
ominous
(Adj) perceived as a threat or something bad to happen
Incarnate
(Adj) reinbodyment
paradoxical
(Adj) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
Impervious
(Adj) unable to be affected
Vigilant
(Adj) very observant
Gaunt
(Adj.) Very thin in a unhealthy way
Diligently
(Adv) Sam fisher style/shows care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
Cavalry
(N) A group of extra support
Guerrilla
(N) Blake playing Watson/Sabotage and Harassment
Zeitgeist
(N) Stereotypical in a time period/trend at the time
Silhouette
(N) The outline of an object
Commodity
(N) a item of high value