Missed Vocab
prodigality
wasteful extravagance in spending
welfare
well-being; government aid to the poor
pervasive
widespread
inagurated
admit (someone) formally to public office
truculence
aggressiveness, ferocity
onerous
burdensome
indemnify
compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
arrant
complete, utter (usually negative - arrant nonsense = complete nonsense)
preen
congratulate or pride oneself, dress up
premeditated
considered beforehand, deliberately planned
communicable
contagious
opprobrium
disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
protracted
extended in time; prolonged
effrontery
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
meticulous
extremely careful; particular about details
contrite
feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
entrenched
firmly established
considerable
great, large
sardonic
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
cursory
hasty, not thorough
cognizant
having knowledge or being aware of
nebulous
hazy; vague; uncertain
hermetic
impervious to external influence; airtight
oblique
indirect; slanting
apprised
informed; notified
implicate
involve; incriminate
untenable
not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain
imperious
overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
pompous
overly self-important, arrogant
grandiloquence
pompous speech or expression
restricted
limited
diffidence
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence
prolific
present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful
hedonism
self indulgence; pleasure-seeking
judicious
sensible; showing good judgement
timorous
showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence
unfeigned
sincere, real
catalyst
something that brings about a change in something else
surreptitious
stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation
vigorous
strong, healthy, and full of energy; forceful
recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
ancillary
subordinate or supplementary
enfranchisement
to admit to citizenship; the rite of voting
integrate
to bring together and make whole
gentrify
to change by improving something and making it more appealing to people who have money
adulterate
to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
gull
to deceive, cheat
pilloried
to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse
infelicitous
unfortunate, unhappy; inappropriate
inconsequential
unimportant
erratic
unpredictable; irregular
diatribe
a bitter verbal attack
trepidation
a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
memorandum
a form on which a brief message is written describing a transaction
strategem
a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
antipathy
a strong dislike, hostile feeling
axiom
a universal truth; an established rule
prolific
abundantly productive; abundant, profuse
coda
an added ending to a piece
surfeit
an excessive amount
bellicosity
an inclination to fight
approbation
approval or praise
presumptuous
assuming too much; arrogant
deplorable
bad in quality, deserving condemnation
chary
cautious or reluctant
systematic
characterized by order and planning
ebullient
cheerful and full of energy
cipher
code; secret or disguised way of writing
prevarication
deviate from the truth, equivocate
debauchery
corruption; self-indulgence
craven
cowardly
zealous
eager, earnest, devoted, enthusiastic
parodied
humorously imitated
insipid
lacking interest or flavor
prattle
meaningless, foolish talk
amenable
open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable
prosiac
ordinary, dull
rarefied
refined, made less dense
requisite
required; necessary
deference
respect; consideration
paucity
scarcity; lack
mendacity
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
heresy
the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine
apex
the highest point
usury
the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
righteousness
the quality of being morally right or justifiable
suffrage
the right to vote
inertia
the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
complaisance
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
delude
to mislead; to fool
liquidate
to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate
extoll
to praise highly
discern
to see clearly, recognize; to differentiate
equivocate
to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous
underwrite
to support financially
tantalize
to tease, torment
apprehend
to understand, perceive; to seize, arrest
vitiate
to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of
chicanery
trickery; deception
covet
yearn to have something
