Vocab #2

Acronym

a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps,OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.

indispensable

absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite:

Malice

desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:

Loquacious

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous:

Clout

a blow, especially with the hand; cuff Informal. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power:

vendetta

a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.

Surly

churlishly rude or bad-tempered

Tedious

marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:

nondescript

of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:

Articulate

uttered clearly in distinct syllables.