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