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