Vocab-The Right Stuff

tenable

(adjective) able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

acrimonious

(adjective) angry and bitter

quaint

(adjective) attractively unusual or old-fashioned

effluvial

(adjective) effluvium (noun) an offensive exhalation or smell

primordial

(adjective) existing from the beginning of time, very ancient

nonchalant

(adjective) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.

moxie

(adjective) force of character, determination, or nerve; bravery; courage

intractable

(adjective) not easily managed, controlled, or solved, not easily relieved or cured

inviolate

(adjective) not harmed or changed

convivial

(adjective) of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in friendly way with others

moot

(adjective) subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty

confrere

(noun) colleague, comrade

virulent

(adjective) full of hate or anger, extremely or excessively harsh, or strong extremely dangerous and deadly and usually spreading very quickly

portentous

(adjective) giving a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen trying to seem important, serious, or impressive

interminable

(adjective) having or seeming to have no end, continuing for a very long time

magnanimous

(adjective) having or showing a generous and kind nature

extemporaneous

(adjective) made up or done without special preparation

salubrious

(adjective) making good health possible or likely

littoral

(adjective) of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea

vaunted

(adjective) often spoken of or described as very good or great, often praised

priapic

(adjective) phallic, relating to or preoccupied with virility

urbane

(adjective) polite and confident, fashionable and somewhat formal

supernumerary

(adjective) present in excess of the normal or requisite number

ribald

(adjective) referring to indecent matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way; bawdy, rude, racy, risque

dour

(adjective) serious and unfriendly, silent and gloomy

assiduous

(adjective) showing great care, attention, and effort

stolid

(adjective) showing little or no emotion, not easily excited or upset

venal

(adjective) showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery

specious

(adjective) superficially plausible, but actually wrong

taciturn

(adjective) tending to be quiet, not speaking frequently

garrulous

(adjective) tending to talk a lot, very talkative

ineffable

(adjective) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

perfunctory

(adjective) used to describe something that is done without energy or enthusiasm because of habit or because it is expected

laconic

(adjective) using very few words

fastidious

(adjective) very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

guileless

(adjective) very innocent, naive, lacking experience

antediluvian

(adjective) very old or old-fashioned (before the flood)

sagaciously

(adverb) sagacious (adjective) showing intelligence, wisdom and good judgement

fiasco

(noun) a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way.

pellagra

(noun) a disease marked by dermatitis, gastrointestinal disorders, and mental disturbances and associated with a diet deficient in niacin

cantilevered

(noun) a long piece of wood or metal that sticks out from a wall or other structure to support something above it (such as a balcony or bridge) Used as a verb in TRS (149)

ganglia

(noun) a mass of nerve cells

amplitude

(noun) a measurement that indicates the movement or vibration of something (such as a sound wave or a radio wave)

gantry

(noun) a movable structure with platforms at different levels used for erecting and servicing rockets before launching

cynosure

(noun) a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention or interest

neophyte

(noun) a person who has just started learning or doing something a person who has recently joined a religious group

panjandrum

(noun) a powerful personage or pretentious official

bolus

(noun) a rounded mass, as a large pill; a soft mass of chewed food; a dose of as substance (as a drug) given intravenously

prig

(noun) a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others

concatenation

(noun) a series of interconnected things or events; succession; chain; sequence

auger

(noun) a sharp tool that is used chiefly for making holes

consternation

(noun) a strong feeling of surprise or sudden disappointment that causes confusion

gully

(noun) a trench which was originally worn in the earth by running water and through

fraus

(noun) a trick In Roman mythology, Fraus was the goddess or personification of treachery and fraud

bedlam

(noun) a very noisy and confused state or scene

egress

(noun) a way to get out of a place or the act of leaving a place

ziggurat

(noun) an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top; also a structure or object of similar form

accolade

(noun) an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit

coda

(noun) an ending part of a piece of music or a work of literature or drama that is separate from the earlier parts, something that ends and completes something else

propriety

(noun) behavior that is accepted as socially or morally correct and proper, the state or quality of being correct and proper, rules of correct social behavior

derring-do

(noun) brave acts, behavior that requires courage, no "derring-do" is for the weak

eminence

(noun) fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere or profession

anachronistic

(noun) something (such as a word, an object, or an event) that is mistakenly placed in a time where it does not belong in a story, novel, movie; a person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present

presage

(noun) something that foreshadows or portends a future event; an omen, an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future; archaic, prognostication

convolution

(noun) something that is very complicated and difficult to understand; a twist or curve

egest

(noun) the act or process of discharging undigested or waste material from a cell or organism; specifically, defecation

hearth

(noun) the floor in front of or inside a fireplace

metonymy

(noun) the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.

apex

(noun) the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point; tip; crest; summit; pinnacle; peak; zenith

litotes

(noun) understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")

reneging

(verb) go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.

hedge

(verb) limit or qualify by conditions or exceptions; confine; restrict; hinder; obstruct; impede; constrain

adumbrated

(verb) to foreshadow vaguely, to intimate, to suggest, disclose, or outline partially; overshadow, obscure

billeted

(verb) to lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility; to accommodate, quarter, put up billet (noun) soldier's sleeping quarters

mollify

(verb) to make (someone) less angry, to calm (someone) down

incredulous

adjective) not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief