More Vocab Journal Flashcards
Sagacity
Having good judgement, Wise
Grandiloquent
Pompous, Extravagant
Commodius
Roomy and comfortable
Profligate
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in use of resources
Wastrel
Good-for-nothing person, Profligate
Churl
Rude in a mean spirited way
Decorous
In keeping with good taste
Cicatrix
Scar of a healed wound
Wanton
Deliberate and unprovoked
Approbatory
Expressing praise or approval
Blandishing
Coaxing someone with kind words
Ponderous
Unpleasantly boring
Affable
Friendly
Analeptic
Stimulant drug
Parochial
Relating to a church parish / limited in scope
Vapid
Uninteresting
Tumid
Swollen / Pompous, Bombastic
Trenchant
Incisive, Sharply focused, Cutting
Soporific
Tending to cause sleep
Importuned
Harassed persistently to do something
Salient
Most noticeable or important
Plangent
Loud, Reverberating, often melancholy
Pastiche
Artistic work in the style of another
Encomium
Speech or writing that praises