Vocab 2 Flashcards
Content
Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
Cunning
Marked by skill in deception
Disseminate
Cause to become widely known
Eccentric
A person with an unusual or odd personality
Extracurricular
Outside the regular academic course of studies
Gallant
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility
Garb
Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Hasty
Excessively quick
Hospitable
Treating guests and strangers with generosity
Hospitality
Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
Icon
A visual representation; a symbol or image
Iconic
Relating to a symbolic figure; representing an idea or value
Iconoclast
Someone who challenges a tradition or attacks a widely held idea
Imperative
A duty or task that is essential and urgent
Ingenious
Being clever and creative; showing inventiveness and skill; like a genius
Ingenuous
Lacking in sophistication or worldliness; naive; unaware; sweet and innocent
Liability
Being legally responsibility
Meticulous
Extremely careful and paying close attention to details
Perservere
Be persistent, refuse to stop
Prolific
Productive; producing or creating many things
Renown
The quality of being widely known, honored and respected
Sojourn
A temporary stay
Staid
Dignified, respectable, proper
Steadfast
Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Taciturn
A reserved and quiet personality
Tarry
Leave slowly and hesitantly; to linger and be slow to depart
Torpid
The condition of being at rest or suspended animation; lack of movement and motion
Torpor
A state of limited motor or physical activity
Torrid
Characterized by intense emotion
Tenant
Someone who pays rent to live somewhere
Tenement
A run-down apartment that would probably be inexpensive
Vigorous
Energetic; requiring a lot of energy and activity
Vivacious
Full of energy and expression
Vivacity
Having high spirits and energy; full of life and vigor
Zeal
Passion; great commitment and enthusiasm towards something
