vocab final Flashcards
clime
(n) climate
jocund
(a) high spirits and liveliness
sinew
(n) tendon
complaisance
(n) to please or comply
vale
(n) valley
symmetry
(n) balanced proportions
countenance
(n) expression or look
fastidious
(a) very careful or detailed
deign
(n) to not do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity
impropriety
(n) the quality or state of being improper
pedantic
(a) unimaginative or dull
affront
(n) a great insult
caprice
(n) a sudden change or impulsive action
mien
(n) a person’s look, manner or demeanor
felicity
(n) the quality or state of being happy or great happiness
vex
(v) to irritate or annoy
rapacity
(n) aggresive greed
supercilious
(a) behaving or looking as though superior to others
assiduous
(a) showing great care, attention and effort
indolent
(a) laziness
pecuniary
(a) something relating to or involving money
effusive
(a) marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm
alacrity
(n) cheerful readiness
approbation
(n) approval or praise
licentious
(a) lacking legal or moral restraints
chagrin
(n) distress or embarrassment at having been humiliated
petulant
(a) rude in speech or behavior
repine
(v) to express discontent
duplicity
(n) deceitfulness
acrimony
(n) a bitterness or ill feeling
imprudent
(a) not showing care for the consequences of an action
profligate
(a) reckless, extravagent or wasteful
ductility
(a) flexible
milliner
(n) a hat maker
impertinent
(a) not showing respect or being rude
impute
(v) to lay the responsibility or blame
officious
(a) volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed
solicitude
(n) care or concern for someone or something
vicissitude
(a) a change of circumstances or fortune
epistolary
(a) literary work in the form of letters
dilatory
(a) slow to act
connubial
(a) relating to marriage
sanguine
(a) optimistic or positive
sagacity
(a) showing good judgement
