Vocab List 5 Flashcards
Adventitious
Adj; happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature
Abyss
N; a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm
Amorphous
Adj: without a clearly defined shape it form
Defer
V; put off to a later time; postpone
Dilatory
Adj; bring out delay
Fluctuate
V; ride and fall irregularly in a number or amount
Formidable
Adj; inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful
Garrulous
Adj: excessively talkative on trivial matters
Incessant
Adj: continuing without pause or interruption
Inviolate
Adj; pure
Jaunty
Adj; having or expressing in a lively, cheerful, self confident manner
Oblivion
N; state of forgetting
Presumptuous
Adj; (person or behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
Profusion
N; an abundance or large quantity of something
Ravenous
Adj; extremely hungry