vocab test 2 Flashcards
clime
climate (noun)
jocund
cheerful, lighthearted (adj)
sinew
tissue or ligament (noun)
complaisance
to please or comply (noun)
vale
valley (noun)
symmetry
balanced proportions (noun)
countenance
look, expression (noun)
fastidious
extreme attention to detail (adj)
deign
to not bother to do something or not stoop so low (verb)
impropriety
being improper (noun)
pedantic
dull, boring (adj)
affront
an insult (noun)
caprice
a sudden, impulsive action (noun)
mien
demeanor, apperance (noun)
felicity
great happiness (noun)
vex
to annoy or irritate (verb)
supercilious
behaving or looking as though superior to others (adj)
assiduous
showing great care and attention to detail (adj)
indolent
lazy (adj)
pecuniary
relating to or consisting of money (adj)
vivacity
high spirits, liveliness (noun)
effusive
expression of great excessive emotion pr enthusiasim (adj)
alacrity
a quick cheerful readiness to do something (noun)
approbation
approval or praise (noun)
licentious
lacking legal or moral restraints, espcially of a sexual nature (adj)
chargrin
a feeling or vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation (noun)
petulance
a irritable temper (noun)
repine
to feel or express dejection or discontent, complain (verb)
duplicity
deceitfulness; the act of intentionally misleading (noun)
acrimony
bitterness or ill feeling (noun)
rapacity
the quality of being excessively grasping, greedy or covetous (noun)
imprudent
lacing good judgement unwise by failing to consider the consequences of your actions (adj)
