Vocab Unit 5 Flashcards
Stolid
A - having or expressing little or no sensibility.
Redoubtable
A - causing fear or alarm. Worthy of respect.
Inchoate
A - being only partly in existence or operation. imperfectly formed or formulated.
laconic
A - using or involving the use of a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.
Infelicitous
A - not appropriate or well-timed. Awkward, unfortunate, ill-chosen
Irascible
A - marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger.
Incipient
A - beginning to come into being or to become apparent.
Cupidity
N - inordinate desire for wealth. strong desire.
Replete
A - fully or abundantly provided or filled.
V - To gorge.
N - the supply
Sobriquet
N - a descriptive or affectionate name or epithet.
Smarmy
A - revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness. of low sleazy taste or quality.
Jocular
A - said or done as a joke: characterized by jesting. Given to jesting: habitually jolly or jocund.
Comestible
A - Edible. N - Food (usually plural)
Saturnine
A - born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn.
cold and steady in mood: slow to act or change
Unctuous
A - having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality. smooth and greasy in texture or appearance.
