Vocabulary Final List

-Shenanigans: (n) mischief, trickery

-Ricochet: (v) to move in this way, as a projectile

-Schism: (n) division or disunion; the parties so formed

-Eschew: (v) to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid

-Plethora: (n) over abundance; excess

-Ebullient: (adj) overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited

-Garrulous: (adj) wordy, diffuse; excessively talkative in a rambling manner

-Harangue: (n) intense verbal attack

-Interdependence: (n) the quality or condition of being interdependence, or mutually reliant upon each other

-Capricious: (adj) erratic, unpredictable of change

-Loquacious: (adj) talkative, chattering; to talk much

-Ephemeral: (adj) lasting a short time; short-lived

-Inchoate: (adj) not yet completed; not yet developed

-Juxtapose: (v) to place close together for comparison and contrast

-Perspicacious: (adj) having keen mental perception and understanding

-Codswallop: (n) nonsense, rubbish

-Mungo: (n) a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste

-Sesquipedalian: (adj) containing many syllables, given to using long words

-Wonky: (adj) unsteady, shaky, unreliable, boring

-Diphthong: (n) a vowel sound, occupying a single syllable, during the articulation of which the tongue moves from one position to another, causing a continual change in vowel quality 

-Obsequious: (adj) obed-ient; dutiful; fawning

-Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness

-Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads

-Bode: (v) to be an omen of

-Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly

-Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unitythroughout the world

-Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning

- Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking

- Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous

- Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime

-Incubus: (n) a nightmare

-Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation

-Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods

- Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim

- Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity 

- Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy

Protege:(n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.

- Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something 

- Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

- Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea

- Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

- Accolade- (n) any award, honor, or laudatory notice

- Acerbity- (n) sourness; harshness or severity as of temper or expression

- Attrition- (n) a reduction or decrease in number, size, it strength 

- Bromide- (n) a person who is platitudinous and boring; a trite saying

 - Chauvinist- (n) a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic; a person who believe one gender is superior to another

- Chronic- (adj) constant; habitual; inveterate; having long had a disease 

- Expound- (v) to explain; to interpret

-Factionalism- (adj) of a faction or factions; self-interested

-Immaculate- (adj) free from spot or stain; free from moral blemish; pure; free from fault

- Imprecation- (n) the act of imprecations; cursing

- Ineluctable- (adj) incapable of being evaded; inescapable 

- Mercurial- (adj) changeable; animated; lively

- Palliate- (v) to relieve or lessen without curing; alleviate; to try and conceal the gravity if excuses, apologies 

- Protocol- (n) a supplementary international agreement; the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality 

- Resplendent- (adj) shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid

- Stigmatize- (v) to set some mark of disgrace; to mark with a stigma or brand.

- Sub Rosa- (n) confidentially; secretly; privately

- Vainglory- (n) excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities; boastful vanity 

- Vestige- (n) a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that us no longer present or in existence

- Volition- (n) the act of willing, or choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing; a choice of decision made by the will

-Apostate: (n) person who abandons his religion, cause, party 

- Effusive: (adj) extravagantly demonstrative of emotion; gushing; overflowing

 - Impasse: (n) a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock

- Euphoria: (n) a state of intense happiness and self-confidence

- Lugubrious: (adj) mournful, dismal, or gloomy 

- Bravado: (n) a pretentious, swaggering display of courage

- Consensus: (n) majority of opinion.

 - Dichotomy: (n) a division into two parts, kinda; contrast between two different things

 - Constrict: (v) to draw or press in; compress

- Gothic: (adj) pertaining to a style of architecture originating in France in middle of 12th century 

- Punctilio: (n) a fine point as of conduct; strictness or exactness in the observation of formalities or amenities 

- Metamorphosis: (n) a complete change of form, structure, or appearance as transformation 

- Raconteur: (n) a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly

- Sine qua non: (n) an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential 

- Quixotic: (adj) impulsive and often rashly unpredictable; extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impractical 

- Vendetta: (n) a fued in which members of the family of a murdered  person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer's relatives

- Non Sequitur: (n) a statement that has an illogical conclusion; an inference or conclusion that does not follow the premises 

- Mystique: (n) framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs constructed around a person or object; an aura of mystery surrounding a particular pursuit 

- Quagmire: (n) an area of boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; soft or flabby

- Parlous: (adj) dangerous, perilous

- Aficionado (n)- an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast

- Browbeat (v)- to intimidate with overbearing looks or words; bullying

- Commensurate (adj)- having the same measure; equal extent or duration.

- Diaphanous (adj)- very sheer or light; almost transparent

- Emolument (n)- profit, salaries, or fees from office or employment

- Foray (n)- a quick sudden attack

- Genre (n)- a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, or technique

- Homily (n)- a sermon; an inspiring saying or cliche. 
 
- Immure (v)- to imprison; to shut-in

- Insouciant (adj)- free from worry; carefree; nonchalant

- Matrix (n)- a point when something else originates, develops, or takes form

- Obsequies (n)- a funeral rite, or ceremony

- Panache (n)- a grand manner; style; flair

- Persona (n)- the characters in a play

- Philippic (n)- any speech of bitter denunciation

- Prurient (adj)- having lustful thoughts or desires

- Sacrosanct (adj)- extremely sacred

- Systemic (adj)- of or pertaining to a system

- Tendentious (adj)- having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or propose

- Vicissitude (n)- a change or variation occurring in the course of something 

- Abase: (v) to lower; to put or bring down; degrade 

- Abdicate: (v) to give up a throne, right, power, claim, or responsibility  

- Abomination: (n) anything greatly disliked; detestation 

- Brusque: (adj) abrupt in manner; rough

- Saboteur: (n) a person who commits or practices sabotage 

- Debauchery: (n) excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance 

- Proliferate: (v) to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively

- Anachronism: (n) someone or something that is not in it's correct historical or chronological time

- Nomenclature: (n) a set or system of names or terms by an individual or community; the names or terms comprising a set or system

- Expurgate: (v) to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness; to amend by removing words deemed offensive

- Bellicose: (adj) inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious 

- Gauche: (adj) lacking social grace; awkward; crude; tactless

- Rapacious: (adj) inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate

- Paradox: (n) a self-contradictory and false proposition 

- Conundrum: (n) anything that puzzles; a riddle whose answer involves a pun or play on words 

- Anomaly: (n) someone or something that is abnormal or does not fit in; peculiarity; abnormality; exception 

- Ephemeral: (adj) lasting a short time; short-lived

- Rancorous: (adj) full of or showing rancor (hatred)

- Churlish: (adj) boorish; rude; mean

- Precipitous: (adj) extremely steep

- Accoutrements: (n) personal clothing, accessories; the equipment including weapons and clothing of a soldier

- Apogee: (n) the highest or most distant point; climax 

- Apropos: (adj. or adverb) opportune; pertinent; at the right time 

- Bicker: (verb or noun) to engage in petulant or peevish argument; an angry dispute

- Coalesce: (verb) to unite as one or come together 

- Contretemps: (noun) an embarrassing mischance; an inopportune occurrence

- Convolution: (noun) a rolled up or coiled condition 

- Cull: (verb) to choose; select; pick

-Disparate: (adjective) dissimilar; essentially different; distinct in kind

- Dogmatic: (adjective) opinionated; asserting opinions in an arrogant manner

 - Licentious: (adjective) lewd; unrestrained by law or morality; disregarding rules

 - Mete: (verb) to distribute or apportion by measure; allot 

- Noxious: (adjective) harmful or injurious to health or well-being; morally harmful

- Polemic: ( noun or adjective) a controversial argument; a person who argues in opposition to another 

- Populous: (adjective) full of residents or inhabitants; heavily populated 

- Probity: (noun) integrity and uprightness; honesty

- Repartee: (noun) a quick, witty reply

- Supervene: (verb) to take place or occur as something extra or extraneous

- Truncate: ( verb) to shorten or cut off. 

- Unimpeachable: (adjective) above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable 

- Adumbrate: to outline; give a faint indication of

- Apotheosis: the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of god; the ideal example

- Ascetic: a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self denial or self-mortification for religious reasons; a monk 

- Bauble: a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket  

- Beguile: to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude

- Burgeon to grow or develop quickly; flourish 

- Complement: something that competes or makes perfect

- Contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

- Curmudgeon: a bad tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
- Didactic: intended for instruction; instructive

- Disingenuous: lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; false or hypocritically

- Exculpate: to clear from a charge of guild or fault; free from blame; vindicate

 - Faux Pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion 

 - Fulminate: to explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation 

 - Fustian: a stout fabric of cotton and flax; high flown or affected writing or speech

 - Hauteur: haughty manner or spirit; arrogance

 -Inhibit: to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check; to prohibit; forbid 

 - Jeremiad: a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

-Opportunist: a person who practices opportunism or the policy of adapting actions, decisions; to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles

-Unconscionable: not guided by conscience; unscrupulous; not I'm accordance with what is just or reasonable