Irish Literature- Final Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Squander | (verb) to spend of use money, time, ect extravagantly or wastefully |
| quick | (noun) the most tender and sensitive part; the most important part |
| ravaged | (adj or verb) ruined or spoiled or demolished |
| adroitness | (noun) dexterity; skill under pressing conditions |
| Lothario | (noun) a womanizer |
| raillery | (noun) Good humored ridicule; banter |
| palaver | (noun) profuse and idle talk; chatter |
| scintillate | (verb) to emit sparks; to sparkle |
| flaccid | (adj) soft and limp; lacking force |
| tumid | (adj) swollen; pompous or inflated |
| refractory | (adj) stubbornly disobedient; difficult or impossible to manage |
| lugubrious | (adj) mournful, dismal or gloomy, especially in an affected or exaggerated manner |
| impetuous | (adj) characterized by sudden rash action or emotion |
| fatuous | (adj) Foolish or insane; silly |
| haggard | (adj) having a gaunt, wasted or exhausted appearence |
| collation | (noun) any light meal |
| ululation | (noun) a loud and shrill lament |
| inimical | (adj) harmful; unfriendly; hostile |
| fastidious | (adj) excessively particular; hard to please |
| perfunctory | (adj) Performed merely as a daily routine; lacking interest, care or enthusiasm |
| corpulent | (adj) large or bulky in body; fat |
| salutary | (adj) favorable, |
| Savant | (noun) a person of profound or extensive learning |
| Fercundity | (noun) fruitfulness/fertility |
| acumen | (noun) keen insight/shrewdness |
| petulant | (adj) impatient and irritated, especially over some trifling annoyance |
| paroxysm | (noun) any sudden violent outburst |
| turpitude | (noun) vile or shameful character |
| solicitous | (adj) anxious or concerned for the well being of others |
| sententious | (adj) self-righteous; given to excessive moralizing |
| inanition | (noun) exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation; lack of vigor |
| subterfuge | (noun) an artifice used to evade a rule or escape a consequence or hide something |
| sapient | (adj) having or showing great wisdom or sound judgement |
| probity | (noun) confirmed integrity; moral uprightness |
| acrimony | (noun) sharpness, harshness or bitterness of nature, speech or disposition |
| querulous | (adj) full of complaints |
| coterie | (noun) an exclusive group or clique |
| quotidian | (adj) daily; usually or customary |
| prodigal | (adj) exceedingly or recklessly wasteful |
| recondite | (adj) profound; beyond ordinary understanding |
| licentious | (adj) sexually immoral |
| urbanity | (noun) refined courtesy or politeness |
| opprobrious | (adj) outrageously sinful or disdainful |
| lacuna | (noun) a gap |
| dulcet | (adj) pleasant to the ear; melodious; soothing |
| fug | (noun) stale air |
| myopic | (adj) nearsighted; lacking tolerance or understanding |
| ataraxic | (adj) tranquil |
| baleful | (adj) menacing |
| chagrin | (noun) full of vexation |
| blowsy | (adj) untidy in apperance |
| accidie | (noun) spiritual sloth, apathy, indifference |
| peccadillo | (noun) a petty sin or trifling fault |
| chicanery | (noun) trickery or deception |
| insouciance | (noun) lack of care or concern |
| patina | (noun) any fine layer on the surface |
| ribald | (adj) vulgar in indecent in speech |
| circumspection | (noun) caution; prudence |
| prelapsarian | (adj) characteristic of any innocent or carefree period |
| assuage | (verb) to relieve |
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