| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amiable | friendly and agreeable; sociable |
| bizarre | very odd in manner; grotesque; strange |
| contentious | always ready to argue; quarrelsome |
| parochial | restricted; limited; narrow; local |
| mammoth | very large; of clumsy or unwieldy size |
| sloth | laziness |
| liable | legally obligated; likely (w/ reference to an unfavorable outcome) |
| petulant | impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance |
| metamorphosis | a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function |
| trek | to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or with great difficulty |
| vernacular | informal speech; native language |
| solemn | serious; grave |
| feat | an act or accomplishment showing skill |
| baroque | fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate |
| intrinsic | relating to the essential nature of a something |
| anecdote | a bried story, oft. humorous |
| specious | seeming to be turthful on the surface, but actually false |
| ruthless | having no compassion or pity |
| harangue | a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion; a tirade |
| obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| respite | temporary relief |
| feign | to pretend; to fake |
| marine | of the sea or shipping; nautical |
| undermine | to weaken |
| voluble | talkative |
| pantomine | communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
| effect | to bring about |
| jurisdiction | the the extenet of authority or control; the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| sullen | showing silent anger and unwillingness ot be pleasant to people |
| regimen | a set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect |
| legible | capable of being read or diciphered |
| belie | to picture falsly; to contradict |
| irony | a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly |
| superfluous | unnecessary; extra |
| harass | to bother; torment |
| ego | the slef; the indicidual as self-aware; self-love |
| congenital | present since birth; being an essential characteristic |
| pedantic | putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge |
| civic | pertaining to a city or citizen |
| myriad | an indefinitely large number |
| sanguine | optimistic, cheerful |
| genre | a kind, or type |
| pedestrian | done on foot; ordinary; commonplace |
| apt | appropriate; having a natural tendency |
| municipal | relating to local government |
| deflect | to bend or turn away |
| urban | relating to a city |
| scale | to climb |
| deploy | to station or assemble troops or forces in position |
| intrepid | bold; fearless |
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