maybe i should be an english major haha
vocab from my summer reading book. i'm always looking to expand my vocabulary =]
- harangue: address someone loudly and forcefully; to criticize or question somebody, or try to persuade somebody to do something in a forceful, angry way
- daguerreotype: an early photograph produced on a silver-coated plate developed in mercury vapor
- ebullient: lively and enthusiastic, full of cheerful excitement or enthusiasm; boiling or bubbling vigorously
- oeuvre: art of work or literature or such works considered as a unit, especially the complete work of a single artist
- inculcate: impress on somebody's mind; to fix something firmly in someone's mind through forceful repetition
- copse: grove of trees
- laconic: using very few words
- desultory: aimlessly passing from one thing to another; happening in a random, disorganized, unmethodical way
- scrim: theatrical curtain opaque to audience when lit from in front but transparent when lit from behind
- swath: path made by mowing machine
- perfunctory: done routinely as a matter of duty or custom, without thought, attention, or genuine feeling; done hastily or superficially
- trollop: a term that deliberately insults prostitutes or promiscuous women, or a woman as having untidy habits
- egregious: flagrant, conspicuously bad or offensive
- coalesce: to merge or unite things into a single group
- opiate: (as a transitive verb) to dull or deaden pain, anguish, or some other unwanted condition
- ostensible: seeming to be true or genuine, but open to doubt; presented as being true, or appearing to be true, but usually hiding a different motive or meaning
- perquisite: same as a perk; a tip that is customary on some occasions; something considered to be an exclusive right
- palliative: soothing anxieties or other intense emotions; alleviating pain and symptoms without treating the cause
- accoutrement: accessory associated with a specific task or role; a piece of military equipment carried by soldiers in addition to standard uniform and weapons
- aplomb: (noun) confident poise; confidence, skill, and poise, especially in difficult or challenging circumstances
- milieu: surroundings or environment somebody lives in and is influenced by
- perennial: a plant lasting more than two growing seasons; constantly recurring or enduring, or lasting for an indefinite time
- anoxia (anoxic): same as hypoxia meaning, an inadequacy in the oxygen reaching the body's tissues
- foramina (plural of foramen): a natural opening or cavity in a human or animal body, usually one through which blood vessels and nerves pass through bone
- recalcitrant: resisting authority; difficult to deal with, or as a noun- stubborn opponent
- megalomania: greed for power; a psychiatric disorder in which the patient experiences delusions of great power and importance
- dilapidated: in disrepair;' partly ruined or decayed, especially as a result of neglect
- burgeoning: growing quickly or rapidly
- remunerative: (adj) paying or rewarding someone with money
- gulag: political prison in former USSR where political enemies were sent; prison for dissenters
- oblast: subdivision of former soviet union
- peripatetic: traveling from place to place, especially working in several establishments and traveling between them
- incipient: beginning to develop
- pugnacious: quarrelsome, inclined to fight or be aggressive
- erudite: (adj) very knowledgeable through study