Vocabulary
Test for February 27th B/D
and March 2nd A/C
Ubiquitous: Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
Emaciated: Very thin, especially from disease, hunger, or cold
Pallid: Pale, usually as a result of poor health; lacking vitality
Hirsute: Hairy; covered with hairs
Voracious: Wanting vast quantities of food; having a huge appetite for anything
Corpulent: Excessively fat, portly, stout
Largesse: Generosity in gift giving
Egregiously: Horrifically terrible, shockingly bad
Prostrate: Lying face-down and flat; helpless; exhausted (adj.)
To fling oneself down as if in submission (verb)
Unctuous: Having an oily or soapy feel; excessively smooth, suave, or smug;
insincerely earnest
Ineffable: Unable to be expressed or described
Mellifluous: Pleasing to the ear, flowing with sweetness
Timorous: Unconfident, fearful; showing lack of confidence or displaying fearfulness
Ephemeral: Short-lived, lasting but for a brief time
Adamant: Impervious to pleas or reason; stubbornly unyielding
Apathetic: Lacking any concern, care, or excitement about anything
Redundant: Characterized by unnecessary repetition; no longer useful
Ameliorate: To make or become better; improve
Indignant: Filled with anger about something unjust, mean, or unworthy
Gauche: Unsophisticated, so much so as to make social situations uncomfortable
Incredulous: Skeptical; unwilling or unable to believe something is true
Cacophony: Harsh-sounding, composed of a disagreeable sound or sounds
Fastidious: Characterized by a heightened attention to detail; hard to please
Insidious: Stealthily harmful
Anachronism: Something or someone in the wrong time period; the act of
attributing something or someone to such an erroneous time period.