English Vocabulary Words 2
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- wantonness (n.)
- the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry
- intractability (n.)
- the trait of being hard to influence or control
- prodigality (n.)
- Extreme abundance; lavishness
- perfunctory (adj.)
- Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
- pariah (n.)
- A social outcast
- petulance (n.)
- An irritable petulant feeling
- bellicose (adj.)
- Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious
- debasement (n.)
- Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- altruism (n.)
- Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
- droll (adj.)
- Amusingly odd or whimsically comical
- sardonic (adj.)
- Scornfully or cynically mocking
- ribald (adj.)
- Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor.
- pejorative (adj.)
- Tending to make or become worse
- anomalous (adj.)
- Equivocal, as in classification or nature
- paean (n.)
- A song of joyful praise or exultation
- discern (v.)
- To recognize or comprehend mentally
- ineffable (adj.)
- Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable
- picaresque (adj.)
- involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
- denouement (n.)
- The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result
- penchant (n.)
- A definite liking; a strong inclination
- reticence (n.)
- The state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
- mien (n.)
- An appearance or aspect
- cravenness (n.)
- cowardice (mean-spirited)
- specious (adj.)
- Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious
- truculent (adj.)
- Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce
- ingenuousness (n.)
- Openly straightforward or frank
- supercilious (adj.)
- Feeling or showing haughty disdain
- recalcitrance (adj.)
- The trait of being unmanageable
- obsequiousness (n.)
- abject or cringing submissiveness (servility)
- unassailability (n.)
- Impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable