Quarter 3 vocab
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- Trepidation
- fear, intense apprehension
- Pervasive
- widespread, permeating, prevalent, universal
- Appease
- soothe, try to satisfy
- Levity
- lack of seriousness, lightheartedness, silliness
- Lucid
- clear, understandable or mentally competent, clearheaded, rational
- Sedentary
- inactive, inert, stationary
- Abstruse
- difficult to understand, incomprehensible, complex
- Reticence
- shyness, quietness, reserve
- Incessant
- uninterrupted, continual, unending
- Facetious
- humorous, amusing, comical
- Relegate
- banish to an inferior position
- Esoteric
- understood by a chosen few, private, secret
- Torpid
- dull, lethargic
- Facile
- skillful, adept
- Unwarranted
- unjustified or inexcusable, uncalled for
- Pejorative
- uncomplimentary, belittling, unpleasant
- Apathy
- indifference, disinterest, lack of feeling
- Indiscriminately
- randomly, haphazardly
- Equanimity
- calmness, composure, self-control
- Spurious
- fake, imitation, counterfeit
- Despondent
- depressed, gloomy (despair)
- Divergent
- different, disagreeing, conflicting or separate, splitting off
- Contentious
- always ready to argue, quarrelsome
- Quandary
- dilemma, predicament
- Deleterious
- harmful, dangerous, detrimental
- Insipid
- uninteresting, pointless, dull
- Partisan
- prejudiced, one-sided, favoring one political party
- Trite
- common, ordinary, stale, overdone
- Prodigious
- enormous, vast, monumental
- Resolve
- determination, persistence, conviction
- Ebullience
- enthusiasm, exuberance
- Cordial
- friendly, sincere, warm
- Contemptuous
- arrogant, snobbish, condescending
- Vitality
- physical or mental energy, vigor, strength
- Inscrutable
- mysterious, incomprehensible, baffling
- Parody
- humorous immitation
- Ambiguous
- unclear, vague, puzzling
- Prolific
- very productive, creative
- Fastidious
- particular, choosy, fussy, difficult to please
- Tenuous
- weak, fragile, unsupported
- Elusive
- baffling, hard to grasp or hard to catch tricky, evasive
- Opulence
- wealth, lavishness