Parsimony-Poise

• Def (n.):   extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; the quality of being careful with money or resources

  • “She lived a life full of ___, always avoiding extra costs.

  Parsimony
• Def (adj.): having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity

  • “The ___ girl blessed our sight.

  Numious
• Def (n.): a very small stream.

  • “A ___ of sweat fell down his face.”

  Rivulet
• Def (n.): an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.

  • “The children feared the forest would strick ___ upon them.”

  Nympholepsy
• Def (adj.): occurring at a favorable time; opportune

  • “This is a ___ time to buy a home.”

  Providential
• Def (n.):  light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter; funny not serious 

  • “We couldn’t form a good relationship because of his ___.”

  Persiflage
• Def (adj.): relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial.

  • “I earned an ___ understanding of college biology.”

  Inceptive
• Def (n.): unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.

  • “We went through a ___ to earn this position.”

  Palaver
• Def (n.): lengthy and unproductive discussion.

  • “The assembly is sheer ___; the speakers rambled for hours.”

  Palaver
• Def (adj.): intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

  • “We didn’t appreciate our teacher’s ___ pedagogy.”

  Didactic
• Def (n.): a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around.

  • “We fear a ___ might reside in our home.”

  Poltegeist
• Def (v.):  to stop doing or supporting something or change a decision you made previously 

  • “Kenny ___ from his lifelong political ideals after he met his wife.”

  Resile
• Def (adj.): expressing something with strong feeling, and especially in a loud voice or forceful language 

  • “Her valedictorian speech was ___; she called out all her teachers.”

  Declamatory
• Def (adj.): without suffering any injury, damage, or harm; without injuries or damage caused 

  • “We managed to escape my mother’s wrath ___.”

  Unscathed
• Def (n.): minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior; a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

  • “His only ___ is his messiness.”

  Foible
• Def (v.): attribute something to (a cause); to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing

  • “His behavior can be ___ to his videogame addiction.”

  Ascribe
• Def (v.): (of twisted, knitted or woven threads) become undone

  • “His cashmere sweater began to ___.”

  Unravel
• Def (v.): (of an intricate process, system, or arrangement) disintegrate or be destroyed

  • “Her life began to ___ after her divorce.”

  Unravel
• Def (v.): investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).

  • “The detective ___ this town’s secrets.”

  Unravel
• Def (v.): assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument; to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed developed 

  • “The student ___ that this gossip has greater implications.”

  Posit
• Def (adj.): fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

  • “Black Friday is filled with ___ shoppers making impetuous choices.”

  Frenetic
• Def (adj.):  having a composed and self-assured manner.

  • “We admired the model’s ___ aura.”

  Poised
• Def (v.): (of a person or organization) be ready to do something.

  • “We were ___ for the attack.”

  Poise