Vocabulary

• Intrepid means bold and brave, and willing to take risks.
• Brazen means having or showing a lack of shame or modesty; bold and confident
• Argumentative means to be prone to argue or dispute.
• Cantankerous means to be uncooperative and difficult to get along with.
• Melancholic means sadness that is deep and long-lasting.
• Impassive means to be unemotional or unreactive.
• Dispassionate means to be objective and not emotionally involved.
• Acumen is the ability to perceive and understand the nature of a situation, especially in a way that is shrewd and wise
• Acuity is the ability to hear, see, or think clearly and accurately.
• Ostentatious means to be showy or pretentious in one's behavior or possessions.
• Pretentious means to make an exaggerated claim about oneself or something else; to try to appear more important than one really is.
• Virtuoso means someone who has exceptional skill in playing a musical instrument or performing some other artistic activity.
• Paradoxical means contradictory or incongruous.
• truncated means shortened, cut off, or abridged.
• To desecrate is to violate the sanctity of a place or thing by defiling it.
• Effervescent means lively, bubbly, or full of energy.
• A Volatile situation is unpredictable and can change quickly.
• Miscreant means an evil-doer or wrongdoer
• To be irate is to be angry and upset.
• Irked means to be annoyed.
• Seditious means inciting rebellion against authority.
• To enervate is to deprive someone of energy.
• To be incapacitated is to be unable to perform the normal activities of daily living.
• A recluse is someone who lives in seclusion or isolation from the world.
• Calumny is the spreading of false rumors or false statements about someone to ruin their reputation.
• Censure is a formal rebuke or condemnation of someone or something.
• Obdurate means stubborn and unyielding, refusing to be persuaded or changed
• Resolute means to be admirably purposeful or determined.
• Acquiescing is the act of accepting something with reluctance but without protest.
• Assenting means to agree with or accept something.
• Superfluous means unnecessary or unimportant, especially in excess.
• Opulence is the quality of being luxurious or extravagant.
• Cajoling is a persuasive technique that involves the use of flattery and appeals to the emotions.
• Vehemently means very strongly or passionately, especially in a way that is not reasonable or moderate
• Integral means fundamental or essential to the whole.
• Perverse means to do something unconventional or unreasonable.
• Adhering means to stick to something
• Hinder means to prevent or delay the progress of something
• Innate means natural and present from infancy
• Impede meaning to hinder or prevent the progress of, or to make difficult or slow