Vocab

• Cajole (v) - persuade (someone) to do something by flattery
• incongruous (adj) - not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
• auspice (n) - a prophetic sign
• denigrate ( v) - criticize unfairly
• accretion (n) - the process of growth or increase; accumulation
• dissonance (n) - a tension or class resulting in disharmony
• abnegation (n) - self-denial
• cognizant (adj) - mindful
• refulgent (adj) - shining brightly
• decadence (n) - moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury
• turgid (adj) - swollen and congested
• interlocutor (n) - a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• rapacious (adj) - aggressively greedy or grasping
• pellucid (adj) - lucid in style or meaning ; easily understood
• bilious (adj) - affected by pr associated with nausea or vomiting
• risibility (n) - laughter
• dilatory (adj) - slow to act
• accolade (n) - an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgement of merit
• viscous (adj) - having a thick, stick consistency between solid and liquid
• distrait ( adj) - distracted or absentminded