NLN PAX VOCAB

• callous


  made hard
• explicit


  fully and clearly expressed
• partisan


  biased, emotional allegiance
• limbo


  an intermediate, transitional
• succumbing


  to give way to superior force; yield
• malingering


  to pretend illness, to avoid work, etc
• avarice


  insatiable greed for riches
• admonition


  counsel, advice, or caution
• veneration


  the act of treating with profound respect
• animosity


  strong dislike
• menial


  lowly / degrading
• nominal


  not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
• cynical


  distrusting the motives of others
• candid


  completely honest, straightforward
• eloquent


  fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech
• continuum


  a continuous extent, series, or whole
• symposium


  a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject
• presumptuous


  bold of forward; going beyond that which is proper
• vacillated


  indecisive or irresolute
• transgressed


  go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.)
• ascetic


  self-denying
• agitated


  to move or force into violent, irregular action; shake
• incongruous


  out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming;
• dissident


  disagreeing
• adamant


  unyielding; persistent
• nondescript


  of no particular type or kind;uninteresting; dull
• lope


  to move or run with bounding steps
• canter


  an easy gallop
• saunter


  to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll
• falter


  to hesitate; to move unsteadily
• pretentious


  done for show, striving to make a big impression; ambitious
• taciturn


  reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation
• garrulous


  excessively talkative in a rambling, especially about trivial matters
• voluble


  glib; talkative
• culpable


  deserving blame
• mundane


  common; ordinary,
• melancholy


  a gloomy state of mind
• scrupulous


  a moral or ethical standard that inhibits certain actions
• mercenary


  working or acting merely for money or other reward
• disdainful


  treat with contempt; despise; scornful