Maudlin-Cajole

• Def (adj.): self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.

  • “I dislike when my father gets ___ after drinking too much.”

  Maudlin
• Def (adj.):  (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm.

  • “After running a marathon, I was ___.”

  Listless
• Def (adj.): exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

  • “My dream of pursuing medicine seems ___ to my family.” 

  Quixotic
• Def (n.):  insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.

  • “After our breakup, he hurled ___ at me.”

  Invective
• Def (adj.): not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

  • “His claims about the professor are ___ and inane.”

  Spurious
• Def (adj.): refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.

  • “Before, I wasn’t ___ about attending this college, but now, I fell in love with it.”

  Adamant
• Def (adj.): kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit; secrecy usually for an evil, illicit, or unauthorized purpose and often emphasizes the fear of being discovered.

  • “The cult conducted ___ activities.” 

  Clandestine
• Def (adj.):  traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

  • “A ___ life can hurt a child’s mental health. They need stability.”

  Peripatetic
• Def (adj.):  holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

  • “He remained ___ to their love.”

  Pertinacious
• Def (adj.):  not changing; remaining the same.

  • “Despite societal changes, his ideology remained ___.”

  Immutable
• Def (adj.):  a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important; bootlicker 

  • “Dr. Zhang is surrounded by a herd of ___ students who all want to be her favorite.”

  Toady
• Def (adj.): expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

  • “She directed her ___ speech towards her fans.”

  Effusive
• Def (n.): a state of temporary disuse or suspension

  • “Priya’s party was held in ___ until her grandmother recovered.”

  Abeyance
• Def (adj.):  peculiar to one person; relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.

  • “I enjoyed having ___ classmates: I am culturally-enriched.”

  Idiosyncratic
• Def (adj.): existing or occurring in the same period of time; often applied to events than to people.

  • “British colonization was ___ with Shakespeare.”

  Contemporaneous
• Def (v.):  overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way.

  • “I managed to ___ going to eat with my boyfriend’s snarky family.”

  Circumvent
• Def (adj.): beginner; novice.

  • “She’s a ___ in ballet.”

  Tyro
• Def (v.):  indicate faintly

  • “He wanted to be discreet, so he merely ___ the plan.”

  Adumbrate
• Def (adj.): having or showing great knowledge or learning; having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying: possessing or displaying

  • “Harvard‘s classes are saturated with ___ students.”

  Erudite
• Def (v.): persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

  • “The savvy survivor contestant ___ the man into keeping her in the game.”

  Cajole