0.2 Vocabulary

• DIMINUTIVE


  very small
• ARCHAIC

  out of date; old-fashioned
• EXHORT


  to strongly encourage
• ANTIPATHY and ANIMOSITY


  strong dislike
• DIGRESS


  to depart from a subject
• TENACIOUS


  showing great determination
• INDULGENT


  overly tolerant
• POLARIZE and DIVISIVE


  to break into opposing factions
• NEBULOUS


  vague; lacking a fully developed form
• ANALOGY and ANALOGOUS


  a similarity or likeness
• FLEETING and EPHEMERAL


  very brief; short lived
• PENCHANT and PREDILECTION


  a preference for something; an inclination
• CAPRICIOUS and MERCURIAL


  fickle; constantly shifting moods
• BOORISH and UNCOUTH

  vulgar; crude
• INDIGNANT


  outrage at something that is unjust
• INNUENDO


  a veiled reference
• THWART and STYMIE


  to stop; frustrate
• ADROIT, DEFT, DEXTEROUS


  skillful
• ADMONISH


  to earnestly caution
• INCONTROVERTIBLE


  indisputable; beyond doubt
• VORACIOUS and RAVENOUS


  a huge appetite; cannot be satisfied; insatiable
• CALLOUS


  insensitive
• INTREPID and UNDAUNTED


  fearless; courageous
• NONCHALANT

  casual indifference
• CONVOLUTED

  twisted; intricate
• ITINERANT


  mobile; not sedentary
• POIGNANT


  touching; heartrending
• IMPETUS


  a stimulus or encouragement
• BUCOLIC, RUSTIC, PASTORAL

  charmingly rural
• EQUANIMITY


  calmness; composure
• PANACHE and VERVE


  dash and flamboyant
• PROVOCATIVE


  provokes controversy
• PLACID and SERENE


  very calm; quiet
• FORTUITOUS


  an accidental but fortunate occurrence
• DISPEL


  to drive away; scatter
• AMALGAM


  a mixture; combination of different elements
• VIABLE and FEASIBLE


  possible
• ANGUISH


  agonizing physical or mental pain
• INTEMPERATE


  lacking restraint; excessive
• TEMPERATE


  exercising moderation