Carpool Vocabulary

1. Abortive—adjective failing to succeed; unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme.

2. Teutonic- adjective of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons.

3. Contour- noun the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.

4. supercilious- adj. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. tenor—noun the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.

6. languid- adjective lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.

7. complacent- –adjective pleased, esp. with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
8. Extemporize- To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice:
9. taciturn- adjective inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
10. truculent- –adjective fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
11. Bonhomie-n. A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

Invective - abusive language
Salubrious - Healthy
Lugubrious - mournful

Vapid –dull, empty.

Pyrrhic – An adjective describing a victory at great cost.

Truculent – mean spirited.
Fastidious – careful attention to detail.
Supercillious – arrogant
Phlegmatic – showing little emotion.
Telegenic- have a physical appearance for television.
Lugubrious – mournful.
Loquacious – talkative.
Vacuous – empty
Recidivist – someone who returns to a previous state.
Impecunious – poor
Xenophobia – fear of foreigners.

1. Polemic - The art or practice of disputation
2. Temerity - Audacity
3. Peripatetic - Itinerant or a follower of Aristotle
4. Diatribe - A long harangue of a speech
5. Spurious - Being different than what it claims to be.
6. Annealing - A process of heating and cooling to strengthen an alloy.

1. Talisman – Amulet

2. Didactic – Excessly informative

3. Ashram – A retreat to practice Hinduism

4. Efficacy – Effectiveness

5. Luminous – Glowing

6. Iterative – Repeated routine

7. Sanguine – Confident, optimistic

8, Veracity – Truthfulness

9. Vortex – Whirlpool

10. Verisimilitude – Appearance of truth

1. Strident - Loud
2. Copious - Plentiful
3. Sacrosanct - Sacred
4. Rapprochment - An Accord
5. Capricious - Whimsical
6. Modus Vivende - Means of getting along
7. Schadenfreude - Deriving pleasure out of another's suffering
8. Sangfroid - Self Assurance
9. Gestalt - Focus on a person's thoughts and experience
10. Hubris - Arrogance

1. Pulchritude – Physical beauty
2. Antediluvian – Before the flood
3. Ersatz – Fake
4. Symbiosis – Association of plants or animals for mutual benefit
5. Decry – Criticize
6. Ennui – Boredom
7. Tintinnabulation – The ringing of bells
8. Edify - Inform
9. Lugubrious – Mournful
10. Languid - Lethargic

1. Pulchritude – Physical beauty
2. Antediluvian – Before the flood
3. Ersatz – Fake
4. Symbiosis – Association of plants or animals for mutual benefit
5. Decry – Criticize
6. Ennui – Boredom
7. Tintinnabulation – The ringing of bells
8. Edify - Inform
9. Lugubrious – Mournful
10. Languid - Lethargic

1. Vacuus - Empty headed

2. Disingenuous – Insincere

3. Diaphanous – Almost transparent

4. Accoutrements – Accessories

5. Imbroglio – entanglement

6. Joie de Vivre – Enthusiasm

7. Tincture – Dye

8. Serendipity - Fate