2016 Vocabulary #15 – Period 1
1.
slough
[slou]
–noun
1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
Origin: bef. 900, ME;
2.
delirium
dih-leer-ee-uh m]
noun,
a state of violent excitement or emotion.
Origin: 1590-1600; < Latin
3.
careen
kuh-reen]
verb
1. (of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion:
The car careened around the corner.
2. (of a ship) to heel over or list.
Origin: Middle French; Latin - 1585-1595
4.
avaricious
[av-uh-rish-uhs]
adjective
characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous
Origin: 1425–75; late Middle English;
5.
intermittent [in-ter-mit-nt]
adjective
1.stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again:
an intermittent pain.
2.alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly
and improperly.
Origin: 1595-1605; < Latin
[puh-lav-er, -lah-ver]
palavering
6.
- noun
1. a conference or discussion.
2.
profuse and idle talk; chatter.
3. persuasive talk; flattery; cajolery.
–verb
4.
to parley or confer.
Origin: 1720–30;
7.
sordid
[sawr-did]
adjective
1. morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
2. meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
3. dirty or filthy.
4. squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing.
Origin: 1590–1600; < Latin
8.
towhead
[toh-hed]
–noun
1. a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
2. a person with such hair.
3. a sand bar in a river, especially a sand bar with a stand of cottonwood
trees.
Origin: 1820–30
9.
chicanery
[shi-key-nuh-ree, chi-]
noun
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery
and chicanery to win the job.
Origin: 1605–15; < French
10. chagrin
[shuh-grin]
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
Origin: 1650–60; < French