Wednesday, January 5, 2011

vocabulary words, week 1, 2011

Wan - adjective
pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion


Prodigality - noun
spending money or resources freely and recklessly, wastefully extravagant,
a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way. 



Feigned - verb
pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)


Languidly - adjective
displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed


Colossal - adjective
extremely large


Complacent - adjective
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements 


Levity - noun
humor or frivolityesp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect 


Extemporizing - verb
compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise


Supercilious - adjective
behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others 


Infinitesimal - adjective
extremely small


Fractiousness - adjective
easily irritated; bad-tempered

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