Vocab words 10/08

1) Dogmatic Adj; asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.
At the meeting, the dogmatic man interuppted to say what he thought on every topic.
2) Egregious Adj; outstandingly bad; shocking
Trying to wrestle with the bear was a egregious idea.
3) Dissipate V; Disperse or scatter; squander or fritter away, misspend, waste
The smart boy's knowledge was dissipated when he only played video games.
4) Disparage V; to speak of or treat slightly; depreciate; belittle
The coaches yelling disparaged the players attitude and they played even crappier after it.
5) Elucidate V; to make lucid or clear; throw light upon
The Teacher gave a lecture to elucidate what quantum numbers were.
6) Torpid Adj; inactive or sluggish
The torpid turtle lost the race.
7) Tempestuous Adj; characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion; tumultuoud, turbulent violent and stormy
The tempestuous feelings of the girl for the boy made her confused.
8) Edifice N; any large complex system or organization; a building
The government is edifice of people working for other people.
9) Decorous Adj; In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained
The Decorous dog never jumped on visitors.
10) Eulogium N; a eulogistic language
The kings eulogium, after the queens death made everyone sad.
11) Propriety N; the condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting
The girl's propriety, made losing the debate battle inevitable.
12) Sagacious Adj; having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd
The sagacious teacher maybe good chocies on who should be grouped together, so that no one would distract another person.
13) Voluminous Adj; occupying or containing much space; large in volume, in particular; of great volume, size, or extent
The voluminous couch left no floor space in the room.
14) Arduous Adj; involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
Today we went for an arduous run and everyone was pooped after it.
15) Alacrity N; brisk and cheerful readiness

16) Languid Adj; lacking in spirit of interest