Vocab words, Janurary 19th

1) Wan adj; lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness
The wan general lost his position because no one would listen to him
2) Prodigality N; wasteful extravagance in spending
The prodigality of the girl made her go broke.
3) Feigned adj; pretended; sham; counterfeit
The feigned money was no use at the stores.
4)Languidly ADV; lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow and relaxed
The basketball languidly ran down the court, and because of that the other team got a lot of fastbreak.
5) Colossal adj; extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic, huge
The science fair project turned into a colossal disaster when nothing was working.
6) Complacency N; self- satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition,etc. The boys complacency with where he was placed in the class, made him rude.
7) Levity N; Lightness of mind, character or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness
The girls levity made her boss think she was not serious and so he never promoted her.
8) Extemporizing Adverb?; to speak extemporaneously, ( done, spoken, performed etc., without special advanced preperation, inpromptu)
The girl was nervous while extemporizing because she didn't know much about her topic.
9) Supercilious Adj; Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
The supercilious expression on the girls face crept out the teacher.
10) Infinitesimal Adj; indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute
The infinitesimal mouse could not survive because it was always push way from the food.
11) Fractiousness Adj; readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome
The fractiousness boy got a technical almost every game