No Fear Vocab 7

alluring	very attractive, tempting
ambivalent	not caring one way or the other, or having mixed feelings
animated	energetic, full of activity.
archetypal	providing a perfect example of something
arresting	catching people’s attention
audible	able to be heard
ballad	a slow, romantic song
bard	a poet, particularly one of national importance
bashful	shy
beguile	to charm, to seduce
blemish	a small flaw; a pimple
boisterous	energetic, rowdy
bourgeois	behaving in a way considered typical of the affluent middle class: being materialistic, being conventional in taste and outlook
cacophonous	harsh-sounding, unpleasantly loud
cadence	the way the voice rises and falls in pitch while someone is talking; the way poetry or prose flows 
candor	extreme honesty
clamorous	making a loud, insistent noise
congregation	gathering of people
convergence	coming together
cryptic	mysterious
demagogue	a political leader who appeals to people’s emotions as opposed to their rationality
dissipate	to spread out
dulcet	pleasant, soft, and soothing
emaciated	overly skinny, underfed. 
enigma	a mystery
feral	like a wild animal
hiatus	a break in something where there should be continuity
impervious	unable to be gotten through
improvisation	the performance of something that hasn’t been planned beforehand
impudently	done in a bold, shameless way
laconic	using only a few words
languidly	sleepily moving or talking
lissome	slender and graceful
maestro	an expert in a particular art, especially music
mellifluous	pleasant, rich in tone
mesmerize	to fascinate, to hypnotize
opus	a creative piece of work in the arts
renegade	an individual who breaks away from a group
repulsive	disgusting
respite	a brief rest
reticent	unwilling to communicate
sinewy	lean but strong
sonorous	deep, resonant
stupefy	to amaze
sublime	divine, perfect
sultry	low· pitched and sexy (usually applied to a woman)
symphonic	harmonious
terse	speaking very little
virtuoso	a masterful musician
vociferous	characterized by loud shouting

No Fear Vocab 8

abrasive	grating, insensitive
acerbity	bitterness in tone or manner
acquiesce	to agree passively
acrimonious	bitter, hateful
acute	sharp, smart
asperity	harshness, seventy
assent	agree, accept
charlatan	fraud, imposter
collaborate	to work together to produce something
concur	to agree
degenerate	to become worse
deliberate	careful, methodical
demur	to object mildly
despicable:	contemptible
didactic	instructional, especially in a way that’s overly preachy
discredit	to cast doubt on something
disdain	to have contempt for
disparage	to put down
disputatious	argumentative
doctrinaire	someone who refuses to consider other theories or approaches besides their own
erudite	highly learned
execrable	very low-quality
incontrovertible	unable to be denied
inimical	hostile
injurious	hurtful
intelligentsia	the most educated members of a society
intractable	difficult to manage or deal with
intricate	complicated, with many small parts
malign	to say or write bad things about someone
miscreant	villain; contemptible person 
nefarious	wicked
obdurate	not easily moved by pity or emotion
obtuse	dull, stupid
pedagogy	the science of teaching
perspicacious	perceptive, discerning
polemic	a passionately worded argument
presumptuous	overconfident, especially when not entitled to be doing something
rancor	hatred, bitterness
remonstrate	to argue forcefully
savvy	shrewd, well-informed
spite	a small-minded desire to hurt someone
suppress	to resist certain thoughts as they arise
untenable	unsupportable
virulently	poisonously, bitterly
voluble	talkative