Vocab 3 Flashcards
Adamant
-Adj,: Refusing to be persuaded or change one’s mind; obstinate; inflexible or unyielding
Impasse
-N.: position or situation which no escape; Situation in which no progress is possible; deadlock
Expatiate
-V. Be copious or detailed in description or discussion; To speak or write at length; to wander
Fiat
-N. :an authoritative decree or order; order given by someone with authority; command
Vituperation
-N.: Verbal abuse; Vilification; condemnation
Factotum
-N.: An employee that has many responsibilities and jobs; handyman or servant
Perspicacity
-N.: Ability to understand difficult subjects and have mental perception; keen insight
Enervate
-V.: To deprive of force or strength; to make weak
Vapid
-Adj.: without liveliness or spirit; dull or flat
Vicarious
-Adj.: Experiencing through another person or something else; substitute experience; second hand experience
Importune
-V.: to ask someone pressingly or persistently to do something for them
Vacillate
-V.: Indecisive; to waver or sway in mind or opinion or movement
Salient
-Adj.: Prominent or noticeable; jutting out or sticking out
Vagary
-N.: Unpredictable or erratic actions; wild; whim; caprice
Stolid
-Adj.: Not stirred easily; unemotional or calm
