Sunday, May 16, 2010

Vocabulary Words # 8 (Spring Break)

Hubris- excessive pride, arrogance, or ambition

Popinjay- an arrogant person

Superfluous- more than necessary, excessive, inessential

Neophyte- a beginner, a recent convert to a religion

Portentous- significant, excessively serious, amazing

Sylvan- relating to a forest, wooded area, rural

Impecunious- having little or no money, and so unable to lead a comfortable life

Lucre- money, wealth, or profit

Defenestrate- to throw somebody or something out of a window

Exiguous- limited

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