vocabulary feb. 19

• brouhaha: A noisy and overexcited critical response, display of interest, or trail of publicity

• cloy: Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment

• demeanor: Outward behavior or bearing

• deference: Humble submission and respect.

• enigmatic: Difficult to interpret or understand

• definitive: serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation; serving to define or

specify precisely

• bumptious: Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

• choleric: bad-tempered

• bulwark: solid wall-like structure raised for defense

• curtail: To cut short or reduce

• adamant: extremely hard substance

• profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

• mawkish: Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

• thwart: Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something

• onus: Used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility

• requisite: Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.

• mollify:Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

• sartorial: Of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

• presentiment: An intuitive feeling about the future

• impromptu: Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

• forbearance: refraining from the enforcement of something

• remit: Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting