Here are your 30 new vocabulary words (courtesy of Block 4):
- juxtaposition - n - the act of placing two things together for the purpose of implicit comparison
- niggle - v - to cause slight but constant annoyance
- rustle - v - to make a noise; to steal livestock
- gorgonize - v - to have a paralyzing affect on; to petrify with fear
- aloof (adj) physically or emotionally reserved
- exiguous - adj - scanty or meager
- flagrant - adj - offensively bad or reprehensible
- caustic - adj - sarcastic and severe
- cloistered - v - to be confined
- circumspect - adj - watchful and discreet
- blandishments - n - flattery
- hoi polloi - n - the common people (negative connotations)
- beleaguered - adj - to put in a difficult situation
- wraith - n - a ghost/apparition
- frisson - n - a passing sensation of excitement
- pro bono - n/adj - professional work undertaken voluntarily for no pay
- calumny - n - spoiling someone's reputation by spreading lies
- vex - v - to annoy
- papaphobia - n - fear of the Pope
- mendacious - adj - being false; having a deceitful character
- mobocracy - noun- lawless rule of public affairs by the mob or populace
- glibly - adv - insincerely/shallowly speaking on a subject
- elude - verb - to avoid or escape in a cunning way
- benevolent - adj - well meaning and kindly
- haphazard - adj - careless; lacking in organization; unplanned
- malevolent - adj - evil
- zephyr - noun - a gentle wind
- cataclysm - noun - a destructive, large scale--even apocalyptic--violent event
- admonish - verb - to reprimand or scold
- mundane - adj - bland, boring, monotonous, run of the mill, ordinary
