Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Vocabulary #2

Bellicose - inclined or eager to fight; adj.

Gregarious 
- fond of the company of others; adj.

Surly - 
churlishly rude or bad-tempered; adj.

Surreptitious - 
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; adj.

Contumacious - 
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; adj.

Jollity - 
merry mood, condition, or activity; noun

Referendum - 
he principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection; noun

Conundrum - 
a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words; noun

Sybarite - 
a person devoted to luxury and pleasure; noun

Gustatory - 
of or relating to taste or tasting; adj.

Regale -
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight; verb

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