Vocabulary #5

Shenanigans- secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering

My brothers shenanigans nearly drove me crazy when I couldn't do my work. 

ricochet - noun a glancing rebound; verb spring back; spring away from an impact

 I drove a ball and it hit a tree and ricocheted back to the tee box.

schism - noun division of a group into opposing factions; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

Catholics and Christians became two different sects which there was a schism in the church.

eschew - verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

I try to eschew from the bete noire in my class.

plethora - noun extreme excess

When I was done baking, there was a plethora of cookies.

ebullient - adj. joyously unrestrained

The girl was ebullient when she got three birdies and won the match.

garrulous - adj. full of trivial conversation

A typical interview is garrulous because the employer wants to know you.

harangue - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

Those that have a lot of pride use harangues to improve how they see themselves.

interdependence - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

There is an interdependence between teachers and students. Teachers teach and students learn. 

capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable 

If I were to make a goal, it would be capricious not due to my skill.

loquacious - adj. full of trivial conversation

The loquacious conversation about colleges I like bores me.

ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Baking for hungry people , means that food will be ephemeral.

inchoate - adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

The belief in aliens is inchoate, most don't believe in them.

juxtapose - verb place side by side

perspicacious - adj. acutely insightful and wise; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning

I juxtaposed my red earrings with a white dress so they would stand out.

codswallop - noun nonsensical talk or writing

Babies typically have a codswallop that nobody understands.

mungo- A cheap fabric

I wished mungo wasn't used to ale this may because it's itchy.

sesquipedelian- long, characterizes by long words , long-winded

Playing eighteen holes of golf is seaquipedelian.

wonky - adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; turned or twisted toward one side

Sometimes I have a random, wonky shiver when it's cold outside.

diphthong - noun a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

Dipthongs have a stressed first syllable and then a second one.