VOCABULARY 5

shenanigans- secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering.
-The criminal's shenanigans are finally starting to be seen by the jury.
ricochet - noun a glancing rebound; verb spring back; spring away from an impact
-Her speaking bad about others ricocheted right back and bit her in the ass.
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
-Often, people who do not see eye to eye on certain situations experience schism between the two groups.
eschew - verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
-When someone contains a bad reputation, it is smart to eschew from them.
plethora - noun extreme excess
-Unfortunately, with all of the work teachers assign and with college applications, I no loner have a plethora of free time.
ebullient - adj. joyously unrestrained
-The crowd was ebullient because the softball team had just one their first CIF championship since 1982.
garrulous - adj. full of trivial conversation
-It's a fascinating thing to watch a child, over time, improve from weak language to garrulous.
harangue - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
-When you have a problem with someone, instead of making a huge deal about it, be mature and harangue them.
interdependence - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
-The class intelligence lever from this past year and the present year is quite an interdependence.
capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable
-Commonly, my mind is easily capricious.
loquacious - adj. full of trivial conversation
-A majority of my teachers aren't even nearly being able to be classified as loquacious which makes me feel that I am being taught by false educators.
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
-The pain the girl felt in her new throughout the game felt chronic but was only ephemeral.
inchoate - adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
-My application is inchoate as of right now.
juxtapose - verb place side by side
-An analogy juxtaposes to alike and similar objects.
perspicacious - adj. acutely insightful and wise; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
-Almost every word that leaves my teacher's mouth is perspicacious.
codswallop - noun nonsensical talk or writing
-Some may classify Montaigne's essays as codswallop.
mungo- things that tend to be incorrigible reprobates and are best avoided.
-Bad luck is considered a mungo to some while a common thing for others.
sesquipedalian- characterized by long words; long-winded.
-Some parts of the dictionary are sesquipedalian.
wonky - adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; turned or twisted toward one side
-The argument was now wonky towards the pro abortion side.
diphthong - noun a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
-The "ou" in the word out is considered a diphthong.