1. Vocabulary Week 7

2. Vacillate (verb) Vacillation (noun) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. I tend to vacillate between hot chocolate or a chai latte when I’m at Starbucks. The coach’s vacillation about what play he wanted to do made all of us confused.

3. Lassitude (noun) Listlessness, fatigue, weariness The student’s lassitude caused him fail his test. I felt great lassitude after I ran a marathon.

4. Garrulous (adjective) Very talkative, loquacious The garrulous girls made the manager kick them out of the movie theater. Because we were so garrulous in class, we didn’t learn anything that day.

5. Myriad (adjective, noun) An extremely large number There were networks connecting a myriad of computers. There are myriad fish in the sea.

6. Noxious (adjective) Physically or mentally destructive; harmful The noxious chemicals killed all of the fish. The smell from the factory was noxious.

7. Accost (verb) To approach or speak to boldly with a demand or request Please do not accost me in the hallway to ask about your grade. A fan accosted Ryan Lochte, and he tore his MCL.

8. Beatific (adjective) Displaying or imparting joy Dogs always have a beatific look on their faces. The warm sun made him beatific.

9. Nuance (noun) Subtle variation in color, meaning, or some other quality You must learn vocabulary so that you can understand the nuances of words. Detectives understand the nuances of body language.

10. Quagmire (noun) A difficult or precarious situation that is tough to get out of; a swamp When the boy was caught by the police for stealing, he was in a quagmire. I found myself in a quagmire when I forgot all of my homework at home.

11. Somber (adjective) Dark, dull, grave, gloomy, serious The funeral was very somber. The gray day made me feel somber.