poignant
moving, painful to the feeling
The new movie I watched had a ending that was so poignant it left my family in tears.
inundate
to flood
In some places, heavy rain inundates the streets making it hard to drive.
fruitless
Useless
Most of the time my soccer the team makes fruitless attempts to win the game.
garbled
confused, mixed up
When I get nervous I always end up garbling my words.
sanguine
optimistic
Most of the time when i hear bad news, I try to keep a sanguine attitude.
Phlegmatic
calm, hard to rouse to action
My mom is a very phlegmatic person, who doesnt show her feelings.
Corroborate
confirm, support
In murder mystery movies, the detective always needs a witness to corroborate with the suspects.
comprehensive
thorough
I always make a comprehensive list for all the groceries I need.
zealous
enthusiastic
My brother is very zealous when it comes to sports.
Overzealous
To be too enthusiastic it hurts
coerce
to force / not physical
Back then people were coerced going into war.
elapse
to slip by
Class goes very elapse when you actually pay attention.
meticulous
careful, attention to detail
In art class, everyone is very meticulous about their project.
domicile
home
Over town there are a lot of people who don’t have a domicile walking around streets.
lax
careless, negligent
Most security’s are very lax at clubs.
sporadic
occasional
Once I go to college, I will make sporadic visits to my hometown.
Rash
to hasty, reckless
I had to make a rash decision.
conjecture
guess, assumption with insificant evidence
Most rumors from my school start off with a conjecture comment about something.
obviate
do away with, eliminate
My boss had to obviate her ice cream shipments since the boats were not gonna run for a few days.
lurid
sensational, shocking
In Mexico there are a lot of lurid videos of different types of murders.
quip
joke
My grade is very funny when it comes to making quips.
windfall
unexpected financial gain
