Monday, October 4, 2010

Vocab Words #2

Obsolete; adj; no longer in general use

Paucity; n; smallness of quantity

Philistine; n; a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

Meticulous; adj; showing great attention to detail

Officious; adj; assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way

Peruse; v; reading something throughly and carefully

Mitigate; v; making something less severe, painful, serious

Perfidy; n; untrustworthiness

Morose; adj; sullen or ill-tempered

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