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Alacrity
an eager willingness to do something Mark worked with such alacrity that upper management knew they would be giving him a promotion crit - like grit (having true grit or devotion to something) - ala (Al-Anon members are eager to quit drinking)
Prosaic
dull and lacking imagination Contrary to his creativity and exuberance in the lab and field, his thesis was rather prosaic, and was an unoriginal contribution pro = before, saic = composition. Prose is the opposite of poetry (which is creative and designed to elicit emotion).
Veracity
truthful In marriage, one should not deceive their spouse, but speak with veracity, building trust. Veritaserum is the truth potion in Harry Potter
Paucity
lack of something There is frequently a paucity of fresh fruit in our kitchen, I'm worried we might get scurvy A paunch is caused by a paucity of exercise
Maintain
assert the scientist maintained that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by a comet To assert something, you must maintain a constant set of arguments
Contrite
remorseful Though he stole his little sister's licorice with malevolent glee, chucky soon became contrite when she wouldn't stop crying self pity is just contrition for your condition. Tight-assed parents end up feeling contrite when their children hate them. (Con-tightassed, con-trite)
Remorse
deep regret or guilt His actions caused his family great distress and shame, yet he showed no remorse.
Laconic
says or uses very few words While Martha always swooned over hunky laconic men in romantic comedies, her boyfriends were very talkative and not very hunky LA-conic - people from LA use few words, instead saying stuff like "rad" and "uh hu"
Pugnacious
verbally combative, enjoys argument Dreading her advisors habit of pugnaciously rending her thesis drafts and experimental ideas, marge came prepared for battle Bratty pugs, which bark at everything, are PUGnacious
Egregious
stand out in a bad way dictator's abuse of human rights was so egregious that many leaders asked that he be tried in an international court for genocide Egregious people are usually asked to EGRESS from the room
Innocuous
harmless, producing no ill effects Everyone found Nancy's banter innocuous, except for Mike, who felt like she was intentionally picking on him innoculations make viruses innocuous
Erratic
Wildly unpredictable Her opinions on the topic of feminism were erratic, sometimes proliferating detrimental stereotypes, and othertimes defending the universal competence of women
Bleak
depressing, barren unremitting overcast skies tend to lead people to create bleak literature and lugubrious music having a bleak outlook
Profuse
pouring out in abundance Her roses grew profusely, exploding out over the fence, sidewalk, and porch steps PRO - fuse (following explosion of a lit fuse)
Extant
in existence Though dinosaurs have been extinct for a long time, there are many large extant reptiles found throughout the world
Contentious
argumentative, or liking to argue Harry became very contentious after the retaliatory facebook post undermined his political opinion. From then on, his friends knew to avoid that topic. Contenders are battlers - contentious is battling with words
Auspicious
favorable, celebrated Despite the auspicious beginning, mike's road trip became a series of mishaps, one right after the other Austrians have many galas to celebrate auspicious occasions
Enervate
Sap the energy from John preferred to avoid equatorial countries, the intense sun would leave him enervated after he's spent the day sightseeing If you take the nerves out of someone, they will appear weak and paralyzed (E-Nerve is to DE-Nerve)
Equivocate
To speak vaguely to deceive Her equivocation left her parents confused and suspicious. Amy had managed to describeonly some of the ways she spent her time, not revealing her coke addiction. Speak ambiguously about something
Equivocal
ambiguous The findings of the study were equivocal - the two researchers had divergent opinions on what the results signified. Equi = equal vocal = speaking
Unequivocally
not ambiguous His argument was unequivocably in support of the pro-life lobby, in spite of his liberal social stance in other areas.
Ambivalent
mixed or conflicting emotions about something Sam was ambivalent about studying for the GRE because it ate up his time, but he learned a lot and improved his reading comprehension Anxious Ambivalence , feeling many ways leaves me feeling anxiously ambivalent
Sedulous
showing dedication and dilligence He watched over his dying grandmother with sedulous care, never leaving her side. NED flanders is a SEDULOUS christian
Aggrandize
increase in power, influence, and reputation.

the supervisor sought to aggrandize herself by claiming that the achievements of her staff were actually her own. A GRANDify something, make more grand
Anachronism
something out of place in time

the aged hippie used anachronistic phrases like groovy and far out. ANA = against or apart, CHRONOS = time