MY VOCABULARY GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO Anon (adverb) soon, shortly Anathema (noun) - something or someone that

one vehemently dislikes; 2. a formal curse by a

pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. Vouchsafed (verb) - give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner
Avuncular (adj) - of or relating to an uncle; kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person Cretin (noun) - a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse)

Equivocal (adj) - open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain or questionable in nature Gallimaufry (noun) - a confused jumble or medley of things. Contretemps (noun) -an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence; a minor dispute or disagreement inscrutable (adj) - impossible to understand or interpret
Apropos (preposition) - with reference to; concerning; apropos of nothing (adverb) - used to state a speaker s belief that someone s comments or acts are unrelated to any previous discussion or situation Exiguous (adj) - very small in size or amount Prosaic (adj) - having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty: prosaic language can't convey the experience; commonplace; unromantic

Predilection (noun) - a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something
Importunate (adj) - persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion Cogitation (noun) - the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation Taciturn (adj) - (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

Parody (noun) - an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:the movie is a parody of the horror genrehis provocative use of parody; an imitation or a version of something that falls far short of the real thing; a travesty:he seems like a parody of an educated Englishman

Parody (verb) - produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre):his specialty was parodying schoolgirl fiction; mimic humorously:he parodied his friend's voice Crypt (noun) - an underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place. Macabre (adj) - disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury
Candour (noun) - the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness Delphic (adj) of or relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi

Sycophantic (adj) - behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage

Obsequious (adj) - obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Gnomes (noun) - a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground;a short statement encapsulating a general truth; a maxim AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE
Fey (adj) - giving an impression of vague unworldliness:his mother was a strange, fey woman;

having supernatural powers of clairvoyance; chiefly Scottish fated to die or at the point of death:now he is fey, he sees his own death, and I see it too
rapacious (adj) - aggressively greedy or grasping:rapacious landlords

impervious (adj) - not allowing fluid to pass through:an impervious layer of basaltic clay [predic.] (impervious to) unable to be affected by:he worked , apparently impervious to the heat obviate (verb) - remove (a need or difficulty):the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains avoid; prevent:a parachute can be used to obviate disaster supercilious (adj) - behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others:a supercilious lady's maid hellion (noun) - a rowdy, mischievous, or troublemaking person, especially a child voluble (adj) - speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently:she was as voluble as her husband was silent acerbity (adj) - (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright:his acerbic wit; archaic or technical tasting sour or bitter. impunity (noun) - exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action:the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings; protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity

reliquary (noun) - a container for holy relics. Asperity (noun) - harshness of tone or manner:he pointed this out with some asperity (asperities) harsh qualities or conditions:the asperities of a harsh and divided society (usually asperities) a rough edge on a surface:the asperities of the metal surfaces impugn (verb) - dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question:the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother blandishments (noun) - a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently
to do something:the blandishments of the travel brochure

implacable (adj) - unable to be placated:he was an implacable enemy of Ted's relentless; unstoppable:the implacable advance of the enemy

obsequious (adj) - obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree:they were served by obsequious waiters egalitarian (adj) - of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities:a fairer, more egalitarian society (noun) - a person who advocates or supports egalitarian principles compunction (noun) - a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad:spend the money without compunction; a pricking of the conscience: he had no compunction about behaving blasphemously assiduous (adj) showing great care and perseverance:she was assiduous in pointing out every feature prescience (noun) - the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge:with extraordinary prescience, Jung actually predicted the Nazi eruption fatalist (noun) - the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. a submissive outlook, resulting from a fatalistic attitude. inchoately (adj) - just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary:a still inchoate democracy; Law(of an offense, such as incitement or conspiracy) anticipating a further criminal act