Weighty Words
- abasement – to be lowered in position or rank
- bifurcate – divide or separate into two parts
- coruscate – glitters, sparkles, gleams
- dogmatic – stubbornly refuses to change an opinion
- expedient – take the easy way out
- felicity – state of great happiness
- geriatrics – care of the elderly
- heresy – whenever someone introduces an unwelcome change into religion
- ingratiate - try very hard to please or find favor with another
- juxtapose - place two things side by side
- kleptomaniac - a person that has an uncontrollable urge to steal
- laxity - someone that is careless and forgetful
- misdemeanor - whenever someone has broken the law
- nonconformity - out of step with others or out of line with others' ideas
- ostracize - to deliberately exclude someone or leave them out
- paradox - when something sounds unbelievable, but is actually true
- quixotic - when someone tries to make an impossible dream come true
- raucous - when someone is loud, noisy and harsh sounding
- scintillate - sparkles, twinkles or gives off light
- truculent - whenever someone is fierce, cruel, or savage
- ubiquitous - someone or something appears to be everywhere at once
- vacillate - someone that can't make up his mind about something and wavers from side to side
- winsome - charming, attractive, cheerful, bright
- xenophobia -when someone hates or fears foreigners or stranger
- yammer - when someone chatters and complains nonstop