Reading the autobiography of CS Lewis at the moment and I am really enjoying it. The big words have continued to baffle me, which means it’s time for another instalment of the very vocabulous vocab-boost!
pique [peek]
to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
obsequious [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants.
harangue [huh-rang]
any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.
surreptitious [sur-uhp-tish-uhs]
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
invectives [in-vek-tiv]
vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. an insulting or abusive word or expression.
welter [wel-ter]
to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc. to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
forsooth [fawr-sooth]
Archaic. (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
mercurial [mer-kyoor-ee-uhl]
changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
heterodox [het-er-uh-doks]
not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, esp. in theology; unorthodox.
precocious [pri-koh-shuhs]
unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child.
vapid [vap-id]
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
jocular [jok-yuh-ler]
given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
Impressive list huh? Look, you’re welcome. I’m glad that you are clearly piqued about weltering in this new sea of words. You may think it vapid but forsooth, it is indeed a jocular attempt at helping you become more precocious in your speech – as is quite heterodox in today’s society.
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