Vocabulary Week #5 Words

Acrid - strong and sharp, as a taste or smell

Cacophony - loud confusing disagreeable sounds

Cantankerous - quarrelsome and disagreeable; unwilling to cooperate

Clandestine - describe something that is done in secret

Colloquial - used in ordinary or familiar conversation

Facade - front of a building or a kind of front people put up emotionally.

Jettison - to push to the side or toss away, usually off a boat or airplane

Misanthrope - a person who hates or mistrusts other people.

Mollify - to calm someone down or make softer

Poignant - keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; moving to the emotions

Tenacious - not easily letting go or giving up

Transient (adjective): lasting a very short time