Word Definitions

bivouac - a temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area

mischievous - playful in a naughty or teasing way

assuage - satisfy or appease

exiguity - scanty;meager

plethora - abundance

coitus - sexual union

lissom - easily bent;supple;limber

scion - a descendant or heir

verdant - green;unsophisticated;unripe in knowledge

avarice - greed

raucous - noisy

insouciant - nonchalant

puerile - juvenile,immature,childish

winsome - charming in a naive/childlike way

polyglot - speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages

umbrage - take offense/resentment; shadow or shade

facile - easy

intransigent - refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising

paucity - scarcity;dearth;smallness of number

fatuous - vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish

inchoate - in an inital or early state

chimera - a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication