Sight Words - 2Complete Word List Developing Reading

Versatility

brusque

gruff, rude, bluff

decadence

Corruption, deterioration, a period of decline .

eloquent

effective in expressing meaning by speech, persuasive, convincing , moving.

exemplary

Excellent, Serving as a warning, given an exemplary punishment..

fledgling

Untrained, a fledgling company, a young bird just fledged

heist

a robbery or burglary, steal

incessant

Ceaseless, endless, continual

incidental

Minor, occurring merely by chance or without intention or calculation.

indefatigable

Untiring, an indefatigable worker

jargon

Specialized language

lampoon

Spoof, a harsh satire usually directed against an individual

levity

Merriness, lack of steadiness, changeableness

misanthrope

A hater, a person who hates or distrusts humankind

nonchalance

Coolness, unconcern

progeny

Descendents, offspring, outcome, product, a body of followers

querulous

complaining regularly, peevish, discontented, whining, cross, a querulous voice

reproach

condemnation, blame, accuse; reprove, rebuke, discredit, disgrace

respite

A vacation , time off, a period of temporary delay

stoic

Unflinching, not affected by pain or distress

substantiate

To support, confirm, prove, to give a substance, embody, verify, substantiate a charge

supplant

Replace, to take the place of and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power

vacillate

To waver, hesitate, fluctuate, oscillate

voracious

Hungry, a voracious reader

writhe

To bend, twist, writhed to the music

affinity

Fondness, liking, attraction, likeness based on relationship or causal connection

brevity

Shortness of duration or expression, conciseness

coalesce

Mix, blend, to cause to unite <sometimes a book coalesces a public into a mass market>

copious

Many, a copious talker, copious food and drink, a copious harvest, a copious references to other writers

dearth

Shortage, lack, scarcity, a death of evidence, famine

dispassionate

Calm, impartial, a dispassionate critic, a dispassionate approach to an issue

effervescent

Energetic, high-spirited, bubble, foam as gas escapes, to show liveliness or exhilaration

exuberance

abundance, plenty; high spirits, youthful exuberance,An exuberant act or expression

frivolous

Silly, a frivolous lawsuit, lacking in seriousness

hackneyed

Lacking in freshness or originality, trite, hackneyed slogans. .

insolvent

Bankrupt, an insolvent estate

Meander

wander

opulence

Wealth, abundance, profusion

parsimonious

Stingy, sparing, restrained, frugal to the point of stinginess

peripheral

Of minor importance or relevance, good peripheral vision, peripheral equipment

prodigal

Extravagant, wasteful, profuse, the prodigal prince

proximity

Closeness

sagacious

Wise, shrewd, sagacious judge of character

surreptitious

Sneaking, secret, a surreptitious glance

torpor

Dullness, lethargy, apathy, dullness

unassailable

Strong, an unassailable argument

unobtrusive

Not readily noticeable, inconspicuous

unscathed

Unharmed, wholly unharmed, not injured

voluminous

Large, a voluminous literature on the subject .