Week 2 Vocab

circumspect

(adj) considering all circumstances

prodigious

(adj) 1. wonderful 2. enormous

recusant

(adj) disobedient of authority

serendipity

(n) an apparent attitude for making fortunate discoveries accidentally

benevolent

(adj) kindly

subjugate

(v) to dominate or enslave

complacent

(adj) self-satisfied; content

carte blanche

(n) unlimited authority

dichotomy

(n) a division into two parts

sojourn

(v) to stay temporarily

perfunctory

(adj) done in a routine, mechanical way, without interest

inconoclast

(n) one who smashes revered images; an attacker of cherished beliefs