vocab

didactic - intended to teach or instruct
perspicacious - acutely perceptive, keen discernment
coda - something that serves to round out, conclude, or summarize
libertine - a freethinker especially in religious matters
endemic - characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
luminous - characterized by brightness and the emission of light
exile - the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home
pariah - outcast
importune - solicit persistently or troublesomely
elegy - a mournful poem, especially lamenting the dead
intrepid - steadfast and courageous
distrait - apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention
dearth - smallness in quality or number; scarcity; a lack
audacious - daring and fearless; recklessly bold
aberrant - deviant from the norm
fallow - dormant, inactive
demure - to question or oppose
divulge - to disclose something secret
contentious - argumentative
adroit - having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations
accolade - an expression of praise
castigation - severe criticism or punishment
craven - cowardly
chimera - an illusion or fabrication of the mind; especially : an unrealizable dream
omen - an occurrence or phenomenon believed to portend a future event
blithe - of a happy lighthearted character or disposition
malleable - having a capacity for adaptive change
supine - exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially : mentally or morally slack
augury - omen
voracious - having a huge appetite
intractable - not easily managed or directed; stubborn, obstinate
axiomatic - a universally recognized principle, taken as a given, posessing self evident truth
itinerant- traveling from place to place
errant - moving about aimlessly or irregularly
indolent - averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
plastic - capable of adapting to varying conditions
rapacious - excessively grasping or covetous
obdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
insouciant - lighthearted unconcern