Vocabulary

assertive

adjective

- having or showing a confident and forceful personality.

"patients should be more assertive with their doctors"

marginalized
adjective
- (of a person, group, or concept) treated as insignificant or peripheral.
"members of marginalized cultural groups"

awry
adjective
- away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course; amiss.
"I got the impression that something was awry"
similar: amiss, wrong, not right

- out of the normal or correct position; askew.
"he was hatless, his silver hair awry"
similar: askew, crooked, uneven, asymmetrical

askew
adjective
not in a straight or level position.
"her hat was slightly askew"
similar: crooked(ly), lopsided(ly), tilted

- wrong; awry
"the plan went sadly askew"

amiss
adjective
- not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.
"there was something amiss about his calculations"
similar: wrong, awry, faulty, out of order

adverb
- wrongly or inappropriately.
"how terrible was the danger of her loving amiss"

shrapnel
noun
- fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion.
- a shell containing bullets or pieces of metal timed to burst short of impact.

unconventional

adjective

not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

"his unconventional approach to life"

similar: unusual, uncommon

deadpan

adjective

deliberately impassive or expressionless.

"answers his phone in a deadpan tone"

adverb

in a deadpan manner.

verb

say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.

“I'm an undercover dentist,” he deadpanned"

consanguineous 

adjective

- relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor.

"consanguineous marriages"

frigid 

adjective

- very cold in temperature.

"frigid water"

- (especially of a woman) unable or unwilling to be sexually aroused and responsive.

"my ex told everyone I was frigid"

- showing no friendliness or enthusiasm; stiff or formal in behavior or style.

"She looked back with a frigid calm"

ambiguous

adjective

- (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

 "ambiguous phrases"

- unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.

"the election result was ambiguous"

spontaneous 

adjective

- performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

"the audience broke into spontaneous applause"

- (of a person) having an open, natural, and uninhibited manner.

- (of a process or event) occurring without apparent external cause.

"spontaneous miscarriages"

- (of movement or activity in an organism) instinctive or involuntary.

"the spontaneous mechanical activity of circular smooth muscle"

similar: unforced, voluntary

robust
adjective
- strong and healthy; vigorous.
"the Caplans are a robust, healthy lot"
- (of wine or food) strong and rich in flavor or smell.

peculiar
adjective
- strange or odd; unusual.
"his accent was a peculiar mixture of Cockney and Irish"

devolved 
adjective
- having had power transferred or delegated to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.
"devolved and decentralized government"

tumultuous
adjective
-making a loud, confused noise; uproarious.
"tumultuous applause"
* similar: loud, deafening, ear-shattering

- excited, confused, or disorderly.
"a tumultuous crowd"

demeaning 
adjective
- causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others.
"the poster was not demeaning to women"

indictment 
/inˈdītmənt/
noun
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
"an indictment for conspiracy"
synonyms: charge, accusation
antonyms: acquittal

-a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
"these rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society"

involuntary manslaughter
noun
- the crime of killing another human being unlawfully but unintentionally.
"James has been charged with involuntary manslaughter"

ledge
/lej/
noun

1- a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
"he heaved himself up over a ledge"
similar: shelf, sill, mantel shelf

2- an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore.

arraign
/əˈrān/
verb
- call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
"her sister was arraigned on attempted murder charges"
similar: indict, prosecute, put on trial

- find fault with (someone or something); censure.
"the soldiers bitterly arraigned the government for failing to keep its word"
similar: criticize, condemn