Vocabulary Words and Sentences to Improve Your English

2. visage – (n.) face; countenance; appearance

3. filial – (adj.) relating to or due from a son or daughter; devoted

4. jocund – (adj.) cheerful; light-hearted

5. importune – (v.) persistent, especially to the point of annoyance; insistent

importunity—(n.) persistence in requesting or demanding; insistence

6. prodigal – (adj. or n.) spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; recklessly wasteful; extravagant

7. dalliance – (n.) play; frivolous action OR playful flirtation

8. censure – (v.) to criticize; to condemn

9. pernicious – (adj.) harmful; deadly OR wicked; malicious

10. brazen – (adj.) marked by blatant audacity; shameless; bold; insolent

11. remiss – (adj.) negligent, lax in performance of duty

With a jocund and auspicious visage, the pernicious father censured his brazenly remiss son and importuned that he quit his prodigal dalliances and finish his filial chores.

1. incredulous (adj.) - unwilling or unable to believe something; disbelieving; doubtful; unconvinced

2. impetuous (adj.)- acting or done quickly and without thought or care; impulsive

3. depraved (adj.)- morally corrupt; wicked; immoral

4. irresolute (adj.)- showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain; indecisive

5. reproach (v.)- to express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions; to scold; to reprimand

6. prevaricate (v.)- to avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question; to fool; to fabricate; to fib

7. scurrilous (adj.)- making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation; abusive; derogatory; disparaging

8. incubus (n.)- one that oppresses or burdens like a nightmare; evil spirit; fiend

9. inexorable (adj.)- impossible to stop or prevent; relentless; unstoppable; unavoidable

10. consternation (n.)- a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected; anxiety; distress

The incredulous teacher felt an incubus of consternation when she irresolutely reproached the depraved inexorable student who impetuously prevaricated scurrilous rumors about her.