1. Unit Two Vocabulary
Week Three

2. convivial (adjective)
welcoming/friendly
fond of merry-making, feasting
The convivial admissions department at the college made us feel welcome during orientation. .

3. Cupidity (noun)
greed
Larry’s cupidity cost him his marriage. He loved money more than his wife.

4. fecklessness (noun) uselessness
Is there any need to discuss the fecklessness of a swimsuit at the North Pole?

5. insensate (adjective)
unfeeling
That woman is insensate to the feelings of others.

6. lecherous (adjective)
lewd/dirty-minded
Try not to be the one with a lecherous personality. Respect yourself and others.
Respect
yourself

7. levity (noun) lightheartedness
It is always nice to add a little levity to a serious occasion.

8. lucre (noun) money or profits
The stock market can sometimes fill your pockets with lucre.

9. opiate (noun) something that dulls the senses
An opiate like morphine will kill pain, but will also render you insensate.

10. rail (verb) scold/rant
I had to listen to the teacher rail at me for twenty minutes.

11. torpor (noun) sluggishness/lack of energy
When I feel a sense of torpor, I nap.