Vocabulary Enrichment #2

arcane - adj - requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

(from https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/176046)

The shaman performed an arcane ritual, creating an air of mystery for her audience.

avarice - n - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

(from https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/176046)

The organization's avarice led to their eventual downfall.

circumspect - adj - heedful of potential consequences

(from https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/176046)

He walked in to the new situation with a circumspect manner.

quotidian - adj - ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane

(from friend's essay)

The gala, while formerly impressive, had become quotidian.

enmity - n - a state of deep-seated ill-will

(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)
His enmity showed through while he glared at his opponent.

inveterate - adj - stubbornly established by habit

(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)
I am an inveterate coffee drinker.

knell - n - the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)

The funeral knell made people take pause and remember their friend.

nadir - n - the lowest point of something
(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)

The nadir of the day came when I realized I had an assignment due that I had forgotten.

obsequious - adj - excessively compliant or submissive
(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)

No one likes to be in a relationship with someone who is so obsequious that they do not have their own opinion.

staid - adj - sedate, serious, self-restrained 

(from http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm)

My coworker at Starbucks was so staid that no customers felt able to connect with him.