Vocab 2.

• Anachronistic
•  Adj
• Chronologically misplaced
• The anachronistic  order of Sally's story confused the class and the teacher. 
• Circuitous
•  Adj
• (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
• Tod always took a circuitous route to avoid class time. 
• Deleterious
•  Adj
• Causing harm or damage to health. 
• When the deleterious tornado touched down in Kansas, all of the near by towns were saddened.
• Ephemeral
•  Adj
• lasting for a very short time. 
• The night before regional was a ephemeral night for sleep. 
• Evanescent
•  Adj 
• Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. 
•  The memory of the old man's first girlfriend was an evanescent one.
• Fortuitous
•  Adj
• Happening by chance rather than design. 
•  People winning the slot machine is fortuitous.
• Intrepid
• Adj.
• Fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect). 
• The captain and her intrepid team took on all of the bad guys in battle and won!  
• Precocious
•  Adj
• (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual. 
• The precocious pianist was wanted by all of the top music schools in the nation. 
• Sagacity
•  N
• The quality of  good judgment
•  The straight A student had good sagacity.
• Tenacious
• Adj
• Characterized by keeping a firm hold. 
•  The tenacious table was of high quality