arid lacking water or rainfall; very dry compatible capable of existing or working together deplore 1. to condemn 2. to regret fraught 1. filled with; laden 2. emotionally distressed or distressing incontrovertible impossible to dispute or disprove loquacious talkative microcosm a small part that represents the whole ornate richly and elaborately decorated petulant easily annoyed; peevish quip (n) a witty remark, sometimes sarcastic (v) to make a witty or clever remark scoff to mock with contempt tantalize to excite by flaunting a desired thing and keeping it just out of reach urbane polite and refined in manner, as from vast social experience volatile tending to change suddenly; explosively unstable wanton 1. wastefully excessive 2. reckless and indifferent toward morality, decency, or justice Vocabulary Power Plus Book H