Choppin' it up with Mark Jones: Vocabulary from the 2022/2023 Season

My wife and I consistently watch the Sacramento Kings television broadcasts. We loved the addition of the magnanimous Mark Jones. During the broadcast he frequently uses words that cause us to react in different ways like, "Nice word, Mark" or "What did he just say?" or "Did he use that correctly?" and "Did he just say prestidigitation?"  So I have put together a list of vocabulary words that he has used sometime during a broadcast this season (and many of these words he uses regularly). Here is the list and the definitions. Feel free to study with me so we’re ready for next season.

Imperious	Assuming power or authority without justification
Adjudicate	To judge something such as a formal competition or to make an official decision
Inordinate	Much greater than is reasonable
Magnanimous	Kind and generous towards other people
Chicanery	The use of trickery
Pugnacious	Very eager to argue or fight with people
Bludgeon	To hit someone many times with a hard object
Frenetic	Fast and unorganized
Interminable	Endless
Perfunctory	Lacking interest and enthusiasm. An action done quickly and carelessly without concern of what you’re doing. (She asked a few perfunctory questions about my family and then ended the conversation.)
Eclectic	Including a mixture of many different things or people
Apoplectic	So angry you can’t control yourself
Fastidious	Careful to small details
Imperturbable	Unable to be upset
Ubiquity	Seemingly everywhere
Countenance	One's facial expression
Requisite	Needed for a particular purpose
Usurp	To take someone else’s power or position
Tenuous	Uncertain, weak, or likely to change
Frenetic	Fast and unorganized
Inextricable	Too unusual to be explained or understood
Predacious	Predatory
Denizen	Noun. An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.
Staid	Sedate, respectable and unadventurous
Burgeoning	Growing, increasing, or developing quickly
Nebulous	Hazy, vague, unclear
Prestidigitation	Magic tricks performed as entertainment
Overzealous	Showing a little too much energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause
Audacious	Brave and shocking
Brazen	Unashamed about behavior that others may consider wrong
Incendiary	Designed to cause fire
Foray	A short attempt at doing a particular job or activity. Or A short sudden attack by a group of soldiers.
Staunch	Very loyal
Impeccable	Perfect
Alchemized	Transformed by a seemingly magical process. (Brown alchemized the moribund franchise. 3/16)
Moribund	At the point of death
Cantankerous	Easily annoyed and complaining a lot. (A cantankerous old man)
Astute	Quick to understand a situation
Interminable	Interminable indefatigable effort
Indefatigable	Persisting Tirelessly
Subsequent	Coming after
Truncated	Shortened
Auspicious	Showing that something is likely to be successful
Atonement	Something done to show your sorry for a wrongdoing
Discernment	Ability to judge well
Irate	Extremely Angry
Confound	Cause surprise by acting against expectations
Egregious	Particularly bad failure
Paramount	Most important
Imploring	Making an earnest and desperate appeal
Exquisite	Beautiful and Delicate
Genesis	The beginning of something
Perpetuity	Endless or indefinitely long duration
Ignominiously	Disgracefully, Dishonorably
Arduous	Requiring continuous strenuous effort
Unequivocally	Completely clear leaving no doubt
Indecorously	Improperly
Intransigence	Refusal to change one’s view about someting
Coronation	A ceremony to be crowned
Inexorable	Impossible to stop
Belligerent	Hostile and aggressive
Impenetrable	Impossible to enter
Lacerating	Severely critical or hurtful