| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Amorous | Expressing love |
| Belittle | To make someone else's ideas seem of little value |
| Censure | blame or find fault |
| Deem | to consider; to believe |
| Divulge | to reveal something secret |
| Exorbitant | excessive; greater or more than seems reasonable |
| Expostulate | to argue in order to dissuade |
| Fateful | having great significance or consequence |
| Ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| Injunction | order, command, court order |
| Moribund | close to death; dying |
| Motif | theme that is developed or repeated |
| Subsidized | to support by giving financial aid |
| Sumptuous | splendid, costly, luxurious |
| Voluble | talkative |
| Adroit | clever with difficult situations; skillful |
| Affront | purposely offend or insult |
| Avocation | a hobby |
| Crusade | struggle for a just cause |
| Definitive | final answer; conclusive |
| Demeanor | behavior |
| Erudite | learned; showing extensive knowledge |
| Induct | to install in office; admit into a society |
| Lapse | to come to an end; a minor mistake |
| Militant | ready to fight for a cause |
| Pariah | someone who shows a lot of talent |
| Prodigy | someone who shows a lot of talent |
| Protege | one whose training is helped along by another |
| Raucous | unpleasant to the eat boisterous |
| Tacit | implied |
| Allure | attract or charm |
| Antiquity | the ancient world; the quality of great age |
| Appraise | to estimate value; evaluate |
| Cleave | cling to; faithful to; to split with force |
| Depreciate | to lessen in value; to belittle |
| Facet | side or aspect of something |
| Facsimile | an exact copy |
| Impervious | can't be penetrated; not affected |
| Nondescript | hard to describe |
| Quandary | in doubt |
| Repose | to rest or relax |
| Scintillatte | flash or sparkle; lively or witty |
| Scrutinize | examine with great care |
| Synthetic | artificial |
| Transmute | change in for or appearance |
| Amputate | cut off a body part |
| Aptitude | natural talent |
| Beneficiary | one who benefits or gains |
| Boon | gift or blessing |
| Commiserate | to sympathize |
| Garner | collect or gather |
| Gratis | free |
| Incapacitate | to make helpless |
| Inception | beginning of an action |
| Magnanimous | generous, unselfish, forgiving |
| Myriad | large number; a lot |
| Practicable | capable; usable |
| Remunerate | pay or reward |
| Solicit | to ask in a formal way |
| Trite | overly used |
| Amenity | contributes to physical comfort; increases attractiveness of a location |
| Averse | a feeling of opposition |
| Complacent | unconcerned |
| Decompose | decay or break down |
| Defray | supply money; to pay |
| Emanate | come from a source |
| Envisage | to picture in one's mind |
| Facetious | playfully humorous |
| Fallacy | a false idea |
| Furor | uproar |
| Idyll | calm or carefree experience |
| Paucity | scarcity |
| Porous | full of tiny holes |
| Supersede | to replace |
| Tangible | real; touchable |
| Adversity | misfortune; hardship |
| Cardinal | most important |
| Credible | believable |
| Empathize | to feel understanding of anther's feelings |
| Faculty | natural powers of the mind and body; inborn ability; all the teachers in a school |
| Harrowing | distressing or painful |
| Impair | damaged, weaken, lessen |
| Infer | reach a conclusion through reasoning |
| Intuition | knowing or sensing something without reason |
| Manifest | plain to see |
| Nuance | a very slight change in feeling or meaning |
| Pernicious | destructive or harmful |
| Solace | comfort or relief |
| Treatise | a thoroughly written discussion or a topic |
| Vogue | popular fashion; wide acceptance |
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