| Term | Definition |
|---|
| barrister | lawyer( british) |
| chastise | to punish severely |
| culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
| clandestine | secret |
| circumvent | to get around to bypass |
| contrite | feeling regret for having committed some wrong doing |
| collaborate | to work with another toward a goal |
| cajole | to persuade with false promises and flattery |
| culmination | the highest point of attainment: the end or climax |
| concur | to be of the same opinion to agree with |
| cynical | doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives |
| deprecate | to express strong disapproval of |
| droll | amusing in an odd whimsical way |
| duplicity | intentional deceit in speech or conduct |
| dour | stern and ill humored |
| dolorous | exhibiting sorrow or pain |
| demagogue | a leader who appeals to citizens emotions to obtain power |
| demur | quiet and modest: reserved |
| destitute | extremely poor lacking necessities life food & shelter |
| dilemma | a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options |
| decorum | conformity to accepted standards of conduct:proper behavior |
| dole | to distribute to give out sparingly |
| erudite | scholarly learned |
| epistle | a letter or literary composition in letter form |
| exult | to rejoice, to feel triumphant |
| expound | to explain in detail: to clarify |
| expatriate | someone who chooses to live outside of or renounce his or her native country |
| evoke | to summon forth |
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something |
| enunciate | to state clearly and distinctively to pronounce |
| extrovert | one who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others |
| effigy | a crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group |
| emulate | to strive to be equal to: to imitate |
| expedient | practical providing an immediate advantage(especially when serving ones self interest) |
| exhort | to urge on with stirring words |
| evince | to demonstrate clearly: to prove |
| EXPLICIT | clearly and openly stated leaving nothing to the imagination |
| fluctuate | to rise and fall; to vary irregularly |
| fiasco | a complete ridiculous failure |
| feasible | reasonable; capable of being carried out |
| frugal | thrifty; economical in money matters |
| formidable | arousing fear or awe |
| frowzy | unkempt |
| grandiloquent | pompous or high flown in speech |
| gamut | the whole range or extent |
| gargantuan | of huge or extraordinary size and power |
| incognito | disguised; pretending not to be oneself |
| inscrutable | hot easily understood; hard to fathom |
| inane | without sense or meaning; silly |
| impeccable | faultless; without sin or blemish |
| impound | to confine; to retain in legal custody |
| inert | unable to act or move; inactive sluggish |
| incisive | sharp; keen, cutting straight to the heart of the matter |
| incarcerate | to put into prison: to confine |
| implacable | unable to be appeased or pacified |
| jocose | joking; humorous |
| galvanize | to startle into sudden activity |
| grimace | a facial expression of fear, disapproval or pain |
| gadfly | an irritating and persistent person |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally |
| hue | a particular shade of a given color |
| harangue | a long strongly expressed speech or lecture |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil |
| harry | to annoy or harass |
| humility | absence of vanity; humbleness |
| intrepid | without fear: brave |
| latent | present but not active hidden |
| lexicon | a dictionary. a specialized vocab used in a particular field or place |
| lethargy | lack or energy sluggishness |
| myriad | a very large # |
| magnanimous | noble, generous unforgiving; free from petty feelings or acts |
| métier | the work one is especially suited for: ones specialty: an occupation |
| omniscient | having unlimited knowledge: all knowing |
| ominous | threatening foreboding evil |
| pernicious | destructive deadly |
| pertinent | having to do with subject at hand; relevant |
| sere | dry & withered |
| sanction | permission, support |
| sycophant | a flatterer: one who fawns on others in order to gain favor |
| unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite |
| adulation | excessive praise or admiration |
| acquit | to find not guilty of a crime or fault |
| audacity | rude boldness, nerve |
| altercation | a heated argument |
| agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or use of the land |
| austere | stern, severe,plain |
| acrimony | ill-natured bitter hostility |
| avid | enthusiastic: extremely interested |
| arduous | difficult requiring much effort |
| affable | friendly agreeable easy to talk too |
| abate | to lessen in violence or intensity |
| abhor | to detest: to hate strongly |
| balk | to refuse stubbornly or abruptly: to stop short and refuse to go on |
| bawdy | indecent & humorously obscene |
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