| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accolade | award or recognition |
| adulation | excessive flattery or admiration |
| ambivalence | opposing attitudes towards a person or thing |
| apathy | lack of care or indifference |
| arbitrary | determined by chance or impulse |
| ascetic | leading a life of self discipline |
| audacious | bold, reckless, daring |
| augment | to make greater |
| avarice | extreme greed for material wealth |
| bequeath | to pass on to another |
| cacophonous | heavy, harsh, unpleasant sound |
| cajole | to urge with gentle appeal |
| cliche | trite word or obvious remark |
| colloquial | of or pertaining to speech |
| complacency | feeling of contentment and self-satisfaction |
| contentious | controversial and quarrelsome |
| corrugated | to bend into folds |
| debilitate | to make weak or feeble |
| deplore | to express strong disapproval; to condemn |
| depose | to testify or affirm under oath |
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