|
 abdicate | to give up |
| acrimonious | bitter and caustic in speech or manner |
| aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
| alacrity | willingness |
| amend | to change |
| apprentice | novice |
| articulate | to speak clearly and well |
| asylum | a safe place |
| befuddle | to confuse |
| besiege | to overwhelm |
| boor | a rude or impolite person |
| charlatan | one who pretends to have expert knowledge or skill that s/he doesn't have |
| clamor | public noise or protest |
| compendious | leaving nothing out |
| conjecture | guess |
| contrite | deeply apologetic |
| coutenance | the look on a person's face |
| defunct | no longer functioning or in use |
| demystify | to clarify |
| despondent | hopeless |
| disdain | arrogant scorn |
| dissonant | in disagreement |
| ebullient | eager |
| enfranchise | to free from slavery |
| equanimity | calmness of mind |
| evenescent | ephemeral |
| fanatic | one who is extremely devoted to a case or an idea |
| forlorn | abandoned |
| grievous | hard to bear |
| idyllic | simple and carefree |
| impressionable | likely to be influenced by |
| indigenous | native |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| ironic | contrary to what was expected |
| lobby | to influence legislators to support certain measures |
| mirth | joyfulness |
| noxious | harmful |
| palliate | to excuse |
| perplex | to confuse |
| pragmatic | practical |
| profligate | extravagantly wasteful |
| qualify | to describe |
| relegate | to banish |
| restitution | a giving back to the rightful owner of what has been taken away |
| seclusion | privacy |
| stolid | emotionless |
| sustenance | maintenance |
| travesty | a crude, distorted, or ridiculous representation |
| unwitting | unaware |
| vindicate | to defend |