|
 abet | to encourage |
| adage | an old saying |
| affiliate | to join |
| alleviate | to make bearable |
| amnesty | to pardon |
| appropriate | to take posession of |
| ascendancy | domination |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| belabor | to spend too much time and effort on |
| bigot | a narrow-minded, prejudiced person |
| brazen | showing no shame |
| chaste | pure |
| clemency | mercy |
| complaisant | eager to please |
| connoisseur | an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste |
| conundrum | a puzzle |
| credible | believable |
| degrade | to lower in quality or value |
| depict | to describe |
| desultory | random |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| distinguish | to differentiate |
| efface | to rub away the features of |
| enigma | mystery |
| equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous |
| exalt | to glorify |
| fatal | very destructive |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| habituate | to accustom |
| illicit | unlawful |
| imprudent | without thought of the consequences |
| indisputable | unquestionable |
| insolent | boldly disrespectful |
| isolated | alone |
| lucrative | producing wealth or profit |
| misnomer | applying a wrong name to some person or thing |
| obfuscate | to confuse |
| pan | to critisize harshly |
| persist | to refuse to give up |
| precept | a rule of moral conduct |
| progenitor | an originator |
| quell | to pacify |
| relieve | to ease |
| reticent | restrained |
| segregate | separate |
| strident | loud, harsh and discordant |
| table | to remove from consideration |
| trenchant | forceful |
| uproar | noisy excitement or confusion |
| virulent | extremely poisonous |