|
 abeyance | a temporary postponement |
| adamant | stubborn |
| affinity | close relationship |
| allocate | to distribute |
| amoral | incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong |
| apt | appropriate |
| ascertain | to find out with certainty |
| attenuate | to lessen in amount or force |
| belie | prove false |
| bilk | to swindle |
| breach | a violation |
| chastise | to punish |
| cloying | excessively sweet and sentimental |
| complement | to serve as something added to complete a whole |
| conscientious | honest |
| convene | to assemble |
| credulous | gullible |
| deign | to condescend to do something thought to be beneath one's dignity |
| deplete | to reduce |
| deter | to prevent |
| disinterested | unbiased |
| diverge | to move in different directions from each other |
| effervescent | bubbly |
| enlighten | to inform |
| eradicate | to destroy |
| exasperate | to irritate |
| fawning | overly admiring |
| fortuitous | accidental |
| hackneyed | overused |
| imbibe | to absorb |
| impudent | bold |
| indolent | lazy |
| insolvent | bankrupt |
| itinerant | a person who travels from place to place |
| lugubrious | very sad |
| mitigate | to lessen the severity of something |
| oblique | indirect |
| pandemic | universal |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human being |
| precipitate | to cause to happen before expected |
| progressive | proceeding in steps |
| querulous | complaining |
| relinquish | to give something up |
| retrospect | a looking back on past events |
| self-deprecating | belittling or undervaluing oneself |
| strife | conflict |
| taboo | unacceptable |
| trepidation | fear |
| utilitarian | useful |
| visceral | emotional rather than intellectual |