|
 abhor | to hate |
| adapt | to adjust |
| affliction | hardship |
| allot | to give or assign as one's share |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| arable | good for farming |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial |
| attest | to demonstrate |
| belittle | to make seem little or less important |
| bizarre | strange |
| brevity | briefness |
| check | to stop |
| coalesce | to come together as one |
| compliant | submissive |
| consensus | general agreement in opinion |
| conventional | common |
| cryptic | mysterious |
| dejected | in low spirits |
| deplore | disapprove of |
| deteriorate | to become worse |
| dismal | depressing |
| diverse | different |
| efficacious | effective |
| enmity | hatred |
| erratic | eccentric |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| feasible | possible |
| foster | to promote the growth or development of |
| halcyon | clam and peaceful |
| imbroglio | state of confusion and complication |
| impugn | to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
| indomitable | unconquerable |
| inspire | to give hope to |
| jaded | worn out |
| luminous | bright |
| mollify | to pacify |
| obliterate | to destroy completely |
| pander | one who provides the means to satisfy the ignoble desire |
| perspicacious | keen |
| preclude | to shut out |
| prohibit | to prevent |
| quiescent | motionless |
| reminiscence | a memory of recollection |
| revelation | an understanding given by someone else |
| sequester | to separate |
| stringent | strict |
| tacit | not spoken |
| trespass | to go on another's land or property without permission |
| utopian | perfect |
| vitriol | sharpness or bitterness of feeling |