|
 abjure | to give up |
| adhere | to carry out a plan or scheme |
| aggrandize | to make greater, more powerful, richer etc. |
| altercate | quarrel |
| anathema | a person or thing to be avoided |
| arcane | known to only a few |
| aspire | to desire |
| audible | that can be heard |
| bemoan | to express sorrow |
| blatant | offensively noisy and loud |
| brusque | rough and abrupt in manner |
| chronic | long-lasting |
| cognizant | observant |
| comprehensive | covering or including everything |
| conspicuous | obvious |
| convivial | sociable |
| cultivate | to develop |
| delirious | mentally confused |
| derelict | abandoned |
| detract | to take or draw away |
| disparate | incompatible |
| divulge | to reveal |
| effusive | expressing excessive emotion |
| entice | to attract |
| esoteric | private |
| exhaustive | covering every possible detail |
| felicitous | particularly appropriate to a situation |
| fragile | delicate |
| harangue | long, critical speech |
| immaterial | unimportant |
| inadvertent | without intention |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| insuperable | that cannot be overcome or passed over |
| jovial | happy |
| magnanimous | extremely generous |
| morbid | horrible |
| obsequious | fawning |
| paradox | a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself |
| peruse | to read carefully or thoroughly |
| predecessor | an ancestor |
| prominent | widely and popularly known |
| rampant | unrestrained |
| remorse | sadness |
| revile | to call bad names |
| servile | like a servant |
| subdue | to conquer |
| taxing | difficult |
| trinket | something of little value |
| vagabond | living a carefree, wandering life |
| volatile | highly unstable |