|
 aborigine | original inhabitant |
| adulate | to flatter and praise too much |
| aggrieve | to offend |
| amass | to accumulate |
| animate | to give life to |
| ardent | intensely enthusiastic |
| assiduous | diligent |
| austere | forbidding |
| benevolent | kind |
| blithe | light-hearted |
| burgeon | to expand |
| circuitous | indirect |
| commemorate | to honor the memory of |
| compunction | remorse |
| contemporary | modern |
| cordial | warm and friendly |
| cursory | performed rapidly with little attention to detail |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false promises in order to gain power |
| derogate | to belittle |
| devotion | loyalty |
| disreputable | having or causing a bad reputation |
| doleful | full of sorrow |
| elaborate | detailed |
| entreat | to beg |
| ethereal | delicate |
| exigent | urgent |
| fickle | unpredictable |
| frolic | fun |
| haughty | proud |
| immutable | permanent |
| inborn | present at birth, as opposed to something acquired |
| inert | inactive |
| intangible | that cannot be touched |
| juxtapose | to place two or more things side by side |
| malignant | very harmful |
| motley | diverse |
| obstreperous | unruly |
| parch | to make very dry, especially by heating |
| petulant | unreasonably ill-tempered |
| predominant | most common |
| propensity | natural inclination or tendency |
| ravage | to damage |
| reparation | payment or compensation for damages |
| rigor | harshness |
| slander | to speak maliciously of someone |
| submissive | docile |
| tempered | modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities |
| troupe | a company of actors, singers, or dancers |
| vain | having no significance |
| voluminous | very large |