| Term | Definition |
|---|
| mendacious | lying; false, esp. habitually |
| frivolous | of little importance |
| jovial | full of hearty, playful good humor |
| refute | to disprove |
| brusque | abrupt and curt of manner |
| abash | to embarrass |
| grovel | to beg; to lower onesef to please another |
| volatile | tending to vary widely; unstable; quickly evaporating |
| encrypt | to put into code |
| treatise | a formal piece of writing, usually long, on a particular subject |
| deity | a god |
| sanctify | to make holy; to make legitimate or binding |
| factitious | produced artificially; not genuine |
| dreary | depressing and boring |
| leviathan | something enormous and powerful; a sea monster |
| gingerly | very carefully; cautiously |
| vulgar | lacking refinement or taste; crude |
| hibernate | sleep throughoug the winter |
| forbear | to be patient or avoid doing |
| avant-garde | a group active in inventing and applying new techniques, esp. in the arts |
| facade | outward appearance; the face of a building |
| occasion | to cause; to provide an appropriate opportunity for |
| impostor | a person using a false identity |
| chronicle | a recording of events in order of time |
| carnage | massacre; slaughter; bloodshed |
| verbose | wordy |
| suave | effortlessly smooth and courteous in social situations |
| bombast | pompous speech |
| volition | a conscious choice or decision |
| propound | to suggest for consideration; to propose |
| dormant | inactive, but capable of being active |
| retrench | to reduce, esp. expenses |
| philistine | a narrow-minded person with no interest in the arts |
| prolix | wordy and tedious |
| malapropism | a ridiculous misuse of words |
| valor | marked courage of bravery |
| soporific | promoting sleep |
| condescend | to lower oneself to a less formal or less dignified level |
| sprightly | lively; animated; energetic |
| pretext | an excuse; a strategy intended to conceal something |
| impeccable | flawless |
| supplicate | to request with great humility, as though by praying |
| ravenous | very hungry |
| escapade | a reckless adventure |
| abstemious | moderate, especially in eating and drinking |
| encore | again, once more; a second performance; an audience's call for a second performance |
| flounder | to proceed with clumsiness and confusion |
| marshal | to arrange in order |
| timbre | the distinguishing quality of a sound |
| dross | impurities formed ont he surface of metals during melting; worthless, commonplace or trivial material |
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