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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 proliferation | growth by the rapid multiplication of parts |
| prolific | bearing in abundance especially offspring |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| prudent | careful and sensible |
| recluse | one who lives in solitude |
| relinquish | relinquish to the power of another |
| repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid |
| resolution | finding a solution to a problem |
| reticent | reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
| reverent | showing great reverence for god |
| prejury | lying under oath |
| perpetual | occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted |
| pervasive | spreading throughout |
| petulant | easily irritated or annoyed |
| phenomena | observable facts |
| philanthropist | lover of humanity; person active in promoting human welfare |
| potency | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects |
| pragmatic | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory |
| premise | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| prevail | prove superior |
| insrutable | difficult to understand |
| intricacy | marked by elaborately complex detail |
| larceny | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
| meek | evidencing little spirit or courage |
| misrepresent | represent falsely |
| outmoded | no longer needed or fashionable |
| pacifist | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
| patronize | condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards |
| pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects |
| gregarious | sociable |
| hamper | prevent the progress or free movement of |
| heed | pay close attention to |
| iconoclastic | characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions |
| impede | block passage through |
| imperceptible | impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
| inconsequential | lacking worth or importance |
| fastidious | giving and careful attention to detail |
| flippant | showing inappropriate levity |
| forthright | characterized by directness in manner or speech |
| futile | unproductive of success |
| garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
| gluttonous | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
| gratify | make happy or satisfied |
| esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
| espouse | take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own |
| esteem | a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
| expedite | process fast and efficiently |
| exploit | use or manipulate to one's advantage |
| fallacious | based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information |
| farce | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations |
| indict | accuse formally of a crime |
| industrious | characterized by hard work and perseverance |
| inept | revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse |
| ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
| ingrate | a person who shows no gratitude |
| inherent | in the nature of something though not readily apparent |
| innate | present at birth but not necessarily hereditary |
| innocuous | unlikely to harm or disturb anyone |
| zealous | marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| naysayer | someone with an aggressively negative attitude |
| agape | open-mouthed; surprised; agog |
| ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| juxtaposition | a side-by-side position |
| nuance | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude |
| paradox | (logic) a self-contradiction |
| parallel structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures |
| Lobbyist | someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor |
| Orator | a person who delivers a speech or oration |
| Parched | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
| Reconciliation | getting two things to correspond |
| Renovation | the act of improving by renewing and restoring |
| Spontaneous | said or done without having been planned or written in advance |
| Viceral | medical term for internal organs |
| conjecture | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence |
| asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| arid | lacking vitality or spirit |
| canny | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others |
| salubrious | promoting health |
| interloper | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
| acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight |
| cadence | A recurrent rhythmical series. |
| digression | A message that departs from the main subject. |
| empathy | Understanding and entering into another's feelings. |
| exemplary | Worthy of imitation. |
| florid | Elaborately or excessively ornamented. |
| inevitable | Incapable of being avoided or prevented. |
| hypothesis | A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| jubilation | The utterance of sounds expressing great joy. |
| quaint | strange in an interesting or pleasing way |
| quaffable | drinkable; easy to drink, especially in quantity |
| putsch | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force |
| anomalous | Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| bicameral | composed of two legislative bodies |
| adament | unyeilding; firm in opinion |
| Sanguine | inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life |
| Assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| Parley | a negotiation between enemies |
| Augment | enlarge or increase |
| Noxious | injurious to physical or mental health |
| Ameliorate | to make better |
| Meretricious | based on pretense |
| Anemic | lacking vigor or energy |
| ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
| bucolic | a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life |
| reprieve | a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort |
| paltry | contemptibly small in amount |
| hegemony | the domination of one state over its allies |
| ignominy | A state of dishonor. |
| ravenous | Devouring or craving food in great quantities. |
| docile | Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. |
| consternation | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. |
| audacious | Disposed to venture or take risks. |
| solace | The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment. |
| divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
| doctrine | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
| eclipse | one celestial body obscures another |
| enigma | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| enumerate | specify individually |
| erratic | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
| didactic | instructive |
| discernible | perceptible by the senses or intellect |
| disinterested | unaffected by self-interest |
| disparage | express a negative opinion of |
| disparate | fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind |
| dispel | force to go away |
| ample | affording an abundant supply |
| aristocracy | the most powerful members of a society |
| circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
| cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression |
| codone | to forgive;to disregard and offense |
| consolidation | the act of combining into an integral whole |
| convention | Something regarded as a normative example. |
| curtail | Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. |
| cynical | Believing the worst of human nature and motives. |
| dawdle | Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. |
| demean | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. |
| denounce | To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. |
| detached | Showing lack of emotional involvement. |
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