| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acquiesce | to accept without protest; to agree or submit (v) |
| Belie | to show to be false; contradict (v) |
| Calumnious | Slanderous (adj) |
| Desultory | Lacking in consistency (adj) |
| Droll | Amusing in an odd way (adj) |
| Emissary | A representative sent on a mission or errand (n) |
| Equivocation | the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge (n) |
| Garish | Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate (adj) |
| Infuse | To introduce, as if by pouring (v w/ object) |
| Nonchalant | Coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited (adj) |
| Pulsate | To expand and contract rhythmically (v w/ object) |
| Qualm | A sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness (n) |
| Reiterate | To say or do again or repeatedly (v w/ object) |
| Transfix | To make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc (v w/ object) |
| Voracious | Craving or consuming large quantities of food (adj) |
| Aggregation | a group or mass of distinct or varied things |
| Amiss | out of the right or proper course, order, or condition |
| Castigate | to criticize or reprimand severely. |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear; intimidate |
| Depreciate | to lessen the value or price of. |
| Epitaph | a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site. |
| Felicity | the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree |
| Impeccable | faultless; flawless; irreproachable |
| Lilting | rhythmic swing or cadence. |
| Perdition | a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul |
| Proficient | skilled, expert, or capable in any field or activity |
| Rapt | Deeply absorbed |
| Suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
| Tactual | of or pertaining to the sense of touch |
| Versatile | able to do many things well; capable of many uses |
| Accede | to agree or express agreement |
| Acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight |
| Behoove | to be necessary or proper |
| Catapult | hurl as if with a sling |
| Collateral | a security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
| Dearth | an insufficient quantity or number |
| Demagogue | A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| Echelon | a body of troops arranged in a line |
| Entreat | ask for or request earnestly |
| Hone | to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: |
| Inexorable | unyielding; unalterable: |
| Nabob | any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person. |
| Peruse | to read through with thoroughness or care |
| Quandary | a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma. |
| Rueful | causing sorrow or pity |
| Antithesis | exact opposite |
| Apocryphal | of questionable authenticity |
| Cadence | a recurrent rhythmical series |
| Circumvent | to go around or bypass |
| Denigrate | charge falsely or with malicious intent |
| Dire | causing fear or dread or terror |
| Expostulate | to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done |
| Filial | noting or having the relation of a child to a parent. |
| Indiscriminate | not marked by fine distinctions |
| Nascent | coming into existence |
| Pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) |
| Portentous | puffed up with vanity |
| Requiem | a Mass celebrated for the dead |
| superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required |
| Usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| Avaricious | greedy |
| Beatific | blissful |
| Castellated | built like a castle |
| Contrition | deep regret for doing something wrong |
| Demise | the time when something ends |
| Diatribe | bitter verbal attack |
| Enclave | a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory |
| Encompass | to enclose or encircle |
| Imminent | About to occur |
| Inexplicable | hard to explain or impossible to understand |
| Opaque | not clearly understood or expressed |
| Pedagogical | related to teaching |
| Prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money |
| Sullen | silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish |
| Surcease | to come to an end |
| Blasé | bored with pleasure or dissipation |
| Bonanza | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) |
| Cataclysm | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| Chasten | correct by punishment or discipline |
| Cleft | a long narrow opening |
| Coalesce | mix together different elements |
| Conjure | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; a spell |
| Crystalline | distinctly or sharply outlined |
| Cynical | believing the worst of human nature and motives |
| Despotic | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule |
| Diaspora | the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) |
| Dominion | dominance or power through legal authority |
| Emendation | correction of errors; improvement |
| Epithet | any word or phrase used to describe a person |
| Fortitude | Courage in facing difficulties |
| Idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
| Incarnate | make concrete and real in human form |
| Incognito | disguised; pretending not to be oneself |
| Jocund | full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| Pervasive | to be present throughout |
| Precept | rule of personal conduct |
| Provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| Subversive | undermine |
| Umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| Zephyr | a gentle breeze |
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