| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Diabolical | devilish |
| wrath | anger |
| inquity | sin |
| candid | straightfoward, frank |
| penury | poverty |
| servile | humbly yielding or submissive |
| melancholy | gloomy |
| alleviate | to make more bearable, to lessen |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| chide | to scold |
| prudence | caution, discretion |
| disparge | to belittle |
| altercation | quarrel |
| aesthetic | pertaining to the beautiful |
| antipathy | strong dislike |
| cache | hiding place |
| castigate | to punish or rebuke |
| clemency | mercy |
| timorous | fearful, apprehensive |
| sanguine | cheerful, hopeful |
| loquacious | talkative |
| commence | to begin |
| guile | deception |
| furtive | sneaky, secretive |
| incessant | without pause |
| dolorous | sad, mournful |
| gregarious | sociable |
| diligent | hard working |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen |
| aberration | a departure from the normal |
| accolade | praise or approval |
| metonymy | comparison wherein you substitute one part for an idea or item closely related to it |
| consecrate | sanctify, bless, make holy |
| accrue | accumulate, amass |
| acme | pinnacle, culmination |
| abet | assist, support |
| acrimonious | bitter in language or manner |
| acumen | insight, shrewdness, sharpness |
| adamant | unyielding, inflexible |
| admonition | warning |
| adulation | excessive praise |
| alacrity | quickness, speedy, eagerness |
| pathos | appeal to emotion |
| ameliorate | improve |
| amity | friendship, goodwill |
| august | grand, noble, impressive |
| apathy | indifference, lack of interest or concern |
| appease | conciliate, placate, pacify |
| arbitrary | random, subjective |
| arid | dry |
| rhetoric | language, style, expression |
| articulate | eloquent, coherent, clear |
| ascetic | austere, frugal, severe |
| assiduous | industrious, tireless |
| assuage | alleviate, lessen, ease |
| astute | shrewd, perceptive, sharp, clever |
| augment | enhance, supplement |
| austere | severe, strict |
| avarice | greed |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| parsimonious | thrifty |
| ostentatious | pretentious, affected, showy |
| proprietor | owner |
| mendicant | beggar |
| visage | face, countenance |
| paradox | illogicality, impossibility |
| ambiguous | vague, unclear, indistinct |
| cursory | hasty |
| arduous | grueling, laborious |
| munificent | bountiful, liberal |
| importunate | persistent, unrelenting, over-eager |
| anomalous | irregular, strange, out of the ordinary |
| aversion | dislike, hatred, repugnance, distaste |
| Capricious | characterized by sudden change |
| Veracious | truthful |
| deferential | marked by courteous respect |
| omnious | being an omen of evil |
| tangible | capable of being touched |
| abode | home or dwelling place |
| querulous | complaining |
| endeavor | effort (noun or verb) |
| expedite | to speed the progress of |
| precarious | dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| ennui | boredom |
| superfluous | extra |
| inevitable | unaviodable |
| prowess | exceptional skill |
| paean | song of praise |
| bucolic | pretaining to the countryside, pastoral |
| altruism | selflessness |
| destitue | poverty stricken |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| frugal | thrifty |
| averse | reluctant |
| banal | lacking originality, trite |
| benign | kindly |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| bland | mild |
| blasphemy | irreverence |
| blithe | cheerful |
| bombastic | pompous in language |
| braggadocio | unjustified boasting |
| cabal | a group plotting secretly |
| callous | insensitive |
| cajole | to coax |
| calumny | a false, malicious accusation |
| vagary | a capricious notion, a whim |
| catholic | universal |
| caustic | sharp,biting |
| celerity | speed |
| charlatan | a pretender to knowledge, a quack |
| censure | to condemn |
| brevity | briefness |
| concilate | to reconcile |
| chafe | to annoy or vex |
| chicanery | deception |
| chimerical | fantastically visionary or improbably |
| demur | to take exception to; to object |
| cordial | warm, hearty, and sincere |
| assent | to agree, to acquiesce (noun or verb) |
| discerning | perceptive, showing insight and understanding |
| callow | immature |
| conjecture | guess (noun or verb) |
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