| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fetter | to put on shackles or restrict motion |
| reprehensible | worth of or deserving blame |
| scrupulous | careful to obey moral principles and legal |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time |
| torrid | extremely hot (can refer to emotions as well as to the weather) |
| charlatan | an imposter, a quack; someone who pretends to have knowledge or skills that he doesn't really possess |
| salubrious | beneficial to the health; wholesome |
| capricious | unpredictable; guided by chance or by sudden flights of fancy |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, liveliness, or spirit; having lost appeal |
| prodigal | extravagant or wasteful |
| dogmatic | arrogantly flexible in insisting upon one's own arbitrary opinions; dictatorial |
| taciturn | reluctant to converse; not expressive or sociable |
| innocuous | harmless; unlikely to arouse strong feelings; useless |
| rend | to violently tear apart or split into pieces |
| fortuitous | happening by chance or accident, usually with good results; lucky |
| plethora | a condition of over abundance |
| innate | existing within the individual before his birth, rather than developing over time because of life experiences |
| clemency | reduction or elimination of punishment; mildness of weather |
| blatant | completely obvious in a cheap, offensive way; attracting public notice; noisy in a vulgar manner |
| alacrity | cheerful, promptness, quickness |
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