| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acquiesce | to agree or express agreement, to given in, to comply |
| affinity | a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship |
| blasphemous | irreverent, profane |
| buttress | a spport or prop |
| circumspect | careful to consider consequences, cautiohs, prudent |
| corroboration | confirmation |
| deplete | to use up gradually, |
| despotic | ruling opressvely and absoutely; tyrannical |
| emaciated | very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away |
| empirical | based on obseration or experiment and not on theory |
| extraneous | not essential or vital |
| fallow | inactive, plowed but not sowed |
| homogeneous | of the same king |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| irascible | irritable,easily angered, cranky, cross |
| laconic | using a miniumof words, concise to the point of seemingrude |
| magnanimity | having a lofty, genrous, and courageous spirit |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| proliferton | an increase innumber, multipliation |
| scrupulous | very principled, very careful and conscientious |
| sublime | exatled, noble uplifiting |
| surreptitious | secret, clandestine,stealthy |
| veracity | devotion to the truth |
| zeal | enthusiasm, fervor |
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