| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acme | peak, highest point |
| assiduous | persevering; diligent |
| capitulate | to yield; surrender |
| chimerical | imaginative; fanciful |
| demur | to object; take exception |
| egregious | notorious; incredibly bad |
| extricate | to free; get out of |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| impassive | devoid of emotion |
| impervious | impenetrable |
| incipient | beginning to exist or appear |
| lambent | flickering lightly; effortless brilliance |
| loquacious | talkative |
| mentor | trusted counselor |
| morose | gloomy |
| nascent | beginning stage; birth |
| onerous | burdensome |
| palliate | to mitigate; ease an offense |
| placate | to appease; pacify |
| recalcitrant | resistant to guidance |
| savant | wise person |
| solecism | error in usage; breach of etiquette |
| temporize | to act indecisively |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| upbraid | to criticize severely |
| venial | easily forgiven |
| wraith | ghostly figure |
| gratuitous | freely given; unmotivated |
| decorum | conformity to established ways |
| nebulous | hazy, vague |
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