| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ascendancy | domination |
| ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline |
| aspire | seek to attain; long for |
| assuage | satisfy |
| audacious | bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| augment | to increase |
| austerity | severity; strictness |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| belie | contradict |
| belligerent | Hostile |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| brevity | briefness; short duration |
| cajole | to persuade with false promises and flattery |
| clemency | mercy; forgiveness; mildness |
| commemorate | to honor the memory of |
| compliance | yeilding to a request or demand |
| concede | to acknowledge as true |
| condone | to forgive or overlook an offense |
| confound | to confuse |
| consensus | general agreement |
| constraint | limitation or restriction |
| contend | struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly |
| contentious | argumentative |
| converge | to come together |
| cordial | warm and friendly |
| corroborate | to support with evidence |
| credulity | willingness to believe |
| curtail | shorten; reduce |
| debilitate | to weaken |
| debunk | to prove wrong |
| decorum | proper behavior, good taste |
| deference | respect |
| defiance | a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force |
| deliberate | think about carefully |
| delineate | describe |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| deplore | regret strongly |
| depravity | extreme wickedness or corruption |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| deride | ridicule; make fun of |
| derivative | unoriginal; obtained from another source |
| despondent | Depressed |
| despot | tyrant |
| deterrent | something that discourages |
| detrimental | harmful |
| digression | wandering from the main path of a journey |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| discount | to disregard |
| Discrepancy | difference |
| Discursive | rambling |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy |
| Disinclination | unwillingness |
| Disparage | to belittle |
| Disparity | difference |
| Dispel | to scatter |
| Disputatious | argumentative |
| Disseminate | to spread; to scatter |
| Dissent | to disagree |
| Dissipate | to squander; to waste |
| Dissonance | cacophony |
| Dissuade | to advise against |
| Divergent | differing |
| Divulge | to reveal |
| ebb | to recede |
| eccentric | odd |
| Eclectic | made up of a variety of sources |
| Effervescent | showing high spirits |
| Elusive | evasice |
| Enervate | to weaken |
| Engender | to cause |
| Enigma | a puzzle |
| enmity | hatred |
| enumerate | to list |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| Epicure | food expert |
| Equanimity | calmness |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| Erroneous | mistaken |
| Erudite | learned |
| Esoteric | hard to understand |
| Espouse | to adopt |
| Ethereal | light; heavenly |
| Exalt | to praise |
| Exhaustive | thorough; comprehensive |
| Exonerate | to free from guilt or blame |
| Expedient | suitable; practical; politic |
| Expedite | to hurry |
| Extant | still in existence |
| Extol | to praise |
| Extraneous | extra |
| Extricate | to free |
| Fallacious | false |
| fanaticism | an excessive zeal |
| Fastidious | difficult to please |
| Feasible | Possible, able to be done |
| Fervor | intense emotion |
| Fickle | changeable |
| Flagrant | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| Flippant | lacking proper seriousness |
| Florid | excessively showy |
| Foolhardy | foolish; heedless |
| Forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| Fortuitous | accidental; by chance |
| Founder | to fail completely; to sink |
| Frivolous | lacking in seriousness |
| Furtive | stealthy; sneaky |
| Galvanize | to stir up |
| Garbled | mixed up |
| Garrulous | wordy |
| Germane | relevant |
| Glib | fluent |
| Grandiose | impressive; showy; magnificent |
| Gratuitous | given freely |
| Gregarious | sociable |
| Hallowed | blessed |
| Hamper | to hold back |
| Hedonist | pleasure seeker |
| Hersesy | an opinion contrary to popular belief |
| Hetrodox | unorthodox |
| Heyday | prime; time of greatest success |
| Hiatus | a gap |
| Hoard | to stockpile |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| Hypothetical | based on assumptions or hypotheses |
| Ignominy | A deep disgrace |
| Illicit | illegal |
| Immaculate | flawless |
| Impassive | without feeling |
| Impeccable | faultless |
| Impecunious | without money |
| impede | to hinder |
| imperious | haughty |
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