| Term | Definition |
|---|
| insipid | lacking taste or savor, tasteless;lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge, dull |
| façade | front of building; a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold, rash |
| baleful | deadly in influence; foreboding or threatening evil, sinister |
| castigate | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism, punish |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently w/out glitter or sparkle; radiant in character or reputation |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill, peaceable |
| prodigious | strange, unusual; exciting amazement or wonder; extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, enormous |
| grotto | a cave or something (artificial) that resembles a cave |
| bevy | a large group or collection; a group of animals especially quail |
| chaos | a state of utter confusion; a confused mass of mixture |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping, tearful; tending to cause tears, mournful |
| restitution | restoring something to its rightful owner; making up the equivalent for an injury |
| troglodyte | caveman |
| overzealous | Excessively enthusiastic |
| precipitous | very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall; having a very steep ascent |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity, quiet, pacify |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree; inhabiting or frequenting trees |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| seethed | to be in a stat of rapid agitated movement; to churn or foam as if boiling; to suffer violent internal excitement |
| hapless | having no luck, unfortunate |
| synchronous | happening at the same time; moving or operating at the same rate; having identical periods; having identical period and phase |
| obsolete | no longer in use- replaced by something newer; old fashioned |
| dearth | inadequate supply, lack |
| intrepid | outstandingly courageous: fearless |
| urchin | a small mischievous youngster: scamp |
| taboret | a low stool without a back or arms; a low stand or cabinet; embroidery frame |
| winsome | winning: charming |
| tyro | and inexperienced person: beginner |
| didactic | intended to instruct; morally instructive; inclined to teach or moralize excessively |
| diffident | hesitant to assert oneself from a lack of self-confidence: timid |
| raconteur | an accomplished and witty storyteller |
| aerie | the nest of a predatory bird, as an eagle, built on a high place; a house or stronghold built on a height |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken or entered by force; unable to be changed or criticized, as a conviction |
| meander | to follow a turning and winding course; to wander aimlessly without fixed direction |
| taciturn | uncommunicative: laconic, silent |
| plastic | capable of being formed or shaped; easily influenced |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| urbane | polished and elegant in manner or style |
| menagerie | a collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure in which wild animals are kept |
| bibulous | very absorbent |
| clemency | mercy toward an offender or enemy: leniency; a kind, merciful, or lenient act; mildness mainly of weather |
| loquacious | extremely talkative: gabby |
| agility | nimbleness, dexterity |
| parsimonious | exhibiting or marked by the quality of being careful with money or resources-almost stingy; thrifty, stingy |
| browbeat | to intimidate: bully |
| saturated | to fill completely; make thoroughly wet |
| obnoxious | highly offensive or disagreeable: repugnant; likely to cause harm, injury, or evil |
| tarry | to delay or to be late in coming or going: linger; to wait; to remain or stay temporarily, as in a place: sojourn |
| judicious | having or exhibiting sound judgment |
| redolent | having or emitting fragrance: aromatic; suggestive: reminiscent |
| numismatist | a person who studies or collects currency coins and medals |
| encumbered | weighed down unduly; to impede or hinder the action or performance of; to burden with legal claims |
| joey | baby kangaroo |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve: ointment |
| rent | payment, split, tore |
| refurbished | brightened or freshened up: renovated |
| peremptory | haughty, bossy; putting an end to all debate |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| sentinel | sentry |
| armiger | squire |
| demise | death; die, decease |
| innocuous | harmless; not likely to arouse strong feeling, insipid |
| pugnacious | likes to fight or quarrel |
| deride | to make fun of: ridicule |
| wry | twist; bent or twisted shape or condition |
| efface | to destroy; to go unnoticed |
| bogus | fake: counterfeit |
| brawny | muscular: strong or powerful |
| bellwether | a leader; indicator of trends |
| husband | to use cautiously or sparingly: conserve: frugally |
| lamentable | something that is to be regretted; mournful |
| clairvoyance | the power of knowing the future; being able to perceive things beyond the natural range of the senses |
| improbable | unlikely to occur or to be true |
| contrite | feeling sorrow for doing something wrong |
| magnanimous | noble, generous in spirit; understanding |
| bovine | sluggish, dull; like an ox, cow, or buffalo |
| nettled | annoyed: irritated; to strike or sting |
| comity | mutual respect and harmony |
| pretentious | making unjustified or excessive claims: exaggerate; being showy or affected; ambitious |
| resilience | an ability to bounce back from misfortune or change |
| cunning | displaying keen insight; characterized by wiliness and trickery; sly; prettily appealing: cute |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| vacuous | lacking intelligence |
| seedy | somewhat disreputable; shabby |
| piety | dutifulness in religion: devoutness |
| truncheon | a shattered spear or lance; a club carried by police |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being: healthy |
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