| Term | Definition |
| acumen | sharp understanding of something |
| beatific | calm, peaceful, blessing |
| calumnious | slanderous |
| circumvent | to avoid, to go around |
| crystalline | clear, transparent |
| denigrate | to tarnish someones reputation |
| dire | indicating trouble or disaster |
| enclave | territory that is completely surrounded by something else |
| expostulate | to try and talk someone out of their intentions |
| idiom | an expression that is particular. could be specific to certain areas |
| inexorable | something that cant be denied, firm, solid. never changing |
| nascent | beginning to exist or develop |
| peruse | to read. to study |
| provocative | causes a reaction |
| requiem | funeral mass |
| surcease | and ending to something |
| voracious | greedy in eating, eager |