| Term | Definition |
|---|
| depreciate | to decline in value |
| amiss | improper, inappropriate, misunderstood, wrong, out of order |
| dominion | land or territory that someone rules or dominates |
| avaricious | greedy, seeking wealth |
| rueful | expressing sorrow or pity, mournful |
| dire | urgent, in dire need |
| pervasive | tendancy to prominate, to spread throughout something |
| inexplicable | incapable of being explained or accounted for |
| transfix | to amaze with terror or awe |
| cleft | to crack or split |
| prodigal | carelessly wasteful |
| expostulate | to dissuade someone from doing something wrong |
| superfluous | extravagant, over the top |
| collateral | something you would give in exchange for a loan |
| peruse | to look over or read with care |
| circumvent | to bypass, surround, avoid |
| equivocation | use of ambiguous language (esp politicians) |
| requiem | mass |
| pall | cloth spread over a coffin, something gloomy or dark |
| perdition | udder distruction or ruin, bad punishment, loss of soul |
| dearth | lack of something |
| umbrage | to take with, annoyance, displeasure |
| felicity | happyness, good fortune (a moment of...) |
| belie | lie, contradict, show to be false (her smile belied her bad mood) |
| impeccable | flawless, incapable of sin |
| entreat | to ask earnestly, to beg |
| usurp | to sieze and hold by force or without legal right |
| portentous | amazing, marvelous |
| auspicious | promising sucess |
| filial | relation of parent to child |
| jocund | merry, cheerful |
| calumnious | harmful and untrue |
| imminent | impending, about to occur |
| precept | a rule of moral conduct |
| behoove | to be necessary or benefitial to |
| sullen | ill humor, sulking, bad mood |
| lilting | happy, light voice or walk or song, cheery |
| incantation | magic spell or chant |
| pulsate | to beat, throb |
| rapt | totally engrossed in something, deeply absorbed |
| contrition | sincere remorse for wrongdoing |
| myriad | a lot of something |
| desultory | inconsistant |
| crystalline | like or resembling or comparing to a crystal |
| antithesis | opposite, direct contrast |
| quandry | a state of perplexity, delema |
| nascent | begining to exist or develop, emerging |
| surcease | to come to and end, to cease |
| castellated | built like a castle |
| encompass | to surround, enclose |
| tactual | pertaining to touch |
| zephyr | a mild breeze, airy, or unsubstantial |
| hone | to sharpen or perfect |
| incarnate | personified, embodied in flesh |
| idiom | language (hold your horses) |
| infuse | to introduce, to instill |
| voracious | ravenous, eager or avid |
| indiscriminate | random, lacking in care or judgement |
| despotic | tyrannical, having absolute power |
| garish | excessivly elaborate or bright |
| subversive | trying to overthrow the government |
| inexorable | inflexable, unalterable |
| proficient | skilled (an expert) |
| reiterate | to say or do repetedly |
| coalesce | to grow together, unite, blend, come together |
| qualm | a sudden feeling of weakness or illness |
| incognito | in disguise |
| suave | slick, smoothe |
| nonchalant | NBD, casual, unexcited |
| blase | bored with life, been there done that |
| pedagogical | pertaining to teaching |
| provocative | provoking, exciting |
| cynical | distrusing the motives of others |
| droll | amusing in an odd way |
| opaque | unclear, hard to understand |
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