| Term | Definition |
|---|
| cognizant | aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction |
| pendent | hanging or suspended |
| dissolute | lacking moral restraint |
| abashed | feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious |
| anathema | a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication |
| visage | the appearance conveyed by a person's face |
| ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
| sagacious | showing sound judgement; wise |
| portend | indicate by signs |
| remonstrance | an expression of protest or complaint |
| antipathy | a feeling of intense dislike |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
| solicitous | showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something |
| torpor | a state of mental or physical inactivity |
| vicissitude | A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. |
| assiduous | constant in application or attention |
| sedulous | persevering and constant in effort or application |
| deletrious | having a harmful effect |
| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| sagacity | ability to make good judgments |
| pertinacious | holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament; composure |
| innocuous | having no averse effect; harmless |
| efficacy | capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
| empiric | one who is guided by practical experience rather than precepts or theory |
| approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| recondite | not easily understood by the average person |
| sanguine | eargerly optimistic or cheeful |
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