| Term | Definition |
|---|
| DYSPEPTIC | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
| DOCTRINAIRE | rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
| GESTATION | growth process from conception to birth |
| EFFICACY | effectiveness |
| TALON | claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
| TERRESTRIAL | earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
| NEOPHYTE | novice; beginner |
| ENGENDER | to produce, cause, or bring about |
| DEFACE | to mar the appearance of; vandalize |
| OBSTINATE | stubborn; unyielding |
| LARGESS | generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
| EDIFY | to instruct morally and spiritually |
| VENERATE | to respect deeply |
| STENTORIAN | extremely loud |
| HYPERBOLE | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
| PLETHORA | excess |
| OSTENSIBLE | apparent |
| MALLEABLE | capable of being shaped |
| OSTENTATION | excessive showiness |
| WAVER | to fluctuate b/w choices |
| DIRGE | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| OPAQUE | impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
| DECORUM | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
| PLACATE | to soothe or pacify |
| PLASTIC | able to be molded, altered, or bent |
| OSSIFY | to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
| TIRADE | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| SERAPHIC | angelic; sweet |
| LANGUID | lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
| ARBITRATE | to judge a dispute b/w two opposing parties |
| SCINTILLA | trace amount |
| MAR | to damage or deface; spoil |
| VENERABLE | respected because of age |
| GAMBOL | to dance or skip around playfully |
| VERACITY | filled with truth and accuracy |
| VERBOSE | wordy |
| VEX | to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
| CONTUMACIOUS | rebellious |
| MULTIFARIOUS | diverse |
| ETHOS | beliefs or character of a group |
| REPAST | meal or mealtime |
| REPLETE | abundantly supplied; complete |
| JARGON | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
| FATUOUS | stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
| KINDLE | to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire |
| EBULLIENT | exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
| GARRULOUS | tending to talk a lot |
| INTREPID | fearless; resolutely courageous |
| FAWN | to grovel |
| ZEALOT | someone passionately devoted to a cause |
| CANDID | impartial and honest in speech |
| SYBARITE | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| PRISTINE | fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
| MOLLIFY | to calm or make less severe |
| PHILANTHROPY | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| STOLID | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| PECCADILLO | minor sin or offense |
| VESTIGE | a trace; remnant |
| FORTUITOUS | happening by chance; fortunate |
| POTENTATE | monarch or ruler with great power |
| SYNCOPATION | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
| AUGUST | dignified; grandiose |
| PARADOX | a contradiction or dilemma |
| PERMEATE | to penetrate |
| PERVADE | to be present throughout; to permeate |
| ECLECTIC | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
| CACOPHONY | harsh, jarring noise |
| KUDOS | fame, glory, or honor |
| AMALGAMATE | to combine; to mix together |
| BURNISH | to polish |
| USURY | the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| DOGMA | a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief |
| BIFURCATE | to divide into two parts |
| CURMUDGEON | cranky person, usually old |
| EPICURE | person with refined taste in food and wine |
| SURLY | rude and bad-tempered |
| TANGENTIAL | digressing; diverting |
| IGNOBLE | having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
| MIRTH | frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
| IMPERTURBABLE | not capable of being disturbed |
| AMELIORATE | to make better; to improve |
| LAUD | to give praise; to glorify |
| ANACHRONISM | something out of place in time |
| SOPORIFIC | causing sleep or lethargy |
| ANOMALY | deviation from what is normal |
| DISTEND | to swell, inflate, or bloat |
| IMPASSE | blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
| ANTAGONIZE | to annoy or provoke to anger |
| ESCHEW | to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
| EXIGENT | urgent; requiring immediate action |
| CATALYST | something that brings about a change in something else |
| DIVINE | to foretell or know by inspiration |
| IDIOSYNCRASY | peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
| EXCULPATE | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
| DUPE | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
| CHAOS | great disorder or confused situation |
| EUPHONY | pleasant, harmonious sound |
| CONNOISSEUR | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| LARCENY | theft of property |
| EUPHEMISM | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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