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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Harrowing | extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening |
| Truculent | inclined toward conflict; eager to fight |
| Obtuse | lacking intelligence; difficult to comprehend |
| Elfin | small and sprightly; mischievous, fairylike |
| Fester | to generate pus; to become a source of resentment or irritation |
| Gamin | a neglected boy left to run about in the streets |
| Sundry | various, several, miscellaneous |
| Gossamer | delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric; something delicate, light, flimsy |
| Gird | to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action |
| Expunge | to remove; to delete; to erase |
| Histrionic | overly dramatic, theatrical |
| Umbrage | sense of injury or insult; to take offense, displeasure |
| Sonorous | producing sound, especially deep and rich, resonant |
| Trenchant | cutting, incisive, having a sharp point; caustic, sarcastic |
| Ubiquitous | existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time |
| Volition | an act of choosing, using one's own will in a conscious choice |
| Callow | Immature or inexperienced |
| Atrophy | To Wither away |
| Wrest | to pull away, take by violence |
| Abstruse | hard to understand |
| Beleager | surround and harrass |
| Cajole | to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something they didn't want to |
| Misanthropy | Someone who hates mankind |
| Lassitude | a condition of weariness; fatigue |
| Fortuitous | good fortune occurring by accident or chance |
| Gradiloquent | attemping to impress with big words or grand gestures |
| Guile | cunning, deceitfulness |
| Hovel | a small, miserable dwelling; an open low shed |
| Infamy | Evil fame or reputation; public disgrace, dishonor or reproach |
| Inveigle | To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk; lead astray; wheedle |
| Ostracize | to banish or exclude from a group; to shun |
| Petulant | ill humor, irritable, cranky |
| Scrutinize | examine very closely; inspect |
| Relinquish | to give up doing, professing, or intending; to surrender, give in |
| Catharsis | an emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal |
| Asunder | in separate parts; apart from each other in position |
| Oust | to eject; to force out; to banish |
| Parry | ward off a blow; deflect |
| Quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| Reminisce | the act or practice of recalling the past |
| Adjunct | something or someone attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position |
| Bulwark | a defensive wall |
| Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
| Enrapture | To fill with delight. |
| Idiosyncrasy | a behavioral quirk; a person's idea about behavior different from others |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Marauder | a raider, intruder |
| Nepotism | favors shown by those in high positions to relatives and friends |
| Insouciant | calm and carefree; lighthearted |
| Deft | dexterous, skillful |
| Entomology | study of insects |
| Coterie | a circle of close associates or friends |
| Coup | the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment |
| Dulcet | melodious, soft, soothing |
| Accolade | an award or honor |
| Draconian | Hard, severe, cruel |
| Debacle | a sudden calamitous downfall; collapse or failure |
| Congenial | pleasant to be around; social, agreeable |
| Glutton | one who overindulges in food and drink |
| Fleece | to defraud, swindle; also the wool of a sheep or similar animal |
| Forbear | to do without; to leave alone; to refrain from; to abstain |
| Dauntless | fearless; unintimidated |
| Bereave | suffering the death of a loved one; left alone |
| Callous | unfeeling, insensitive |
| Arduous | Hard, Difficult, Tiresome |
| Lament | to express sorrow or regret; to mourn |
| Beget | to give birth to; to create |
| Maim | to diasable or disfigure; to cripple |
| Penitent | person or one who feels sorrow and remorse for past misleads feeling sorrow or humble |
| Duress | hardship, restraint, cnfinement |
| Craven | Lacking the least bit of courage; cowardly |
| Paradox | situation where something seems both true and false |
| Stupefy | to make numb in amazement; to stun in helplessness |
| Verbatim | using exactly the same words, word for word |
| Scapegoat | one that takes the blame for others. |
| Chide | to scold or to voice disaproval |
| Auntecedent | going before, proceeding |
| Feign | to give a false appearence |
| Abominate | to dislike strongly |
| Cerebral | of or relating to the brain; intellect |
| Commdious | spacious roomy capacious |
| Efface | to rub away |
| Fawn | to show affection |
| Misnomer | an innapropriate or incrrect name |
| Erudite | deeply learned; scholarly |
| Quixotic | totally or foolishly impractical |
| Surfeit | overabundent amount |
| Incongruous | no appropriate, unfitting |
| Harangue | to lecture |
| Potentate | a powerful ruler |
| Abridge | to shorten; to condense to diminish |
| Dissolution | The braking up into parts |
| Edifice | a building of extreme size or appearence |
| Fraught | teeming with; full |
| Rudimentary | Basic crude skills |
| Somber | depressing, gloomy, dark |
| Deduce | to come to a conclusion based on evidence |
| Entreat | to ask earnestly |
| Lieu | instead of |
| Cache | A hiding place, or objects hidden |
| Citadel | a fortress overlooking a city |
| Curvilinear | curved lines |
| Candor | truthfulness or sincere honesty |
| Connoisseur | an expert in the art of taste |
| Desiccate | to dry out completely |
| Tyro | a beginner |
| Unbridled | Violent, unbounded |
| Wane | to decrease gradually |
| Chattel | an item of personal movable property |
| Demagogue | a leader who obtains power |
| Fjord | narrow inlet from the sea |
| Lethargy | laziness, tiredness |
| Lexicon | A dictionary; vocabulary terms in one specific profession |
| Plight | a distressing situatuation |
| Euphonious | pleasing to the ear |
| Milieu | environment/ surroundings |
| Mores | standards |
| Noisome | stinking offensive |
| Periphery | the outer most part |
| Truncate | to shorten by cutting off |
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