| Term | Definition |
|---|
| discomfit | to embarrass or confuse |
| edification | improvement or enlightenment |
| malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
| feasible | capable of being accomplished |
| surfeit | condition of being too full |
| magnum opus | the greatest work of an artist, writer or composer |
| modus operandi | manner of working |
| opulent | possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent |
| synergy | the power that results from the combination of two or more forces |
| liturgy | a pattern or prayer or worship |
| lethargy | a state of sluggishness, inactivity and apathy |
| laborious | requiring mental or physical effort |
| belabor | to discuss in too much detail; to attack |
| elaborate | to explain in greater detail |
| stanch | to stop the flow of |
| staunch | firm and steadfast |
| extant | still in existence; not destroyed |
| restive | resisting authority; difficult to control |
| apropos | with regard to |
| depose | to remove from office or power |
| static | having no motion or change |
| ecstasy | intense joy or delight |
| stasis | condition in which there is no change |
| entity | a being |
| essesnce | the most important ingredient; the crucial element |
| quintessential | the most typical, ideal or important |
| verdure | greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation |
| verdant | green; lush with vegetation |
| viridity | lack of experience; innocence |
| candid | open and sincere |
| candor | frankess or sincerity of expression; openness |
| incandescent | shining brilliantly |
| pallor | extreme or unnatural paleness |
| pallid | lacking color; dull |
| apall | to full with horror or disapproval |
| livid | enraged; furious |
| denigrate | to attack the character of; to mock |
| peccadillo | a small sin or fault |
| impeccable | having no flaws |
| peccant | violating a moral law; sinful |
| pejorative | negative and critical; insulting |
| impair | to cause to diminish, as in strength, value or quality |
| malign | to speak of maiciously; insult |
| alinger | to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something |
| alaise | a sense of unease; depression |
| negligent | not properly attentive |
| negligible | unimportant; insignificant |
| negate | to cancel the effect of; nullify |
| jocose | cheerful; merry |
| jocular | characterized by joking |
| festoon | to drape or adorn festively |
| fete | to honor with a banquet or feast |
| bacchic | of or related to a wild celebration |
| bacchanal | a drunken party or celebration |
| plaintive | sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness |
| plaint | a lament or complaint |
| elegy | a song or poem memoralizing something or someone |
| elegiac | mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful |
| somnolent | drowsy; sleepy |
| soporific | causing sleep or fatigue |
| sopor | sleep; drowsiness |
| languid | lacking energy; weak |
| languish | to waste away |
| languor | lack of physical or mental energy |
| vigilant | on the alert; watchful |
| vigilante | someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands |
| acquiesce | to give in |
| requiem | a song or religious service for the dead or lost |
| quittance | a repayment; compensation |
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