| Term | Definition |
|---|
| prevaricate | to depart from or evade the truth |
| ostracize | to banish or expel |
| fillip | a snap; also, a stimulus |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authority or authenticity |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly; also, a noisy or pompous speech |
| copse | a thicket of small trees |
| obfuscate | to darken or obscure |
| agrestic | pertaining to fields or the country |
| congeries | a collection; an aggregation |
| peripatetic | walking about or traveling from place to place |
| turgid | swollen, bloated; also, bombastic, pompous |
| idyll | a poem or prose work depicting rural or pastoral life; also, a carefree episode or experience |
| ab ovo | from the beginning |
| gauche | lacking social polish; tactless |
| inexorable | unyielding; relentless |
| putative | commonly thought or deemed; supposed |
| dotage | feebleness of mind due to old age |
| bootless | unavailing; useless |
| proclivity | a natural inclination |
| exacerbate | to aggravate; to make worse |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| mollify | to reduce in intensity; to soothe; to soften |
| trencherman | a hearty eater |
| avoirdupois | weight; heaviness |
| inclement | harsh; severe -- especially said of the weather |
| travail | painful, arduous work; also, agony, anguish |
| equivocate | to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear |
| redact | to edit |
| vapid | flat; dull; spiritless |
| galvanic | pertaining to a direct current of electricity; also, having the effect of an electric shock |
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