| Term | Definition |
|---|
| insular | isolated, narrow-minded, solitary, inaccessible. |
| egregious | extraordinary in some bad way. synonyms: glaring, flagrant |
| debauchery | excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, intemperance. synonyms: dissipation, depravity, laciviousness |
| capricious | whimsical, impulsive. synonyms: fickle, inconstant |
| avaricious | greedy, covetous |
| assiduous | constant, unremitting. synonyms: meticulous, sedulous |
| ascetic | a person who dedicates his/her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. synonyms: recluse, hermit |
| indefatigable | incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue. synonyms: tireless, unflagging, industrious |
| ignominious | discreditable, humiliating. synonym: ignoble |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt. synonyms: circumlocution |
| equivocal | questionable, dubious. synonym: ambiguous |
| phantasmagoric | a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances. synonyms: dreamlike, kaleidoscopic |
| platitude | cliche, truism |
| arrant | downright, thorough. synonyms: unmitigated, notorious |
| acolyte | attendant, assistant, or follower |
| voile | a lightweight, semi-sheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, etc. |
| guileless | sincere, honest, straightforward. synonyms: naive, trusting |
| dogma | a settled or established opinion, belief or principle. synonyms: belief, tenet, maxim |
| suffuse | to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc. synonyms: permeate, pervade |
| irrevocable | not to be revoked or recalled, unable to be repealed or annulled. synonyms: unalterable, irreversible, immutable |
| amanuensis | a person employed to write what another dictates; secretary |
| impugn | to challenge as false; cast doubt upon. synonyms: dispute, attack |
| indulgence | satisfaction, self-gratification, extravagance, tolerance |
| wizened | withered, shriveled. synonym: wrinkled |
| cupola | a dome, any light structure on a dome or roof |
| filial | noting or having the relation of a child to a parent. synonyms: dutiful, devoted |
| onyx | a pure, jet black |
| s****** | to laugh-half suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner. synonyms: simper, snicker, giggle |
| antipathy | repugnance; aversion. synonym: hostility |
| querulous | complaining. synonym: petulant, irritable |
| incorporeal | insubstantial, pertaining to or characteristic of nonmaterial beings. synonyms: intangible, ethereal |
| urbane | reflecting elegance. synonyms: polished, suavity |
| wheedling | endeavoring to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts. synonyms: cajoling, flattering |
| truculent | fierce, cruel, savagely brutal. synonyms: defiant, antagonistic |
| loquacity | talkativeness; garrulity |
| garrulous | excessively talkative. synonyms: voluble, verbose, chatty |
| abjectly | unpleasantly, degradingly |
| dystopia | an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant and bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one |
| solecism | a grammatical mistake in speech or writing; a breach of good manners |
| simian | relating to, resembling, or affecting apes and monkeys |
| ruminating | 1. thinking deeply about something, 2. (of a ruminant animal) chewing the cud |
| plaintively | sadly and mournfully |
| quaffing | drinking heartily (especially alcohol) |
| galvanic | 1. related to electric current, produced by chemical action, 2. sudden and dramatic |
| atone | to make amends |
| annihilation | utter destruction |
| surreptitious | stealthy, secretive |
| pallid | pale; feeble |
| geniality | friendliness, cheerfulness |
| maudlin | over-sentimental, self-pityingly sentimental |
| aperture | opening, hole, gap |
| apoplectic | overcome with anger; extremely indignant |
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