| Term | Definition |
|---|
| wayworn | wearied by traveling |
| brackish | somewhat salty; also, distasteful |
| parse | to analyze |
| jeremiad | a doleful story; also, a dolorous or angry tirade |
| nuptial | of or pertaining to marriage |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical; also, capricious, impulsive |
| levity | frivolity |
| abed | in bed |
| diaphanous | allowing light to pass through |
| aggress | to make an attack |
| en masse | all together; as a whole |
| nebbish | a weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person |
| bellicose | inclined to or favoring war or strife |
| commensurate | equal in measure or extent; also, proportionate |
| plenipotentiary | invested with full power |
| tattoo | a rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping |
| agitprop | propaganda |
| masticate | to chew |
| temporize | to be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time; also, to go with the times |
| faction | a usually contentious group or party; also, internal dissension |
| indurate | to make hard; to harden |
| manumit | to free from slavery or servitude |
| amicable | characterized by friendliness and good will |
| effrontery | shameless boldness; insolence |
| mulct | to defraud |
| gravitas | high seriousness |
| atelier | a workshop; a studio |
| pukka | authentic; genuine; also, first-class |
| cajole | to coax |
| supernal | being on high; celestial |
| egregious | outrageously bad |
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