| Term | Definition |
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| plod | to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly |
| catankerous | Disagreeable; bad-tempered; likely to quarrel |
| sobriquet | a nickname |
| hoi | polloi the masses the rabble |
| imperturbable | Not easily disturbed or excited: unshakably calm and collected |
| heretic | a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church |
| desiccant | Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds |
| repast | meal or mealtime |
| disconcert | to confuse, to disturb the composure of |
| resilient | able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| stanch | to stop the flow of a fluid |
| abeyance | temporary suppression or suspension |
| impiety | irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety |
| sanctimony | Feigned piety/religious devotion; hypocritical devoutness |
| sycophant | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
| tyro | beginner; novice |
| ostensible | outwardly appearing as such/ pretensious/apparent |
| preturnatural | not normal or usual |
| raffish | cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature;tawdry; disreputable/nonconformist |
| incubus | burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus |
| irascible | irritable, easily angered |
| cant | insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people |
| pariah | an outcast, a rejected and despised person |
| lugubrious | sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
| subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow, supporting of a political revolution |
| turbid | Cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil |
| frolicsome | prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky |
| gainsay | to deny |
| comMISERate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| accretion | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| parry | to deflect or to ward off a blow |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age; extremely old, ancient, overused saying |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |
| comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| quail | cower; lose heart |
| prurient | having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
| venial | forgivable; trivial (sin, wrong-doing) |
| patois | n. local or provincial dialect |
| dissonance | a harsh or unpleasant sound or combination of sounds; lack of agreement, discord |
| torrid | burning hot; passionate (love affair) |
| pendant | something suspended, hanging ornament |
| factitious | artificial; produced artificially; sham; false |
| efferent | conducting/bearing outward, away from |
| egress | an exit; a means of going out |
| elucidate | explain; shed light on; make clear; shed light upon |
| vitriol | something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. |
| emoulment | wages, profit, gain |
| obdurate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding |
| affectation | unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress, false display (think Chuma) |
| chagrin | shame, embarrassment, humiliation |
| levity | an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual |
| panegyric | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
| pertinant | related to the manner at hand, applicable, approriate |
| emulate | to try to equal; to imitate |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces/refinment, tactless, clumsy (Philo) |
| indiscretion | lack of tactfulness or sound judgment |
| insolence | rudeness, impertinence |
| plebian | common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; a common person, member of a lower class. synonyms:lowborn,proletarian,coarse,unrefined |
| cache | n. a hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables |
| cull | to select, weed out |
| liability | drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying) |
| peculate | (v) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
| pecuniary | relating/pertaining to money |
| capricious | inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable; led by whim |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile, dutiful, eager to please |
| canard | An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story; a lie, rumor |
| knoll | * a small rounded hill or mound; a hillock, protrusion of the earth |
| blandishment | a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade/coax/entice someone to do something |
| prevarication | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth ; intentionally vague or ambiguous ; the deliberate act of deviating from the truth, a lie |
| peruse | to read/examine thoroughly and carefully |
| mandacious | Lying, deceitful, or FALSE |
| cogent | logically forceful; compelling, convincing |
| equivocal | Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous |
| unequivocal | perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding |
| platitude | A written or spoken statement/comment that is flat, dull, trite or commonplace. |
| trite | Made commonplace by frequent repetition; commonplace; overused, stale |
| portentous | foreshadowing, ominous; eliciting amazement and wonder |
| rapt | carried away, deeply absorbed in something; engrossed |
| travesty | imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery, parody |
| moratorium | a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay |
| perdition | a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation |
| plucky | courageous; spunky; brave |
| craven | cowardly; a coward |
| sedulity | diligence and attentiveness; preservering |
| travail | painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship |
| incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to question |
| tantamount | equivalent in value or significance |
| aphorism | a terse/pithy/concise saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation |
| arbitrary | subject to the individuals will or judgement without restiction; contingent solely upon ones decision; determined by whim or impulse, not by reason or law; not assigned a particular function |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position; a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) |
| inauspicous | Ill timed, suggesting bad luck, unfortunate |
| aplomb | Self-confident assurance; poise |
| rejoinder | a quick and clever answer; an appropriate reply, as to a smart question or statement |
| Mellifluous | having a rich, smoothly flowing sound, pleasing tto the ear |
| Sedulous | adj. persistent, showing industry and determination. diligent |
| idiosyncrasies | a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual. |
| abjure | to reject; abandon formally |
| abscond | To leave quickly in secret |
| abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power |
| abstemious | sparingly eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent, refraining from indulgence |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness without reluctance, eager and enthusiastic |
| ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| amortize | to diminish by installment payments... what I need to do with my own debt |
| anodyne | something that calms or soothes pain |
| apocryphal | of questionable authority or authenticity |
| approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
| arrogate | to claim or seize without right or justification, to claim for oneself without rght |
| attenuate | to become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur, grandiose |
| axiom | premise; postulate; self-evident truth, a saying that is widely accepted because of its own merits |
| banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched, boring |
| bevy | a large group of people |
| bifurcate | split or divide into two parts |
| blight | anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation, to afflict |
| blithe | joyful, cheerful, lighthearted, or without appropriate thought |
| BONhomie | good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
| burnish | to polish |
| cabal | a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority (seeking to overturn) |
| calumny | False and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander |
| catholic | universal; broad and comprehensive, embracing everything |
| chicanery | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| circumspect | careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent |
| cloying | sickeningly sweet; excessive sweet... causing sickness |
| connoisseur | an expert in matters of culture, food, or wine, a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| contrite | feeling or expressing pain, remorse or sorrow for sins or offenses |
| contumacious | insubordinate, rebellious |
| convoluted | Intricate, complex and complicated |
| corroborate | to confirm, support; to back up with evidence |
| cosset | to pamper; treat with great care |
| coterie | an intimate group of persons with a similar/common purpose |
| craven | lacking courage, coward |
| credulous | believing on slight evidence, gullible, too trusting |
| cupidity | an eager/strong desire for something; greed |
| curmudgeon | cranky person, usually old |
| deference | respect; consideration; courtesy |
| deleterious | having a harmful/detrimental effect; injurious |
| demagogue | a leader who obatianed power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions of and prejudices of the populance |
| demur | to express doubts or objections |
| desultory | without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random; disconnected |
| diaphanous | allowing light to show through; delicate; sheer |
| diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| diffident | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved |
| dilatory | intending to delay; procrastinating |
| dilettante | one with an amateurish or superficial understanding/interest of a field of knowledge/topic |
| dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| disabuse | (v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal one's intentions or real character, deliberately give a false impression |
| distaff | the female branch of a family, the sphere of work by women |
| distend | to swell, inflate, or bloat |
| dither | to move or act confusedly or without clear purpose |
| diurnal | daily; occurring/existing during the daytime |
| doctrinaire | rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
| droll | amusing in an odd or whimsical way |
| dyspeptic | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
| ebullient | exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
| effrontery | rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek |
| encomium | (n.) a formal expression of warm praise, a lavish tribute |
| endemic | native or confined to a particular region, area or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field |
| enervate | weaken, take strength from, debilitate |
| epicure | person with refined taste in food and wine |
| equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
| ersatz | fake; artificial, knock-off |
| erudite | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| esoteric | understood only by a small group or a select few |
| estimable | deserving of respect or high regard; admirable |
| ethos | beliefs or character of a group |
| eulogy | a formal statement/speech of commendation; high praise |
| euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound |
| exculpate | to free someone from blame |
| exigent | urgent; requiring immediate action |
| exponent | one who champions or advocates; a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| expurgate | clean; remove offensive parts of a book; to censor |
| fallow | dormant; unused; left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; unseeded, unproductive |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| fawn | to flatter excessively, seek the favor of, to grovel |
| fecund | fertile; fruitful; productive |
| fetid | foul-smelling; putrid; stinking |
| flag | to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
| florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
| foment | To arouse or incite; stir up, incite |
| ford | to cross a body of water by wading |
| fortuitous | happening by luck, fortune, chance |
| fractious | Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| furtive | (adj.) Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen (like the actions of a thief) |
| gambol | to dance or skip around playfully |
| glib | ready and fluent in speech but in a thoughtless and insincere |
| gregarious | Seeking and enjoying the company of others; outgoing |
| guile | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| hapless | unfortunate, having bad luck |
| hermetic | tightly sealed, airtight |
| husband | use sparingly; conserve; save |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
| impecunious | not having enough money to pay for necessities, poor |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| impetuous | quick to act without thinking, rash, impulsive |
| imprecation | a curse; the act of cursing |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack verbally |
| incarnadine | carnation-colored; blood-red in color |
| inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized |
| indolent | habitually lazy, idle, inactive, slothful |
| inexorable | inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding |
| ingenious | (adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
| ingenuous | Showing innocence or childlike simplicity, naive, simple, artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
| ingratiate | to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
| inimical | hostile; unfriendly |
| innocuous | harmless, inoffensive; insignificant, producing no injury |
| inquest | a formal investigation; a legal examination; in inquiry |
| insipid | lacking flavor or interest |
| inter | to bury |
| interregnum | interval between reigns |
| intractable | not easily managed, manipulated or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| intransigent | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable, resolutely courageous |
| inundate | to flood (with water), overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| inure | to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation, become used to, harden; , to adjust to and accept unpleasant or undesirable conditions |
| invective | an insult or abuse in speech; abusive language |
| investiture | a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office |
| invidious | envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
| jettison | to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary, burdensome or encumbering |
| jingoism | belligerent support of one's country |
| judicious | characterized by good judgment or sound thinking, sensible |
| knell | sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
| lachrymose | Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; causing or tending to cause tears |
| lapidary | relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
| largess | generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
| lassitude | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy |
| latent | (adj.) hidden, present but not realized |
| legerdemain | n. trickery; deception; sleight of hand |
| limpid | clear, transparent; readily understood |
| lionize | to treat one with importance or as a celebrity |
| lissome | easily flexed, limber, agile |
| listless | lacking energy and enthusiasm; dispirited |
| lumber | to move slowly and awkwardly |
| machination | a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling, agitated state of mind a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| malinger | To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| mannered | artificial or stilted in character; pretentious |
| martinet | strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
| maudlin | excessively sentimental, lugubrious, insincerely emotional |
| mendacious | lying, habitually dishonest |
| mercurial | quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
| meretricious | gaudy; falsely attractive; attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
| militate | to operate against; work against |
| misanthrope | someone who dislikes people in general |
| missive | a written letter or note |
| mollify | to soothe or to appease, to assuage, calm or make less severe |
| molt | to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
| monastic | extremly plain or secluded, as in a monastery, related to monks |
| mores | fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
| multifarious | diverse |
| nettle | v. to bother; to irritate |
| noisome | stinking; putrid; Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
| nominal | existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously |
| titular | of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company |
| nuance | a slight or subtle degree of difference |
| numismatics | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) |
| obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary, to prevent the occurrence of |
| occlude | to stop up; to prevent the passage of, to shut |
| officious | meddling; excessively forward in offering help, services or assuming authority |
| opine | to express an opinion |
| opprobrium | public disgrace arising from shameful conduct |
| orotund | pompous and bombastic |
| ostentation | excessive or pretentious display, showiness |
| palatial | relating to a palace; magnificent |
| palliate | to make less serious, ease |
| panache | flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve |
| panoply | impressive array |
| pare | to trim off excess, reduce |
| pastiche | piece of literature or music imitating other works |
| peccadillo | a minor offense; a misdeed |
| pejorative | having bad connotations; disparaging |
| penury | an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty, destitution |
| peregrinate | to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot, trek |
| perfidious | Willing to betray one's trust: faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent; done as a formality, automatic, mechanical |
| peripatetic | wandering from place to place, especially on foot, itinerant |
| perspicacious | shrewd, astute, or keen-witted; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning |
| pervade | to be present throughout; to permeate, to spread or diffuse |
| phalanx | a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things |
| phlegmatic | calm; sluggish; unemotional in temperament |
| plastic | capable of being molded, altered, bent or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) |
| polemic | controversy; argument; verbal attack; an aggressive argument against a specific opinion |
| politic | shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic; marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness |
| potentate | monarch or ruler with great power; sovereign |
| prattle | to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
| precis | short, concise summary of facts |
| prescient | having foresight, premonitory |
| probity | complete honesty and integrity; adherence to highest principles; uprightness |
| proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) |
| profligate | corrupt; degenerate |
| propitiate | to conciliate; to appease |
| pugilism | boxing, fighting |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; without courage; fearful |
| quiescent | being quiet or still or inactive; motionless |
| quixotic | overly idealistic, impractical |
| quotidian | occurring daily; commonplace |
| raconteur | witty, skillful storyteller |
| repose | to rest; lie; place; relaxation, peace of mind, calmness |
| repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid |
| reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
| ribald | humorous in a vulgar way; funny in a crude way |
| rococo | very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation |
| sacrosanct | extremely sacred; beyond criticism; holy |
| sagacious | wise, shrewd, very discerning |
| salient | prominent; of notable significance, standing out |
| salubrious | Healthy or health giving |
| sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful; ruddy |
| scintilla | n. a small amount; a spark, trace amount |
| sedition | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state; conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination |
| sentient | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| sinecure | A well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| slake | (v.) to satisfy, calm down, relieve, or bring to an end |
| solecism | grammatical mistake; blunder in speech; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep or lethargy |
| spartan | highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
| paucity | scarcity; smallness in number or amount, lack |
| specious | Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
| sportive | frolicsome; playful |
| stasis | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
| stentorian | extremely loud and powerful |
| stolid | Unemotional; lacking sensitivity: not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive |
| stratagem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit (an enemy) |
| sublime | exalted, noble, uplifting, lofty, grand |
| supplant | (v) to take the place of, supersede; to replace of another by force |
| surly | Angry and bad-tempered; rude |
| sybarite | a person devoted/addicted to pleasure and luxury |
| syncopation | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
| tacit | unspoken, silent; implied, inferred; done without using words |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little, quiet, not talkative |
| tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste, gaudy, cheap |
| toady | n. one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| tome | book, usually large and academic, book with volumes |
| torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| transitory | temporary; lasting a brief time, short-lived |
| trenchant | incisive, keen; forceful, effective; cutting, caustic; distinct, clear-cut |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| upbraid | (v.) to blame, scold, find fault with |
| usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest |
| vacillate | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will, to be indecisive |
| variegated | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color; varied, diverse |
| venerable | respected because of age, worth of respect |
| venerate | to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect, respect deeply |
| veracity | adherence to the truth; truthfulness; filled with truth and accuracy |
| verdant | green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment |
| vernal | Related to/occurring in the spring; fresh |
| vestige | A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone; a remnant |
| vicissitude | a change or variation; ups and downs |
| vim | Vitality and energy, healthy |
| vituperate | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| voluble | talkative; speaking easily; glib |
| wan | sickly and pale |
| wanton | undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
| whimsical | lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| wily | Clever; deceptive, crafty, cunning |
| winsome | charming, happily engaging |
| wizened | shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
| wraith | a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his/her death |
| yoke | to join together |
| hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance |
| centrifuge | machine that separates substances by whirling them |
| precursory | preliminary; anticipating |
| precursor | an indication of the approach of something or someone; forerunner |
| scintillate | to give off sparks; to be animated or brilliant |
| saunter | walk leisurely/slowly and with no apparent aim |
| strident | loud, harsh, grating, or sound |
| filigree | delicate ornamental lace-like metalwork |
| ornateness | an ornate appearance |
| supplicant | one who asks humbly and earnestly |
| stymied | create difficulties or delay the movement or progress; thwarted; stumped; blocked |
| beleaguer | to besiege by encircling; to harass |
| subvert | to upset, to overthrow, to ruin; to undermine |
| rancor | bitter resentment or ill-will |
| rendition | The return of fugitives to the state where they have been accused of committing a criminal act; an interpretation or translation; a performance |
| myriad | innumerable, countless |
| decrepitude | being weakened, worn out, impaired |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma. |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
| dross | waste matter; worthless impurities |
| jejune | (adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile |
| nexus | the means of connection between things linked in series, tie or bond |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit, enthusiasm or interest, halfhearted |
| vicariously | through someone else, as in experiencing something by imagined participation in someone else's experience |
| countenance | a face, facial expression; to tolerate or approve; approval or favor; encouragement; moral support |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
| truculent | fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh |
| maladroit | clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling |
| obstinate | stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
| amenable | agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another |
| hackneyed | overused, cliched |
| mundane | a ordinary ; pretty boring; earthly and not heavenly and eternal |
| dearth | a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine |
| abERRANT | deviating from the norm |
| arduous | (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort |
| disparate | different; incompatible; unequal; fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| ennui | dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| extemporaneous | improvised; done without preparation |
| fulminate | to denounce or condemn vehemently; to explode, detonate |
| magnanimity | the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
| nebulous | vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
| neologism | a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
| noxious | harmful; injurious |
| obtuse | lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
| paean | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| perfidy | intentional breach of faith; treachery |
| predilection | a disposition in favor of something; preference |
| qualms | misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
| relegate | to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
| solicitous | concerned and attentive; eager |
| torque | twisting force; force producing rotation |
| tortuous | winding; twisting; excessively complicated; convoluted |
| virulent | extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| subterfuge | an excuse or trick for escaping or hiding something; a deceptive scheme or strategy |
| fulsome | offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| ascetic | one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion |
| chary | wary; cautious; sparing |
| harangue | to deliver a pompous speech or tirade |
| inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
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