| Term | Definition |
|---|
| vicissitude | change of fortune |
| purge | to remove by cleansing |
| perfunctory | done as a duty or routine without any care or interest |
| puerile | childish |
| surfeit | plenty |
| surfeit | to satiate |
| vacuous | empty; lacking in ideas |
| acerbic | bitter or sour in speech or temper |
| soporific | producing sleep |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| altruistic | unselfish |
| conflagration | a great fire |
| vanguard | advance guard of a military force |
| anathema | a detested person or thing |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| restive | impatient; resisting control |
| vapid | dull and unimaginative |
| blandishments | flattery |
| eventuality | possible outcome |
| annals | historical records |
| sate | to satisfy fully |
| vehement | intensely emotional |
| squalid | repulsively dirty |
| impecunious | poor; having no money |
| trenchant | keen; incisive |
| desultory | done half-heartedly |
| discursive | digressing; rambling |
| abrogate | to abolish or repeal |
| mundane | dull; routine |
| ponderous | heavy or unwieldy; dull in style |
| dissemble | to speak or write trying to disguise one's guilt |
| reticence | disposition to silence |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere; often encountered |
| dubious | doubtful |
| duty | tax on imported goods |
| exemplary | outstanding; good enough to serve as an example |
| portend | to foretell or presage |
| fervor | vehemence; passion; zeal |
| potentate | monarch |
| lenience | lack of severity or discipline |
| prate | to speak foolishly; to boast idly |
| innate | inborn; natural |
| insinuate | to hint at something negatively;to work oneself into a situation |
| lethal | deadly |
| loath | reluctant; disinclined |
| loathe | to detest |
| punctilious | meticulous |
| lofty | sublime;tall;consciously aloof |
| lucrative | making money |
| badger | to pester or harass |
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