| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acrimonious | marked by strong resentment or cynicism |
| Affable | diffusing warmth and friendliness |
| Caprice | a sudden desire |
| Contentious | involving or likely to cause controversy |
| Dour | showing a brooding ill humor |
| Effervescent | marked by high spirits or excitement |
| Peevish | easily irritated or annoyed |
| Pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
| Sanctimonious | excessively or hypocritically pious |
| Surplice | a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves |
| Vestment | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
| Heretical | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards |
| Omniscient | infinitely wise |
| Penitent | feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
| Schism | A split or division - especially a formal split within a Christian Church. |
| Altruism | the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| Anarchy | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) |
| Demagogue | an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience |
| Incumbent | the official who holds an office |
| Reactionary | an extreme conservative |
| Usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| Decadent | marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay |
| Deign | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
| Exalt | praise, glorify, or honor |
| Haughty | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| Hecatomb | a great sacrifice |
| Homage | respectful deference |
| Inviolable | able to withstand attack |
| Ordination | the act of ordaining |
| Hackneyed | repeated too often |
| Literacy | the ability to read and write |
| Memoir | an account of the author's personal experiences |
| Ode | a lyric poem with complex stanza forms |
| Parody | humorous or satirical mimicry |
| Artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole |
| Clamber | an awkward climb |
| Devoid | empty; lacking |
| Advocate | speak, plead, or argue in favour of |
| Arbitrate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| Concord | be in accord |
| Dichotomous | divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications |
| Paramount | having superior power and influence |
| Adept | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| Exemplary | worthy of imitation |
| Expedient | convienence; means to an end |
| Guise | an artful or simulated semblance |
| Pretension | the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth) |
| Embryology | the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms |
| Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| Implicit | Implied. |
| Latent | potentially existing but not presently evident or realized |
| Procurement | obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another |
| Salient | prominent? |
| Amalgamate | joined together into a whole |
| Coagulate | change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state |
| Franchise | a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
| Pliant | capable of being influenced or formed |
| Quandary | state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options |
| Subsidiary | a company that is completely controlled by another company |
| Supplant | To take the place of. |
| Onerous | Burdensome or oppressive. |
| Pander | a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others |
| Shrew | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman haha |
| Strident | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| Surly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace |
| Virulent | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| Veracity | unwillingness to tell lies |
| Enigma | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| Fallacy | incorrect idea; wrong assumption; an error |
| Farce | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations |
| Auspicious | tending to favor or bring good luck |
| Benefactor | a person who helps people or institutions (especially withFINANCIAL help) |
| Incredulous | not disposed or willing to believe |
| Indict | accuse formally of a crime |
| Purloin | make off with belongings of others |
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity |
| Cessation | Discontinuance, as of action or motion. |
| Glib | artfully persuasive in speech ex a glib toungue |
| Guile | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| Dichotomy | division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) |
| Immutable | changeless |
| Interim | the time between one event, process, or period and another |
| Mercenary | profit oriented, work for money only |
| Paltry | not worth considering |
| Vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained |
| Laconic | marked by the use of few words; terse or concise (antonym garrulous or loquacious) |
| Listless | lacking energy |
| Panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases |
| Protract | prolong; lengthen in time; draw out |
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