| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Prevalant | widely existing; frequent |
| Stagnant | not moving or flowing (often referring to water) |
| Precarious | uncertain and insecure; risky |
| Impregnable | impossible to capture or enter by force |
| Melancholy | sad; gloomy |
| Obliterate | erase or destroy |
| Avarice | greed |
| Resolute | determined; resolved; unwavering |
| Parsimony | stinginess |
| Superfluous | more than is needed or wanted; useless |
| Sonnet | fourteen line poem (Either Shakespearean or Petrarchan) |
| Conviction | fixed or strong belief |
| Imparted | revealed |
| Manifest | plain or clear |
| Transcendant | excelling; surpassing |
| Integrity | sound moral principles; honesty |
| Indubitably | without a doubt |
| Decorum | orderliness |
| Admonishing | gently warning |
| Integrate | unify |
| Perennial | persistent; constant |
| Blithe | carefree |
| Occult | hidden |
| Pertinent | to the point; applying to a situation |
| Encumbrance | burden; hindrance |
| Impervious | resistant; incapable of being penetrated |
| Temporal | temporary |
| Superficial | not profound; shallow |
| Effete | sterile; unproductive |
| Incessantly | without stopping |
| Derision | ridicule; contempt |
| Tumultuous | noisy and disorderly; stormy |
| Ethereal | not earthly; spirtual |
| Expedient | Convience; means to an end |
| Perverted | misdirected; corrupt |
| Posterity | preserved for generations to come |
| Alacrity | promptness in responding; eagerness |
| Inherent | inborn; built-in |
| Eradication | utter destruction; obliteration |
| Insurrection | rebellion; revolt |
| Penitent | sorry for doing wrong |
| Effectual | productive, efficent |
| Impetuous | impulsive |
| Venerable | worthy of respect, usually because of age |
| Ponderous | very heavy |
| Infamous | having a bad reputation; disgraceful |
| Vracious | honest; truthful |
| Effervescent | bubbling up; foaming |
| Imputed | credited; assigned |
| Delusion | false belief or opinion |
| Deferential | showing respect or courteous regard |
| Effaced | erased; wiped out |
| Transient | temporary; passing quickly or soon |
| Semblance | outward appearance |
| Obscurity | darkness; little known |
| Iniquity | wickedness |
| Ostentatious | deliberately attracting attention |
| Sagacious | wise; keenly perceptive |
| Pensively | thinking deeply or seriously |
| Antipathy | strong dislike |
| Plausibility | believability |
| Resolute | determined |
| Imperceptible | not clear or obvious to the senses or mind |
| Ponders | thinks deeply |
| Lucid | clearheaded; not confused |
| Tumultuous | violent; greatly agitated |
| Insuperable | incapable of being overcome |
| Prostrate | lying flat |
| Potent | powerful or effective |
| Lethargy | abnormally drowsy or tired |
| Proximity | nearness |
| Averted | turned away; prevented |
| Surcease | to end |
| Quaff | drink heartily; chug |
| Divining | guessing; supposing |
| Implore | plead; ask |
| Ungainly | unattractive |
| Logos | logical appeal |
| Ethos | ethical appeal |
| Pathos | emotional appeal |
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