| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ennui | Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom |
| magnanimous | Generous in treating or judging others |
| laconic | Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
| surreptitious | obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine |
| rubric | A short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject. A class, or rule. |
| exposition | Introductory scene-setting. |
| exegesis | Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text. |
| distal | Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin |
| proscribe | To denounce or condemn. |
| antipattern | classes of commonly-reinvented bad solutions to problems. |
| tomograph | techniques for making detailed x-rays of a predetermined plane section of a solid object while blurring out the images of other planes. |
| obsequiously | Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. |
| pusillanimous | Lacking courage; cowardly. |
| glasnost | Candour with regard to discussion of social problems and shortcomings. |
| garrulous | Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. |
| ebullience | Zestful enthusiasm. |
| tendentious | Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan |
| semiotic | Of or relating to semantics. |
| gregarious | living in flocks or herds, as animals. Sociable. |
| florid | Very ornate; flowery |
| boondoggle | work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. |
| palliate | to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. |
| gadfly | a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, requests, etc. |
| quixotic | not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; |
| capricious | subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic |
| ethnography | The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. |
| aphorism | a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation |
| assiduous | Constant in application or attention; diligent |
| obsequious | Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. |
| ersatz | Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial |
| evenescense | The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance |
| schadenfreude | satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. |
| pathological | Used of a data set that is grossly atypical of normal expected input. An unlikely collection of circumstances |
| amortise | to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually. |
| atavistic | The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence. |
| sedition | Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state. |
| ambivalence | The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings. Not being sure about which course of action to take. |
| erudition | knowledge acquired by study, research, etc. |
| taciturn | habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
| exegesis | exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text |
| demur | take exception to |
| sophistry | seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism |
| aspersion | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of truth |
| epistemic | of or relating to epistemology |
| tendentious | Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan |
| concomitant | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
| perspicacity | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
| bespoke | custom |
| amelioration | an improvement |
| hegemony | the domination of one state over its allies |
| avuncular | like an uncle in kindness or indulgence |
| fovea | area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute |
| usurious | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| occidental | denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere |
| apprise | make aware of |
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