| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abeyance | Temporary inactivity |
| advent | A new arrival |
| altruism | Selfless action |
| amity | Friendship |
| amnesia | Loss of memory |
| animadversion | Criticism |
| antithetical | Disproving a point |
| appease | Satisfy |
| arbiter | Judge |
| archives | Records |
| attenuate | Weaken |
| attrition | Gradual decrease in number or strength |
| behemoth | Huge monstrosity |
| bellicose | Warlike |
| blasé | Indifferent |
| bravado | Bravery |
| bucolic | Rustic, pastoral |
| buttress | Support |
| chattel | Possesions, slaves |
| commensurate | Proportional |
| commodious | Spacious, comfortable |
| conclave | Secret group |
| concomitant | Simultaneous |
| concurrent | Simultaneous |
| conflagration | Large fire |
| context | The circumstances or surrounding information of something |
| coterie | A clique |
| crass | Rough, coarse |
| craven | Cowardly |
| cuisine | Food or cooking |
| debacle | A disaster |
| debase | To lower the quality of something |
| defoliate | To remove the leaves |
| demur | To object |
| dilatory | Slow, lazy |
| disinter | Dig up, remove from the ground |
| disparate | Widely divided |
| domicile | Home |
| ecumenical | Universal |
| enjoin | Direct, prohibit |
| entice | To lure or seduce |
| equestrian | Relating to horses |
| exalt | To praise |
| expunge | To wipe out |
| extemporaneous | Spontaneous |
| fabricate | To make up |
| facade | False appearance |
| flaunt | To show off |
| gargoyle | A grotesque stone figure |
| genesis | Creation |
| genteel | Polite and proper to a fault |
| graphic | Vivid, relating to images |
| hackneyed | Trite |
| impinge | To interfere, to collide, to have an impact |
| impugn | To cast doubt upon something |
| inimical | Hostile |
| inordinate | Excessive |
| introspective | Self-examining |
| itenerant | Travelling |
| libation | A beverage |
| limbo | A state of neglect or transition |
| lineage | Ancestry |
| listless | Unmotivated |
| ludicrous | Ridiculous |
| malaise | A feeling of discomfort |
| metier | An activity suitable for a person |
| metropolis | A large city |
| moot | Irrelevant, or to bring up for discussion |
| multifarious | Versatile, of many forms |
| oligarchy | Government by a small group |
| opprobrium | Scorn or contempt |
| oxymoron | A self-contradicting statement |
| penurious | Marked by poverty |
| perfunctory | Routine |
| phobia | A fear |
| pinnacle | A peak |
| platitude | A trite saying |
| plenitude | Abundance |
| postulate | Theorize |
| prevail | Succeed |
| pristine | In perfect condition |
| privation | The state of being deprived |
| proclivity | A tendency towards something |
| projectile | An object under the influence of gravity |
| proviso | A condition |
| putrefy | To decay, to give off a foul odor |
| queasy | Feeling ill |
| ramshackle | Shoddy in construction, unstable |
| reciprocate | Repay in action |
| reconcile | Resolve disagreement or problems |
| redoubtable | Formidable |
| relegate | To deprioritize, to give to someone else to continue upon |
| repugnant | Unpleasant, unsavory |
| requiem | Funeral music |
| sacrosanct | Sacred |
| salubrious | Good for health |
| sensuous | Appealing to the senses |
| sequester | To isolate |
| sobriquet | A nickname |
| subversive | Working to undermine |
| succulent | Juicy |
| sully | To tarnish, to soil |
| sunder | To sever, to seperate |
| tactile | Relating to touch |
| tantamount | Equivalent |
| tenet | A principle |
| terminus | An endpoint |
| throes | Spasms, agony |
| transcend | Go beyond |
| travail | Hard work, toil |
| tundra | Icy wasteland |
| unequivocal | Unquestionable, unarguable |
| upbraid | To criticise, to blame |
| venue | A location for an event |
| vertex | A corner |
| vertigo | Dizziness |
| vicissitudes | Variations |
| virulent | Deadly or extremely harmful |
| verdant | Green |
| lilliputian | Very small |
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