| Term | Definition |
| narcissistic | vain; egotistic; adj |
| odious | hateful, vile |
| palpitate | beat rapidly |
| paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in another form. |
| pedant | trivial, narrow minded person |
| peroration | conclusion of a speech |
| platonic | purely spiritual, theoretical, without sensual desire |
| pragmatic | practical, factual |
| promiscuous | sexually uncontrolled |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant to authority |
| restive | restlessly impatient, obstinately resisting control |
| sardonic | Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. |
| sensuous | involving sensory gratification |
| stolid | not easily excited, revealing little emotion |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |