| Term | Definition |
|---|
| halcyon | adj. calm; pleasant - syn: tranquil; unruffled - ant: troubled; tumultuous |
| fastidious | adj. hard to please; fussy - syn: meticulous; exacting - ant: casual; lax |
| badinage | n. playful, teasing talk - syn: chaff; joshing |
| malapropism | n. a word humorously misused |
| garner | v. to gather; to acquire - syn: harvest |
| kismet | n. destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life) |
| hegira | n. flight; escape |
| paradigm | n. a model; an example |
| debauchery | n. corruption; self-indulgence - syn: excess; dissipation |
| milieu | n. environment; setting |
| regress | v. to move backward |
| bilious | adj. bad tempered; cross |
| necromancy | n. magic, especially that practiced by witches - syn: black magic; conjuring |
| gumption | n. courage and initiative; common sense - syn: enterprise; aggressiveness; drive |
| blandishment | n. flattery - syn: overpraise; bootlicking |
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