| Term | Definition |
|---|
| rebound | to spring back from force of impact |
| tumult | violent or noisy commotion from a crowd |
| rig | to manipulate fraudulently |
| asphyxiate | to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing |
| grisly | horrible; gruesome |
| soberly | seriously; solemnly |
| landsider | someone from Earth |
| apex | the tip, high point, or vertex |
| raucous | rowdy; disorderly |
| slavering | to slobber; drool |
| dissociate | to separate |
| contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful |
| galling | chafing; irritating; exasperating |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury |
| abjectly | utterly hopeless; miserable; slavish |
| hegemony | leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation |
| hegemon | the political leader of Earth |
| insubordinate | disobedient |
| ostentatious | given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| haphazardly | randomly |
| rendezvous | an agreement to meet at a certain time and place |
| veni vidi vici | I came I saw I conquered |
| paltry | trivial |
| loathsome | hateful |
| ineptitude | incompetence |
| strategos | the military commander charged with overall command of solar system defense |
| polemarch | the political leader of the Warsaw Pact |
| empathize | to understand what another is feeling |
| nonchalance | cool indifference or lack of concern; calm |
| flux | continuous change, passage, flow, or movement |
| Pax Americana | American Peace |
| inflammatory | causing anger, insulting |
| bland | dull, uninteresting |
| attributes | characteristics, qualities |
| pseudonym | pen name |
| invective | insulting or abusive language |
| rhetoric | beautiful but meaningless language |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighboring works or syllables |
| interpose | to put between |
| inextricable | incapable of being unsnarled or untied |
| warmonger | one who hopes for or works toward war breaking out |
| camaraderie | friendship |
| nuances | subtle distinctions or variations |
| incognito | in disguise |
| persona | a person's social front or facade |
| megalomania | a mental disorder marked by unrealistic feelings of personal greatness |
| sequester | separate. secluded |
| acquiescence | consent, agreement |
| optimum | ideal, best |
| pastoral | rural, tranquil |
| denunciation | public condemnation |
| prestigious | high in status or dignity |
| elite | a superior group |
| adroit | adept, skillful, deft |
| symmetry | balance, harmony |
| archaic | old |
| rapier | a sword |
| autonomy | independence |
| disingenuous | deceitful |
| paternal | like a father |
| untoward | unfavorable, unfortunate |
| asp | a small, poisonous Egyptian snake |
| Manticore | a legendary monster having the head of a man, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or a scorpion |
| flamboyant | showy |
| tentatively | unsurely |
| extricate | to free or release from entanglement |
| outmaneuver | to overcome an opponent by artful clever maneuvering |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from cruelty to others |
| hierarchy | a system of persons ranked above one another |
| whimsical | erratic, unpredictable |
| tampering | to interfere in a harmful manner |
| malleable | adaptable |
| perimeter | the outer limits of an area |
| rescind | to take back |
| forestall | to prevent by action in advance |
| supine | lying on the back |
| peripheral | located away from the center |
| vivisect | to dissect or to operate on the body of a living animal |
| extenuating | serving to make a mistake or offense less serious |
| requisition | an authoritative demand for something to be given |
| charade | an almost trasnparent pretense |
| conscript | a military recruit |
| fodder | something that is considered readily available and of little value |
| flotilla | a fleet of ships |
| ambiguous | having several possible meanings or interpretations |
| circumvent | to avoid by anticipating or outwitting |
| assimilation | an absorption into the cultural tradition of a group |
| unstintingly | freely; without stopping |
| purge | purify |
| disorient | to cause to lose the sense of time, place, or identity |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity |
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