| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Insuperable | Not able to be overcome |
| Apex | The highest point of something |
| Acrid | Marked by a sharp taste or smell; bitter |
| Fulminate | To voice disapproval or protest |
| Jejune | Without interst; dull |
| Hemogony | Influence or dominion over |
| Truculent | Marked by ferocity |
| Credulity | Willingness to believe too readily |
| Dross | Refuse or waste |
| Verisimilitude | The appearance of truth |
| Viscious | Having a thick or sticky consistency like glue |
| Psychosomatic | Of or relating to symptoms caused by mental or emotional problems |
| Abnegation | Unwillingness to admit reality or truth; denial |
| Polyglot | Someone with knowledge of two or more languages |
| Gravitas | Seriousness |
| Intractable | Difficult to manipulate or govern |
| Disseminate | To disperse or scatter |
| Sinecure | A job that provides income but requires little/no work |
| Tenditious | Biased on perspective |
| Politic | Prudent or shrewdly tactful |
| Extemporaneous | Done without planning, spur of the moment |
| Discursive | Jumping from one topic to another without any order or reason |
| Diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland |
| Requiem | A religious service or song for the deceased |
| Traduce | To slander someone's reputation |
| Acerbic | Sarcastic in mood, tone, or temper |
| Beatitude | A state of happiness or joy |
| Maladroit | Not resourceful or cunning; inept |
| Androgynous | Having features of both sexes |
| Auger | Someone who predicts future events according to omens |
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