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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce |
| acute | severe |
| chasten | to scold |
| conjure | to concoct |
| verisimilitude | truthfulness |
| pecuniary | money |
| diatribe | criticism |
| rogue | unprincipled person |
| importune | to demand |
| impecunious | lacking money |
| daunt | to intimidate |
| presumption | assumption |
| pallid | sickly |
| censure | to criticize harshly |
| gregarious | sociable |
| traduce | to slander |
| regalia | clothing |
| politic | wise |
| hypochondria | fears pain |
| querulous | complaining |
| opportunist | taking advantage |
| raptures | with pleasure |
| indignation | upset |
| caprice | whim |
| inclinations | tendency |
| unavailing | unaffective |
| suppressed | prevented |
| repine | worry |
| amiable | friendly |
| allude | suggest |
| circumspect | to be on your guard |
| conjunction | joined |
| perplexicty | confusion |
| endeavored | attempted |
| transient | temporary |
| jilt | rejected |
| befall | to become |
| dispelling | denouncing |
| perverse | difficult |
| unreserve | openness |
| extenuating | continuing |
| candor | openness |
| professions | announcements |
| schemes | plans |
| felicity | happiness |
| alleviated | relieve |
| solemnity | serious |
| subsisted | maintained |
| imprudence | rash |
| procuring | getting by care or effort |
| discourse | discussion |
| duplicity | deceitfulness in speech |
| duped | decieved |
| defection | failure |
| mortifying | humiliating |
| vendetta | revengeful feud |
| umbrage | insult |
| succumb | give in |
| muster | to raise |
| egregious | terrible |
| interpolate | insert |
| puissant | powerful |
| anathema | outrage |
| recluse | hermit |
| icon | idol |
| battlement | wall |
| antithesis | opposite |
| quiescent | dormant |
| demise | downfall |
| propinquity | closeness |
| predatory | harmful |
| pugnacious | aggressive |
| allege | claim |
| archaic | old fashioned |
| altercation | fight |
| indomitable | unbeatable |
| interloper | intruder |
| archetype | model |
| cede | give in |
| aver | affirm |
| paragon | model |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing by a public official |
| pall | coffin cover |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| requiem | mass |
| exacerbate | worsen |
| illicit | illegal |
| comportment | behavior |
| malign | harmful |
| verity | truthfulness |
| juxtapose | side by side |
| punitive | severe |
| proclivity | inclinations |
| debase | degrade |
| denigrate | criticize |
| perjury | lying in court |
| supoena | requirement to appear in court |
| induce | to start |
| abate | subside |
| echelon | level |
| necromancy | magic |
| a | a |
| diadem | crown |
| acquiesce | give in |
| ephemeral | short term |
| ponderous | clumsy |
| epitaph | writing on a tombstone |
| redemption | forgiveness |
| intercede | moderate |
| epithet | nickname |
| exhort | urge |
| acerbic | bitter |
| exacerbate | worsen |
| pecuniary | money |
| impecunious | poor |
| punctilious | diligent |
| maladroit | awkward |
| mendacious | lying |
| malevolent | hostile |
| censorious | overcritical |
| censure | to criticize harshly |
| probity | honesty |
| reprobate | unprincipled person |
| prerogative | right or privilege |
| Terms | 124 |
| Creator | mozentera |
| Created | May 12, 2008 |
| Groups | None |
| Subjects | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |