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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Presumptuous | adj. unwarrantedly or inpertinently bold; forward; rude arrogant, over confident |
| Ornery | adj. ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper |
| Mercantile | adj. engaged in trade or commerce |
| Scalded | v. (past tense) burned or affected painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam |
| Impersonation | n. to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be |
| Decapitate | v. to cut off the head of, behead |
| Beseeching | v. (present tense) imploring urgently; begging eagerly for |
| Warrant | n. authorization, sanction, or justification |
| Jutted | v. (past tense) stuck out |
| Veneer | n. a thin surface layer of wood; the exterior appearance |
| Bona Fide | adj. made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud; authentic true |
| Etiquette | n. conventional requirememts as to social behavior |
| Involuntary | adj. independent of one's will; not by one's own choice, forced |
| Deliberately | adv. carefully weighed or considered; intentionally |
| Consolation | n. comfort, solace |
| Assuage | v. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease to soothe, calm, or mollify |
| Indigenous | adj. originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native |
| Fractious | adj. unruly; readily angered, peevish, irritable |
| Ramshackle | adj. loosely made or held together |
| Hone | n. a tool used to sharpen things v. to sharpen something; to make more acute or perfect |
| Rudiments | n. the elements or first principles of a subject |
| Obstreperous | adj. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly |
| Prerogative | n. an exclusive right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category |
| Venerable | adj. commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity |
| Elucidate | v. to make clear; explain |
| Temerity | n. reckless boldness; rashness |
| Impertinence | n. disrespectful behavior or language; rudeness; insolence |
| Duress | n. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint |
| Purloin | v. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer; to commit theft; steal |
| Persevere | v. to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement |
| Commissioned | v. gave an order for; to authorize |
| Melancholy | n. a gloomy state of mind adj. depressed, mournful |
| Configuration | n. the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing |
| Perpetually | adv. continually forever; eternally |
| Forage | n. food for horses or cattle; the seeking or obtaining of such food v. to wander or go in search of provisions |
| Fester | v. to form pus; to putrefy or rot n. a sore |
| Presage | n. something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication |
| Contradiction | n. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial; a statement that denies another or itself and is logically incongruous |
| Indictment | n. any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame |
| Oppression | n. the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc. |
| Vindicated | v. cleared, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like; justify |
| Mutual | adj. having the same relation each toward the other |
| Vigorous | adj. strong, active, robust; energetic; forceful; powerful in action or effect |
| Permeate | v. to pass into or through every part of |
| Vengeance | n. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge |
| Noble | adj. of, belonging to, or constituting a hereditary class that has special social or political status in a country or state; of or pertaining to the aristocracy. |
| Avenged | v. evened the score, retaliated |
| Impunity | n. exemption from punishment |
| Connoisseur | n. a person with knowledge, training, expertise, especially in the fine arts |
| Virtuoso | n. a master musician with ability, technique, or personal style |
| Imposture | n. the act of instance of engaging in deception under an assumed name or identity |
| Vintages | n. the yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season |
| Motley | adj. consisting of haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity) n. a medley |
| Absconded | v. ran away with, escaped with funds or possessions belonging to another |
| Catacombs | n. underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves. |
| Aperture | n. an opening, such as a hole, gap or slit; in a camera the opening to allow light to enter and expose the picture |
| Obstinate | adj. stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action |
| Palavering | n. idle chatter, talk, intended to beguile or charm |
| Demise | n. death; the end of existence or activity; termination |
| Forswearing | v. renouncing or repudiating under oath |
| Paraphernalia | n. equipment; tools used in a particular way |
| Ritual | n. the body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship; custom; traditional |
| Perfunctory | adj. done routinely and with little interest or care |
| Interminably | adj. seeming to be without end; endlessly |
| Ominous | adj. foreboding; threatening; boding evil; with and air or danger or fear |
| Parsimonious | adj. stingy; frugal; miserly; penny pinching |
| Avaricious | adj. greedy; rapacious; materialistic |
| Monasticism | n. having to do with a monastery; a way of life in which one lives apart from the world in simple, secluded, prayerful existence |
| Distraught | adj. deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict |
| Craven | adj. characterized by great fear; cowardly |
| Insolent | adj. rude; disrespectful; imprudent |
| gnarled | adj. contorted; knotted; convoluted; twisted as in the the roots of trees; bent, disfigured as in arthritic hands |
| Perverse | adj. wicked; evil; with unreasonable intent |
| Vex | v. aggravate; annoy; frustrate |
| Hubris | n. excessive pride |
| Vivacious | adj. full of life; animated; spirited; effervescent |
| Cuckold | n. the husband of an unfaithful wife |
| Libation | n. the pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual. Informal: A beverage, especially an intoxicating beverage |
| Precipitous | adj. of the nature of or characterized by precipices; extremely or impassably steep |
| Forfeit | n. a fine; penalty. Something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract. v. to lose or become liable to lose, as in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of engagement |
| Fray | n. a fight, battle, or skirmish; competition or contest, especially in sports. A noisy quarrel or brawl. v. to wear (sloth, rope, etc) to lost, raveled threads or fibers at the edge or end; cause to ravel out; to cause strain on (something); upset; discompose |
| Rapier | n. small sword. especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting |
| Augment | v. to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase |
| Pernicious | adj. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful; deadly fatal |
| Inauspicious | adj. boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable |
| Presage | something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication. Prophetic significant; augury. v. to portend, foreshadow |
| Nuptial | adj. of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony;of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals. n. usually plural, a wedding or marriage |
| Motif | n. a recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work; a dominant theme or idea |
| Lamentable | adj. regrettable; unfortunate |
| Carrion | n. 1. dead and putrefying flesh. 2. rottenness; anything vile |
| Wanton | adj. 1. reckless; heartless; malicioius 2. without reason or excuse 3. not moral; not chaste 4. frolicsome; playful |
| Rogue | n. 1. a dishonest or unprincipaled person; a scoundrel; a rascal 2. a mischievous person; a scamp 3. animal with a savage nature that lives apart from the herd |
| Slain | past tense verb of "to slay" 1. kill with violence 2. (slang use) to greatly amuse |
| Ebb | n. the glowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2. a point or state of decline as with an emotion. v. 1. to flow back, decline, or decay. |
| Wretched | adj. 1. unhappy, unpleasant or of low quality |
| Absolved | v. past tense - (used especially in religion or law) Freed from guilt, blame or responsibility for something. |
| Pestilence | n. 1. a deadly epidemic or disease. 2. Something regarded as harmful. |
| Obsequies | n. funeral rites or ceremonies. |
| Hierarchy | n. 1. a sustem in which people or things are arranged according to their importance. |
| Corruption | n. Dishonest practices like bribery. |
| Primacy | n. the state of being the most important thing; chief. |
| Rhetoric | n. 1. Speech or writing which is intended to be effective and persuasive. 2. language which sounds good but is not sincere or has no real meaning. |
| Sonnet | n. a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with a fixed rhyme scheme. |
| Autonomy | n. the right of a group of people to govern itself, or to organize its own activities |
| Enmity | n. a geeling of bitter hatred; ill will |
| Juxtaposition | n. placement of things which are not similar next to each other for contrast. There is a verb form of this word as well |
| Exotic | adj. unusual and often exciting because of coming (or seeming to come) from a distant, especially tropical country. |
| Peruse | v. to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in. |
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