| Term | Definition |
|---|
| urbane | 1.) reflecting elegance or sophistication 2.) having the polish and suavity of sophistication social life in major cities (adj) |
| persiflage | late banter, frivolous talk (n) |
| catechism | 1.)elementary book containing principles of Christian religion 2.) similar book of instruction on other subject (n) |
| etiolated | 1.) to breach or alter plants coloration by taking away light 2.) to make pale (verb) |
| frowzy | having an unkempt or smelly odor (adj) |
| dupes | 1.) easily deceived person 2.) person who functions as tool of another (n) |
| clandestinely | characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious (adj) |
| repudiate | 1.) to reject with an action 2.) to refuse to acknowledge (verb) |
| vapid | 1.) having lost life, sharpness, flavor 2.) to refuse to acknowledge or pay debt (adj) |
| subsidiary | 1.) serving to subsist 2.) subsidiary thing or person, company owned by other company (n) |
| fulminating | 1.) thundering or exploited in violent manner 2.) coming on with severity (adj) |
| multifarious | 1.) having many parts 2.) numerous or varied or greatly diverse (adj) |
| obeisance | to submit, subject, a bow, curtsy, etc. in token of respect, submission or reverence (n) |
| lassitude | a state or feeling of weariness, losing energy, diminished energy (n) |
| wheedle | 1.) to influence a person by smooth or flattering tongue or acts 2.) to obtain by artful persuasion (verb) |
| emanation | 1.) the act emitting or causing to flow forth 2.) something that is emitted or radiated (n) |
| ossified | 1.) harden - like or into bone 2.) to become rigid in habits or attitude (adj) |
| tableaux | 1.) vivid or rapid description 2.) pictured group of people 3.) when all the performers freeze then act again (n) |
| heretical | deporting form established belief or standards (adj) |
| solipsism | 1.) theory that only the self exists 2.) egoist, self absorption (n) |
| edify | to instruct or benefit esp. morally or spiritually, uplift (verb) |
| inextricably | from which one can not untangle itself (adj) |
| avaricious | greedy, covetous (adj) |
| saboteur | a person who commits or practices sabotage (n) |
| pneumatic | 1.) containing air, air cavities 2.) of or pertaining gases, air, wind 3.) or spiritual (adj) |
| inexorable | unyielding, persuadable, unalterable (adj) |
| gratuitous | 1.) unearned, given or granted without return 2.) given or received without obligation (adj) |
| febrile | pertaining to or marked by fever (adj) |
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