| Term | Definition |
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| Adage | (n.) A proverb, wise saying |
| Collaborate | (v.) To work with, work together |
| Decree | (n.) An order having the force of law; (v.) to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully |
| Evolve | (v.) To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level |
| Excerpt | (n.) A passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote |
| Grope | (v.) To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly |
| Laggard | (n.) A person who moves slowly or falls behind; (adj.) falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond |
| Plaudits | (n. pl.) Applause; enthusiastic praise or approval |
| Preclude | (v.) To make impossible, prevent, shut out |
| Revert | (v.) To return, go back |
| Servile | (adj.) Of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or servant, menial; lacking spirit or independance, actively submissive |
| Vigil | (n.) A watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention |
| Wrangle | (v.) To quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd; (n.) a noisy quarrel |
| Antics | (n. pl.) Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions |
| Avowed | (adj., part.) Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged |
| Banter | (v.) To exchange playful, remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing |
| Bountiful | (adj.) Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly |
| Detriment | (n.) Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage |
| Congested | (adj., part.) Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
| Durable | (adj.) Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years |
| Enterprising | (adj.) Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination |
| Frugal | (adj.) Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager |
| Gingerly | (adj., adv.) With extreme care or caution |
| Glut | (v.) To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply |
| Invalidate | (v.) To make valueless, take away all force or effect |
| Maim | (v.) To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| Oblique | (adj.) Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct |
| Venerate | (v.) To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect |
| Wanton | (adj.) Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals |
| Amass | (v.) To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble |
| Audacious | (adj.) Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| Comply | (v.) To yield to a request or a command |
| Incapacitate | (v.) To deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligable |
| Instigate | (v.) To urge on; stir up, provoke, start, incite |
| Longevity | (n.) Long life, long duration, length of life |
| Perturb | (v.) To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb gently; to throw into confusion |
| Prodigious | (adj.) Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
| Relevant | (adj.) Connected with or related to the matter at hand |
| Skittish | (adj.) Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
| Tether | (n.) A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources; (v.) to fasten with a rope or chain |
| Unison | (n.) A sounding together; agreement or accord |
| Vie | (v.) To compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
| Willful | (adj.) Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |
| Annul | (v.) To reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void |
| Blasé | (adj.) Indifferent, bored as a result of having enoyed many pleasures; apathetic |
| Deplore | (v.) To feel or express regret or disapproval |
| Frivolous | (adj.) Of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously |
| Nonentity | (n.) A person or thing of no importance |
| Obsess | (v.) To trouble, haunt, or fill the mind |
| Ornate | (adj.) Elaborately decorated; showily splendid |
| Oust | (v.) To remove, drive out of a position or place |
| Peruse | (v.) To read thoroughly and carefully |
| Porous | (adj.) Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water |
| Promontory | (n.) A high point of land extending into water |
| Prone | (adj.) Lying face down; inclined, likely |
| Qualm | (n.) A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feling of faintnes or nausea |
| Recourse | (n.) A person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection |
| Residue | (n.) A remainder that which remains when a part has been used up or removed |
| Solicitous | (adj.) Showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something |
| Staid | (adj.) Serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
| Sustain | (v.) To support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of |
| Aghast | (adj.) Filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
| Ample | (adj.) More than enough, large, spacious |
| Apparition | (n.) A ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
| Assert | (v.) To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
| Cower | (v.) To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
| Disdain | (v.) To look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt |
| Epitaph | (n.) A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone |
| Ethical | (adj.) Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase |
| Facetious | (adj.) Humorous, not meant seriously |
| Inaudible | (adj.) Not able to be heard |
| Indiscriminate | (adj.) Without restraint or control; unselective |
| Intrigue | (n.) Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity |
| Jurisdiction | (n.) An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice |
| Plausible | (adj.) Appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
| Plebeian | (adj.) Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class |
| Prodigal | (adj.) Wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
| Proximity | (n.) Nearness, closeness |
| Pulverize | (v.) To grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments) |
| Sequel | (n.) That which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
| Volatile | (adj.) Highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |
| Abashed | (adj., part.) Embarrassed, ashamed, or nonplussed |
| Aloof | (adj.) Withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice) |
| Anguish | (n.) Great mental suffering, distress, or pain; (v.) to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow |
| Articulate | (v.) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; (adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully |
| Bask | (v.) To be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from |
| Defect | (n.) An imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; (v.) to desert a cause or organization |
| Finesse | (n.) Delicate skill; tact and cleverness; (v.) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion |
| Flaunt | (v.) To wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way |
| Forthright | (adj.) Frank, direct, straightforward |
| Genial | (adj.) Cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm |
| Instill | (v.) To add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in |
| Ostracize | (v.) To exclude from a group, banish, send away |
| Premonition | (n.) Forewarning or foreboding of a future event |
| Pseudonym | (n.) A pen name, name assumed by a writer |
| Purge | (v.) To wash away impurities, clean up; (n.) the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively |
| Rehabilitate | (v.) To make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position |
| Repercussion | (n.) An effect or consequence of some action or even, result; an echo or revereration |
| Resolute | (adj.) Bold, determined; firm |
| Retentive | (adj.) Able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining knowledge easily |
| Scapegoat | (n.) A person or thing carrying the blame for others |
| Acme | (n.) The highest point |
| Attribute | (n.) A quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from |
| Belittle | (v.) To make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
| Convey | (v.) To transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to ownership or title to |
| Doctrine | (n.) A belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles |
| Excise | (v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service |
| Haggard | (adj.) Thin, pale and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking |
| Jaunty | (adj.) Lively, easy and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance |
| Juncture | (n.) A joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time |
| Menial | (adj.) Lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does humble and unpleasant tasks |
| Parry | (v.) To ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive moment in fencing and other sports |
| Predatory | (adj.) Preying on, plundering, or piratical |
| Ravage | (v.) To destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction |
| Stance | (n.) A way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue |
| Tawdry | (adj.) Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
| Unassuming | (adj.) Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest |
| Attire | (n.) Clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
| Avail | (v.) To be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value |
| Crony | (n.) A very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| Cryptic | (adj.) Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| Divergent | (adj.) Going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant |
| Enmity | (n.) Hatred, ill-will |
| Fervent | (adj.) Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot |
| Gaunt | (adj.) Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| Infiltrate | (v.) To pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| Nullify | (v.) To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| Perceptible | (adj.) Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| Plummet | (v.) To plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line |
| Proclaim | (v.) To declare publicly or officially |
| Proxy | (n.) An agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one to act in another's place |
| Rankle | (v.) To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that pain grows worse with time) |
| Scavenger | (n.) A person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| Stint | (v.) To limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity |
| Stoical | (adj.) Self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| Unflagging | (v.) Tireless, continuing with vigor |
| Apt | (adj.) Suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| Awry | (adj., adv.) In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
| Bludgeon | (n.) A short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| Capitulate | (v.) To end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| Chafe | (v.) To warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| Defile | (v., trans.) To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| Dire | (adj.) Dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| Disarming | (adj.) Charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| Disgruntled | (adj., part) In bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| Encroach | (v.) To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| Endow | (v.) To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
| Fend | (v.) To ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| Impunity | (n.) Freedom from punishment |
| Mien | (n.) Air, manner; appearance; expression |
| Pertinent | (adj.) Related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| Predominant | (adj.) The greatest in strength or power; most common |
| Prodigy | (n.) Something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| Recluse | (n.) A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| Renown | (n.) Fame, glory |
| Barter | An exchange in trade; to exchange goods |
| Curt | Short, rudely brief |
| Devise | To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create |
| Dexterous | Skillful in the use of hands or body; clever |
| Engross | To occupy the complete attention, absorb fully |
| Entail | To put a burden on, impose, require, involve; to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance; such a restriction |
| Ferret | A kind of weasel; to search or hunt out; to torment, badger |
| Habituate | To become used to; to cause to become used to |
| Impending | About to happen, hanging over in a menacing way |
| Personable | Pleasing in appearance or personality, attractive |
| Rue | To regret, be sorry for; a feeling of regret |
| Scoff | To make fun of; to show contempt for |
| Transition | A change from one state or condition to another |
| Trepidation | Fear, fright, trembling |
| Upbraid | To blame, scold, find fault with |
| Veritable | Actual, true, real |
| Vex | To annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle |
| Vitality | Strength, energy, liveliness; the capacity to live and develop; the power to endure or survive |
| Whimsical | Subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable |
| Appease | To make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yeild to |
| Belated | Late, tardy |
| Calamitous | Causing a great misfortune |
| Cite | To quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend |
| Conventional | In line with accepted ideas or standards; trite |
| Decoy | To lure into a trap; a person or thing used to lure into a trap |
| Delve | To dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into |
| Ensue | To follow in order, come immediatley after and as a result |
| Gallantry | Heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy |
| Impart | To make known, tell; to give, pass something on |
| Judicious | Using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible |
| Mediate | To bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary |
| Milieu | The setting, surroundings, enviroment |
| Outlandish | Strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking; out-of-the-way, geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits |
| Overbearing | Domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant |
| Pert | High spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty |
| Quirk | A peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn |
| Regale | To feast, entertain agreeably |
| Shiftless | Lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient |
| Taint | a stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor; to stain or contaminate |
| Abdicate | To resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard |
| Bestow | To give as a gift; to provide with lodgings |
| Capacious | Able to hold much, roomy |
| Caustic | Able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic |
| Crusade | A strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously |
| Deface | To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine |
| Embargo | An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with |
| Fallacy | A false notion or belief; an error in thinking |
| Levity | A lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; bouyancy, lightness in weight |
| Mendicant | Beggar; depending on begging for a living |
| Nauseate | To make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust |
| Negate | To nullify, deny, bring to nothing |
| Pivotal | Vitally important, essential |
| Recipient | One who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive |
| Ruse | An action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick |
| Teem | To become filled to overflowing; to be present inlarge quantities |
| Tenet | An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true |
| Tractable | Easily managed, easy to deal with; easy wrought, malleable |
| Ungainly | Clumsy, awkward; unwieldy |
| Voracious | Having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager |
| Adapt | To adjust or change to suit conditions |
| Attest | To bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
| Dovetail | To fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
| Enormity | The quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
| Falter | To hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitantingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
| Foreboding | A warning or feeling that something bad will happen; marked by fear ominous |
| Forlorn | Totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless |
| Haughty | Chillingly proud and scornful |
| Impediment | A physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
| Imperative | Necessary, urgent; a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
| Loiter | To linger in an aimless way, hang around, dwadle, tarry |
| Malinger | To pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| Pithy | Short but full of meaning and point |
| Plunder | To rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; property stolen by force |
| Simper | To smile or speak in a silly, forced way; a silly, forced smile |
| Steadfast | Firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
| Vaunted | Much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
| Vilify | To abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| Waif | A person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit |
| Wry | Twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
| Armistice | A temporary peace, halt in fighting |
| Arrogant | Haughty, too convinced of one's own importance |
| Bland | Gentle, smoothing, mild; lacking interest or taste |
| Disclaim | To deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to |
| Epoch | A distinct period of time, era, age |
| Estrange | To drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance |
| Gratify | To please, satisfy; to indulge or humor |
| Irascible | Easily made angry, hot tempered |
| Kindred | A person's relatives; a family relationship; related by blood; like, similar |
| Naive | Innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience |
| Niche | A decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing |
| Obliterate | To blot out completley, destroy utterly |
| Ransack | To search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder |
| Rote | Unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; based on a mechanical routine |
| Solvent | Able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explaisn, eliminates, or softens |
| Tedious | Long and tiresome |
| Vendor | A person who sells something |
| Abyss | A deep or bottomless pit |
| Befall | To happen, occur; to happen to |
| Crucial | Of supreme importance, decisive, critical |
| Dregs | The last remaining part; the part of least worth |
| Embody | To give form to, to incorporate, include; to personify |
| Exasperate | To irritate, annoy, or anger |
| Fiasco | The complete collapse or failure of a project |
| Garnish | To adorn or decorate, especially food; an ornament or decoration, especially for food |
| Heritage | An inheritance; a birthright |
| Inert | Lifeless, unable to move or act; slow, inactive |
| Mercenary | Acting or working for self-gain only; a hired soldier, a soldier of fortunate |
| Negligent | Marked by carelessness or indifference; failing to do what should be done |
| Oblivion | Forgetfulness, disregard; a state of being forgotten; an amnesty, general pardon |
| Opus | An impressive piece of work, especially a musical composition or other work of art |
| Pallid | Pale, lacking color; weak and lifeless |
| Parable | A short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson |
| Rational | Based on reasoning; able to make use of reason; sensible, reaosnable |
| Reciprocal | Shared; involving give-and-take between two persons or things; working in both directions; a number that, when multiplied by another number, gives 1 |
| Stricture | A limitation or restriction; a criticism; a narrowing of a passage in the body |
| Veneer | A thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration; to cover with a thin layer |
| Aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
| Abhor | find repugnant |
| Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| Abstain | choose no |
| Abstruse | difficult to penetrate |
| Abyss | a bottomless gulf or pit |
| Acclaim | enthusiastic approval |
| Accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| Adjacent | near or close to but not necessarily touching |
| Admonish | warn strongly |
| Adversary | someone who offers opposition |
| Agonizing | extremely painful |
| Agrimonies | a plant of the genus Agrimony having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers |
| Alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| Altruism | the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| Amputate | remove surgically |
| Antagonist | The character that opposes the protagonist in a story |
| Arbiter | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| Aridity | a condition yielding nothing of value |
| Attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity |
| Aura | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
| Austerely | harshly |
| Balk | an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base |
| Bandy | discuss lightly |
| Bane | something causes misery or death |
| Barbaric | without civilizing influences |
| Barfly | a female (usually white trash) who acts slutty at a bar looking for attention |
| Baroque | elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century |
| Belligerent | someone who fights (or is fighting) |
| Benign | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence |
| Bound | a light springing movement upwards or forwards |
| Brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
| Cache | a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) |
| Candor | the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
| Capricious | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| Carnage | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
| Catalyst | something that causes an important event to happen |
| Cede | relinquish possession or control over |
| Chaos | a state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| Charisma | a personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others |
| Circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something |
| Clandestine | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| Climax | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
| Considerable | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree |
| Contemplate | reflect deeply on a subject |
| Contemptuous | feeling hatred, scornful |
| Copious | affording an abundant supply |
| Cumbersome | not elegant or graceful in expression |
| Cynical | believing the worst of human nature and motives |
| Deliberately | with intention |
| Demagogue | an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience |
| Dense | closely crowded together |
| Derogatory | expressive of low opinion |
| Devoted | zealous in devotion or affection |
| Dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
| Diverse | distinctly dissimilar or unlike |
| Drastic | forceful and extreme and rigorous |
| Eccentricity | strange and unconventional behavior |
| Eloquent | Nice, effective, clear, and perfect |
| Embonpoint | the bodily property of being well rounded |
| Endear | make attractive or lovable |
| Enigma | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| Evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| Evident | capable of being seen or noticed |
| Exotic | From another, often humid or tropical, place; trikingly strange or unusual |
| Faction | a dissenting clique |
| Familiarity | an act of undue intimacy |
| Flair | distinctive and stylish elegance |
| Flamboyant | overly showy |
| Flounced | moved in a bouncy or lively manner |
| Foreshadowing | the act of providing vague advance indications |
| Gaffe | a socially awkward or tactless act |
| Gall | the trait of being rude and impertinent |
| Galvanize | stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock |
| Garner | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed |
| Gingerly | with extreme care or delicacy |
| Grave | Looking bad, difficult, upsetting |
| Haggler | an intense bargainer |
| Icon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface |
| Idiosyncrasy | A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual |
| Idyllic | excellent and delightful in all respects |
| Imagery | the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively |
| Immaculate | completely neat and clean |
| Immunity | the quality of being unaffected by something |
| Impeccable | without fault or error |
| Imperial | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
| Imperiously | overbearing, arrogant, urgent |
| Inanimate | belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things |
| Incessantly | with unflagging resolve |
| Indecipherable | impossible to determine the meaning of |
| Indelible | cannot be removed, washed away or erased |
| Indicative | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
| Inquisitive | showing curiosity |
| Insipid | not pleasing to the sense of taste |
| Intangible | assets that are saleable though not material or physical |
| Integrity | moral soundness |
| Interlocutor | a person who takes part in a conversation |
| Intolerant | narrow-minded about cherished opinions |
| Jaded | dulled by surfeit |
| Jettison | throw away, of something encumbering |
| Josh | be silly or tease one another |
| Jubilant | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success |
| Juggernaut | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way |
| Keenly | in a sharp (keen) and discriminating manner |
| Languid | lacking spirit or liveliness |
| Mason | a craftsman who works with stone or brick |
| Maverick | someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action |
| Memento | a reminder of past events |
| Merit | the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) |
| Methodically | in a methodical manner |
| Microcosm | a miniature model of something |
| Mimicking | copying |
| Morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| Nabob | a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) |
| Nadir | the lowest point |
| Naïveté | a lack of sophistication; simplicity |
| Narcissism | an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself |
| Nascent | coming into existence |
| Negligible | so small as to be meaningless |
| Obdurate | showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings |
| Ominously | menacingly, threateningly |
| Pallid | pale, worn |
| Palpable | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| Panache | distinctive and stylish elegance |
| Panoply | a complete and impressive array |
| Pantomime | a performance using gestures and body movements without words |
| Paragon | an ideal instance |
| Parody | a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way |
| Passive | lacking in energy or will |
| Patronizing | treating in a condescending manner |
| Perplex | make more complicated |
| Photographic | representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph |
| Placid | taking life easy |
| Plethora | extreme excess |
| Poise | great coolness and composure under strain |
| Pompous | puffed up with vanity |
| Portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings |
| Pragmatic | concerned with practical matters |
| Premonition | an early warning about a future event |
| Prestige | a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. |
| Profound | situated at or extending to great depth |
| Prominent | conspicuous in position or importance |
| Promiscuous | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior |
| Propensity | a disposition to behave in a certain way |
| Pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
| Punctual | acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed |
| Pursue | go in search of or hunt for |
| Quietude | a state of peace and quiet |
| Quip | witty remark |
| Relish | derive or receive pleasure from |
| Remittance | a payment of money sent to a person in another place |
| Repose | the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
| Rescind | cancel |
| Scour | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid |
| Scrutinize | to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail |
| Simplicity | lack of ornamentation |
| Skeptic | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs |
| Slough | to cast off |
| Somnolent | inclined to or marked by drowsiness |
| Sporadic | occuring irregularly |
| Stoic | someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions |
| Subtle | faint and difficult to analyze |
| Sullenness | a gloomy ill-tempered feeling |
| Superficial | of little substance or significance |
| Supersede | take the place or move into the position of |
| Suppressed | kept from public knowledge by various means; |
| Supremacy | power to dominate or defeat |
| Surge | a sudden or abrupt strong increase |
| Tangible | possible to be treated as fact |
| Tedious | tiresome; boring; seeming too long or dull |
| Temperament | your usual mood |
| Tepid | moderately warm |
| Terse | brief and to the point |
| Thwart | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| Timorous | timid by nature or revealing timidity |
| Transcendent | exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence |
| Travail | work hard |
| Treacherous | dangerously unstable and unpredictable |
| Trudge | walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud |
| Turbulent | wild; violently agitated |
| Ubiquitous | being present everywhere at once |
| Umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| Unabashedly | outspokenly, unashamedly, openly |
| Unpretentious | simple, plain, modest |
| Unscathed | wholly unharmed |
| Utopia | an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal |
| Vagabond | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
| Vagary | an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.) |
| Vapid | lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest |
| Variegated | having a variety of colors |
| Vaunted | boasted, bragged, highly publicized |
| Vector | a variable quantity that can be resolved into components |
| Whisked | moved with quick light sweeping motions |
| Zenith | top, the highest point |
| Achromatic | Colorless |
| Benevolent | Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
| Carnivorous | Eating or living on flesh |
| Connoisseur | A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. |
| Darwinism | The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms. |
| Defamation | Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. |
| Emporium | Bazaar or shop |
| Encumber | To impede with obstacles |
| Enrapture | To delight extravagantly or intensely |
| Fabricate | To invent fancifully or falsely |
| Fictitious | Created or formed by the imagination |
| Filibuster | One who attempts to obstruct legislation |
| Fiducial | Indicative of faith or trust |
| Fidelity | Loyalty |
| Genealogy | A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants |
| Grandiloquent | Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. |
| Gravity | Seriousness |
| Gynecocracy | Female supremacy |
| Habitual | According to usual practice |
| Hoodwink | To deceive |
| Idiosyncrasy | A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual |
| Imbroglio | A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife |
| Importune | To harass with persistent demands or entreaties |
| Jovial | Merry |
| Junta | A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government |
| Juxtapose | To place close together |
| Knavery | Deceitfulness in dealing |
| Labyrinth | A maze |
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