| Term | Definition |
|---|
| repository | a place where things are kept for safekeeping |
| inveterate | established for a long time; habitual |
| umbrage | offense; resentment |
| husband | to use sparingly; to conserve |
| office | duty or function assigned to someone |
| ramification | development or consequence resulting from a course of action |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed |
| recruit | to restore or renew the health or vitality of |
| partisan | a strong, often militant, supporter |
| vanguard | a leading position in an army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend |
| defame | to attack a person's reputation; to slander |
| stalwart | firm and resolute; having imposing physical strength |
| harbinger | someone or something that indications what is to come |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise or agree |
| fulminate | to issue a strong verbal attack |
| opaque | not letting in light; unintelligible |
| obscure | lacking light; dim; dark |
| auditory | relating to the sense of hearing |
| polemic | a controversial argument, esp attacking a particular opinion |
| nadir | the lowest point; the bottom |
| verbiage | excessive wordiness |
| verdant | green |
| doctrinaire | an impractical theorist./dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical |
| assiduous | diligent, hard-working, constant |
| internecine | pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive |
| inoculate | to inject something, esp a medicine, into in order to create immunity |
| refuse | garbage |
| proselytize | to convert fro one faith or cause to another |
| penurious | extreme or petty unwillingness to spend money |
| redoubtable | fearsome, formidable |
| ersatz | inferior imitation or substitute |
| inexorable | not able to be persuaded, unyielding, unalterable |
| fallow | of land, plowed but not planted during the growing season; characterized by inactivity |
| deluge | a great flood |
| vitality | the force that distinguishes life from death; exuberance |
| plebeian | common |
| valedictory | a farewell speech |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp religious dogma |
| frenetic | wildly excited or active |
| repudiate | to reject as invalid or untrue |
| conduit | a channel for conducting fluids; a means by which something is transmitted |
| obeisance | a gesture, such as a curtsy, that expresses respect or obedience |
| magnate | a very important or influential person, esp in business |
| magisterial | authoritative; overbearing |
| spurious | not genuine, false |
| exonerate | to find blameless |
| malapropism | a ridiculous misuse of words |
| raillery | light, good-natured ridicule or satire |
| fervid | extremely emotional, passionate |
| regale | to delight or entertain |
| sinuous | curving in and out; winding |
| bastion | a well-fortified place; a source of protection |
| missive | a written message |
| labyrinthine | complicated, puzzling |
| disinter | to exhume; dig out of the ground |
| nostrum | a potion given as a medicine of doubtful effectiveness |
| interject | to insert between other things |
| prepossessing | impressing favorably |
| inclement | harsh; severe (usually of weather) |
| tactile | of or related to the sense of touch |
| conciliate | to overcome or try to overcome distrust or hatred through friendly acts |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| stultify | to make absurdly useless, esp by degrading; to make appear foolish |
| imbroglio | a confused misunderstanding or disagreement |
| panegyric | elaborate praise, esp in a formal, public setting |
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