| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abase | to humiliate, degrade |
| Aggregate | a whole or total or to gather into a mass |
| Conciliatory | friendly, agreeable |
| Implacable | incapable of being appeased or mitigated |
| Paradigm | an example that is a perfect pattern or model |
| Dither | to move or act without purpose |
| Impugn | to challenge as false |
| Chide | To scold or express disapproval |
| Mollify | To pacify or to make less severe |
| Levity | Lightheartedness or gaiety |
| Rudimentary | Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development |
| Precocious | mentally advanced for one's current age |
| Truncate | to cut short to cut off |
| Fastidious | difficult to please |
| Baneful | poisonous harmful destructive. |
| Pare | to trim off excess |
| Vim | vitality and energy |
| Salutary | beneficial |
| Furlough | a leaving or absence |
| Capricious | changeable, fickle |
| Ineffable | incapable of being expressed |
| Hoodwink | to deceive |
| Prodigal | reckless with money |
| Apprise | to inform |
| Abjure | to denounce |
| Copasetic | fine, satisfactory |
| Cloying | sickly sweet, excessive |
| Forbearance | patience |
| Gastronomy | the art of preparing appetizing food |
| Invidious | hateful |
| Craven | a coward |
| Enervating | weakening or tiring |
| Discrepant | opposite |
| Ostentatious | showy |
| Pandemic | widespread, general |
| Exemplary | an example to others |
| Vicariously | felt as if one were taking part in experience of another |
| Contrite | deeply sorrowful or repentant |
| Extrapolation | using data to make a prediction |
| Requite | to return or repay |
| Mores | fixed customs or manners |
| Imprecation | a curse |
| Affected | phony, artificial |
| Raconteur | a storyteller |
| Prevaricate | to lie |
| Collude | to conspire |
| heretical | contrary to popular beliefs |
| euphemism | substituting a mild term for a harsh one |
| forgo | to do without |
| fulsome | offensively overdone or excessive |
| lugubrious | mournful or gloomy in an exaggerated way |
| slovenly | untidy or unclean in appearance or habits. |
| aplomb | great self-confidence; poise |
| eclipse | To make less important; surpass |
| abhorrent | very regpugnant |
| moribund | on the point of dying |
| masterpiece | a superior production |
| abet | to promote |
| encore | the demand for a repeat performance |
| nascent | coming into existence; emerging |
| abstemious | holding back from eating or drinking too much |
| rebuke | to reprimand or scold |
| insensate | lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish |
| seraphic | angelic; sweet |
| wield | to exercise authority or influence effectively |
| misanthropic | disliking or mistrusting people or mankind in general |
| beneficent | pertaining to an act of kindness or charity. |
| scrabble | to scrape or scratch with the hands or feet |
| flout | To mock, to scoff |
| facetious | Amusing; not serious |
| quixotic | : foolishly impractical; impulsive; unpredictable |
| acclimate | to become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or situation |
| surreptitiously | secretly |
| extroverted | outgoing |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| prudent | cautious, sensible |
| exacting | requiring a great deal of care or effort |
| artisan | a person who is skilled with his or her hands |
| astute | sharp minded-clever |
| largess | generous giving |
| quell | to quiet or pacify |
| bogy | an evil or mischievous spirit |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust; unscrupulous |
| sesquipedalian | characterized by the use of long words with many syllables |
| ascetic | practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline |
| clamor | to loudly insist |
| dogmatic | aggressively and arrogantly certain about unproved principals |
| grandiloquence | lofty, pompous language |
| kudos | praise for an achievement |
| regale | to amuse or entertain |
| solicitous | anxious or concerned; eager |
| veracity | accuracy, truth or truthfullness |
| intimate | to make known subtly; announce indirectly |
| nefarious | infamous by way of being wicked or evil |
| profuse | pouring forth freely |
| egregious | outrageously bad |
| insouciant | unconcerned or indifferent; carefree; nonchalant |
| eschew | to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
| toothsome | delicious; Agreeable; attractive |
| colloquial | Pertaining to common everyday speech |
| cordial | Warm and friendly; amiable |
| labyrinth | A maze from which it is difficult to escape |
| unyielding | Stubborn; inflexible in attitude |
| booboisie | a class of people regarded as stupid and gullible |
| higgledy-piggledy | in a jumbled, confused or disorderly manner |
| sojourn | to stay or dwell for a short period of time |
| subterfuge | a deceptive device; something used to hide or misrepresent the truth |
| nettlesome | causing irritation or stress |
| soporific | causing sleep; tending to cause sleep |
| polyglot | containing or made up of several languages |
| ameliorate | to make better; to improve |
| beholden | obliged; bound in gratitude |
| maladroit | clumsy; awkward |
| disseminate | to spread widely |
| stupefy | to astonish |
| vacillate | to fluctuate |
| yoke | to link |
| vituperate | to berate |
| untenable | incapable of being defended; indefensible |
| abdicate | to give up or renounce in a voluntary, formal or public manner |
| perfidious | deliberately faithless, treacherous; deceitful |
| acrimonious | bitter and sharp in language or tone |
| anomaly | deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form or rule |
| arrogate | to take without justification |
| bombastic | pompous; arrogant |
| dirge | a mournful song |
| extol | to praise |
| lambaste | to scold sharply; berate |
| obsequious | overly attentive; fawning |
| nepotism | favortism |
| crass | crude, unrefined |
| grasp | to percieve or understand |
| incredulous | showing disbelief |
| inflammable | easily ignited |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous behavior, especially criminal |
| paltry | pitifully small or worthless |
| amity | friendship; good will |
| stint | to be sparing or frugal; to restrict. |
| deleterious | Harmful to one's health or welfare |
| lassitude | A tired feeling |
| ardent | Full of passion and emotion |
| lavish | Abundant; in excess |
| autonomous | independent |
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