| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abhor | to hate |
| censure | to condem in a stern fashion |
| chastise | to scold |
| coerce | to force someone against his or her will |
| efface | erase |
| inundate | flood |
| patronize | to talk down to |
| repudiate | to reject |
| vacillate | to move back and forth between two options when unable to make a decision |
| acquiesce | to comply silently without protest |
| ameliorate | to make a situation better |
| benevolent | being kind-hearted |
| eminent | well-known |
| esteem | the opinion in which someone is held |
| facilitate | to make easier |
| magnanimous | big-hearted |
| prolific | fruitful |
| scrupulous | ethical |
| serene | calm, peaceful |
| ambigous | unclear |
| amorphous | no shape or form |
| arbitrary | without a rational reason |
| austere | plain and simple |
| banal | boring |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| chronic | frequent |
| dubios | doubtful |
| egregious | outstanding in a bad way |
| novel | new |
| reticent | restrained |
| wanton | reckless, unrestrained |
| anachronism | out of place in time |
| anomaly | out of the norm |
| criteria | standards used to make a judgement |
| exacerbate | to make a situation worse |
| expedient | practical |
| intrepid | brave, daring |
| juxtapose | to place two things or ideas side by side usually to compare |
| negligence | to neglect |
| propensity | strong natural tendency |
| proponent | someone who is for something |
| quixotic | impractical |
| brevity | breifness |
| circumscribe | restrict |
| circumspect | cautious |
| coherent | clear |
| explicit | without questions |
| imminent | happening soon |
| immutable | unchangable |
| minuscule | tiny |
| scrutinize | to study closelyde |
| cacophony | a loud, harsh noise |
| chicanery | trickery |
| decadence | moral decline or decay |
| euphemism | a neutral word |
| evade | escape |
| impunity | the ability to do something without punishment |
| nonchalant | casual |
| pessimistic | negative |
| temerity | recklessness |
| trepidation | fear |
| demagogue | a leader who tells the followers what they want to hear |
| harangue | a long lecturing speech |
| hyperbole | wild exaggeration |
| infamy | evil reputation |
| insidious | dangerous, slow and subtle in effect |
| jargon | specialized language |
| malign | to say evil things about someone |
| rhetoric | a persuassive speech that is often meaningless |
| sanction | allow |
| supercilious | above it all |
| virulent | infectious |
| zealous | enthusiastic |
| hiatus | break |
| hierarchy | a series arranged by rank |
| mundane | everyday, ordinary |
| obscure | mysterious |
| pandemic | spread through a population |
| paradigm | a model |
| plethora | surplus |
| quandry | puzzling |
| ubiquitous | found everywhere |
| vicarious | felt or experienced second hand |
| frugal | careful with resources |
| garrulous | talkative in a rambling manner |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| impudent | rude in a bold and daring way |
| inane | silly or scenseless |
| laconic | expressing as much as possible in as few words as possible |
| loquacious | talkative |
| misanthrope | someone who hates everyone |
| querulous | whining |
| eclectic | carefully chosen from different sources |
| enigma | mystery |
| ephemeral | fleeting |
| erratic | unpredictable |
| extricate | to get free |
| inexorable | inflexable |
| partial | biased |
| recalcitrant | tough to control |
| superfluous | extra |
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