| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accost | To approach and speak in an aggressive, hostile or suggestive manner |
| acuity | Acuteness of vision or perception |
| badinage | light and playful banter |
| benign | a kind and gentle disposition - showing gentleness |
| charlatan | A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a fraud or quack |
| decimate | To inflict great destruction or damage on |
| derelict | 1.) Deserted by the owner, abandoned 2.) Run-down |
| eclectic | Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources |
| facade | 1.) The face of a building 2.)An artificial or deceptive front |
| gambit | A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy esp. in initial phase |
| histrionic | Of or relating to actors - emotional/dramatic |
| inane | One that lacks sense or substance |
| inure | To habituate to something undesirable, accustom |
| ludicrous | Laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurity |
| mesmerize | To spellbind, enthrall |
| moratorium | An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation |
| nadir | The lowest point |
| omnipresent | Being everywhere simultaneously |
| primordial | Being or happening first in sequence of time; original |
| progeny | One born of, begotten by or derived from another; offspring or descendents |
| raiment | Clothing, garments |
| seraphic | Relating to a celestial being (angel) the first? |
| verdant | Green with vegetation; green growth; green |
| utopian | excellent or ideal but impractical |
| sylvan | Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions |
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