| Term | Definition |
| ameliorate | to improve, make better |
| aplomb | poise, assurance |
| bombastic | full of high sounding words |
| callow | without experience, immature |
| drivel | foolish, aimless talk or thinking |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| ex officio | substitute |
| infringe | to violate, trespass |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable |
| interloper | an intruder |
| intrinsic | inherent |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural |
| permeate | penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | to cause or bring about hastily, suddenly |
| stringent | strict, severe |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence |