| Term | Definition |
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| accost | (v.) to approach and speak first |
| acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| avid | (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| celerity | (adj.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| corsair | (n.) pirate; especially, a privateer of the Barbary Coast |
| covenant | (n.) a solemn agreement |
| daunting | (adj.) tending to overwhelm or intimidate |
| eloquent | (adj.) marked by forceful and fluent expression; vividly or movingly expressive or revealing |
| epitome | (n.) a typical or ideal example; embodiment |
| flabbergast | (v.) to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder; dumbfound |
| histrionic | (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
| inane | (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value |
| insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied |
| largesse | (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| nefarious | (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| perspicacity | (n.) keenness in observing and understanding |
| ramify | (v.) to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions |
| substantiate | (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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