| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ambidextrous | able to use both hands |
| blatant | offensively obvious |
| cremate | burn to ashes |
| discursive | rambling |
| expound | state in detail |
| grueling | severely demanding |
| idiom | phrase not meant literally |
| idiom | style of speaking |
| impious | lacking reverence |
| infidelity | lack of faithfulness |
| interpolate | insert |
| literate | educated |
| literate | able to read and write |
| minion | faithful follower |
| proclivity | inclination |
| rebut | oppose by argument |
| sinecure | easy well paying job |
| tariff | tax on imports |
| tariff | scale of charges |
| choler | anger |
| ambivalence | simultaneous conflictiong feelings |
| curfew | time to be off the streets |
| dismantle | take apart |
| dismantle | remove the fittings from |
| fathom | unit of depth |
| fathom | understand thoroughly |
| hemp | plant fibers |
| imperative | absolutely necessary |
| imperative | used for commands |
| incapacitate | disable |
| innovation | introduction of something new |
| inveterate | habitual |
| magnitude | greatness |
| octagon | eight sided figure |
| progenitor | ancestors |
| progenitor | forerunner |
| resilient | springy |
| resilient | able to recover quickly |
| stamina | staying in power |
| temperate | neither very hot or very cold |
| temperate | moderate |
| wayward | willful |
| wayward | changeable |
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