| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ante-bellum | "before-the-war," in U.S., usually in ref. to Amer. Civil War |
| Synchronicity | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
| Abrogate | to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to ______ a law |
| Ethos | the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion |
| Thaumaturgist | a worker of wonders or miracles; magician |
| Peripatetic | walking or traveling about |
| Amenable | ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an ______ servant |
| Gigolo | a male prostitute |
| Expectorate | to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit |
| Laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
| Corybantic | frenzied; agitated; unrestrained |
| Cadre | a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force |
| Gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel _____ |
| étude | a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique |
| coup de grâce | a death blow, esp. one delivered mercifully to end suffering |
| denouement | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel |
| en masse | in a mass; all together; as a group: The people rushed to the gate____ |
| factotum | a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house |
| de facto | in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was ____ president of the country |
| idée fixe | A fixed idea; an obsession |
| paean | any song of praise, joy, or triumph |
| canaille | riffraff; rabble |
| picayune | of little value or account; small; trifling |
| abattoir | a slaughterhouse |
| hortative | giving strong encouragement |
| obsequious | characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an ____ bow |
| temerity | reckless boldness; rashness |
| cohort | a group or company: She has a ____ of admirers |
| imprecations | a curse |
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