| Term | Definition |
|---|
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| inamorata | a female lover |
| animus | hostile feeling or attitude |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| inculpate | to charge with fault |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a place |
| deign | to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity |
| promulgate | to make known by open declaration |
| doctrinate | a particular principle advocate, as of a government or religion |
| dystrophy | faulty or inadequate nutrition or development |
| epigram | a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed |
| invective | of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse |
| effigy | sculpture or model of a person |
| fiduciary | of a trust; held or given in trust |
| conflagration | a large destructive fire |
| effluence | flowing out of |
| confluence | merging into one |
| fusillade | continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism |
| congenital | existing or as such from birth |
| miscegenation | interbreeding of races |
| heterogeneous | of other origin; not originating in the body |
| indigent | deficient in what is requisite |
| adjure | to beg or command |
| elocution | art of clear and expressive speaking |
| ablution | act of cleansing |
| magnate | a powerful or influential person, a ronna |
| malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official |
| oblique | having a slanting or sloping direction |
| panoply | a wide-ranging and impressive array or display |
| apartheid | any system or caste that separates people according to race |
| pertinacious | resolute |
| petulant | showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance |
| philology | the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity and determine their meaning |
| complacent | self-satisfied, unconcerned |
| expound | to set forth in detail |
| disport | to divert or amuse oneself |
| precept | a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct |
| reprobate | a depraved or wicked person |
| compunction | a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong |
| perquisite | a gratuity, tip |
| arrogate | to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously |
| exult | to show or feel triumphant joy |
| execrable | adbominable |
| sedition | incitement of discontent or rebellion aginst a government |
| insidious | intended to trap or beguile |
| circumspect | watchful and discreet |
| contravene | to come into conflict with |
| adventitious | associated by chance and not an integral part |
| avocation | something one does in addition to a principle occupation |
| convoke | to call together |
| invective | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will |
| coddle | treat with excessive indulgence; cook in nearling boiling water |
| bilious | characterized by an excess secretion of bile; irritable, cranky |
| derriere | butt |
| rhinestone | an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste |
| miscreant | a person without moral scruples |
| restive | being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay |
| grandstand | perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause |
| sybarite | a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses |
| racketeer | someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) |
| whet | make keen or more acute; sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone |
| churl | a crude person; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; a bad-tempered person |
| gadfly | a persistently annoying person |
| aphorism | a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation |
| spate | a large number or amount or extent; a sudden forceful flow |
| rueful | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses |
| bumptious | offensively self-assertive |
| incisive | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; suitable for cutting or piercing |
| incendiary | involving deliberate burning of property; arousing to action or rebellion; flammable |
| equable | not varying; not easily irritated |
| sere | having lost all moisture |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success |
| festoon | decorate with a string of flowers |
| ruddy | inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life |
| refractory | unresponsive; stubbornly resistant |
| wanton | occurring without motivation or provocation; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior |
| panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists |
| roiled | aroused to impatience or anger |
| prurient | characterized by lust |
| greenhorn | an awkward and inexperienced youth |
| sumptuous | luxurious, superior in quality |
| sunder | break apart |
| yen | yearn |
| abeyance | temporary cessation or suspension |
| moon | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake |
| waspish | very irritable |
| abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink |
| knell | ring as in announcing death |
| trammel | catch in or as if in a trap; place limits on |
| rebuff | reject outright and bluntly; force or drive back |
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