| Term | Definition |
|---|
| adroit | nimble, expert or skillful; adept |
| avowal | open admission or statement |
| capitulate | to accede to a demand for surrender |
| demarcate | to establish the limits of |
| discomfit | to cause to come into disorder |
| diurnal | occurring during the daytime |
| flippant | showing an inappropriate disregard for decorum |
| heretic | a person who professes a belief in a religion but differs with a tenet of that system |
| hominid | a member of the animal family to which humans belong |
| inveigh | to protest strongly |
| lucid | intelligible; having a clear mental state |
| lurid | gruesome or sensationalistic |
| maraud | to wander in search of booty |
| nanosecond | one billionth of a second |
| ostracize | to kick out of society |
| niggardly | stingy |
| palatable | agreeable in taste; acceptable |
| pugilism | boxing |
| seethe | to boil |
| semantics | the science of the way meaning is communicated through language |
| titular | by title only |
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