| Term | Definition |
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| aladroit | (adj.) opposed to adroitness, clumsy, awkward, unskilled |
| unadultered | adj. pure |
| Impertinent | irrelevant, trifling; frivolous; against good manners. |
| perfidious | Violating good faith or vows; false to trust; treacherous |
| affected (2nd meaning) | insincere or artificial. |
| taciturn | habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
| voluble | (adj): 1. easily set in motion, fluent, glib, talkative |
| ephemeral | (adj): 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower. |
| ignominious | (adj): 1. Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. |
| Lachrymose | Given to crying easily. |
| Subsume | Incorporate within a larger entity |
| Substantiate | Support; provide evidence for. |
| Attenuate | to lessen, simplify |
| vitiate | (verb) To make void or destroy; to render defective.. |
| Imbue | To tinge deeply; to dye; to become impressed or penetrated |
| inculcate | (verb) is Teach something by frequent repetition or repeated warnings.. |
| Impugn | To contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against. |
| reprove | (verb) To accuse, reprehend, express disapproval.. |
| heterogeneous | (adj) Possessing many varied parts |
| egregious | (adj) Remarkably bad |
| Exigency | Urgent need; critical requirement. |
| Whorl | Anything with a spiraled or coiled appearance |
| polemic | (noun) Art or practice of argument and disputation. |
| Ravish | To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy; to seize or carry away by violence |
| proscribe | (verb) is Declare to be illegal, disallow or condemn as unacceptable or harmful |
| Bulwark | A rampart; a fortification, strong defense |
| virtuoso | (noun) Performer who excels in the technical aspect of her art. |
| Exculpate | To release from blame. |
| recapitulate | (verb) is To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance |
| writ | (noun) a writing; scripture |
| Indolent | inactive or slothful |
| platitude | something unoriginal or commonplace |
| intransigent | (adj) (in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.) uncompromising; irreconcilable |
| disparage | to criticize, to show disrespect |
| wizened | (adj): Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man. |
| laconism, laconicism | the practice of using few words to say much. |
| garrulous | loquacious, talkative |
| unremitting | (adj) Not remitting; incessant; persevering |
| obfuscate | to bewilder or confuse. |
| Clandestine | covert or secret. |
| Ingenuous | lacking craft, naive. |
| Satiety | the state of being gratified; the state of having had one's desire or appetite satisfied |
| Artfulness | cunning; craftiness; slyness; trickiness |
| Indigent | destitute or poor |
| jaunty | (adj): Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. |
| beleaguer | To surround with an army so as to to besiege, block up, encompass. |
| peripatetic | itinerant, or moving. |
| impolitic | inappropriate, or without regard for what is expedient |
| sybarite | (noun) Person devoted to luxury and pleasure.. |
| Hoi polloi | Common people, general populace. |
| Argot | Jargon, lingo, the language of a particular class. |
| Neophyte | Beginner, novice |
| barb | (noun) A cutting remark; a sharpness or sting.. |
| facetious | (adj) Joking, witty -- especially at an inappropriate time.. |
| cartographer | (noun) One who makes maps |
| Pique | To wound the pride of; to sting; to stimulate. |
| ameliorate | (verb) To improve. |
| ideologue | (noun) is A zealous advocate of a particular belief.. |
| belligerent (adj) | waging or about war |
| belligerent (noun) | a warring state or person |
| Licentious | 1. abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive, lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd, uncontrolled |
| Ignominies | infamy (Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. ) |
| iconoclast | one who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs |
| hamlet | (noun): A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. |
| detractor | defamer |
| indigence | poverty |
| recalcitrant | defiant or disobedient |
| vendetta | 1 : blood feud 2 : an often prolonged series of retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts or exchange of such acts |
| importune | beg, plead for or ask insistently or with urgency |
| Sanguine | warm; confident; hopeful |
| vindicate | (Verb) to assert a right to, defend, to support as true against objections, to avenge |
| Mawkish | sickly sentimental; it can be synonymous with saccharine |
| celerity | (noun) speed |
| Inculcate | to learn by repetition, to impress upon by force of repetition. |
| belabor | (verb) To beat soundly (as a point); to work diligently.. |
| corpulent | (adj) is Very fat; obese. |
| Assuaged | To calm; to pacify. |
| temper | (verb) is To make more moderate, soften, dilute |
| Proselytize | To convert to some religion, system, or opinion. |
| Rescind | To repeal or take back (especially a decree or law). |
| denigrate | (verb) is To defame; to tarnish the reputation of.. |
| atavistic | reverting to an earlier form or characteristic |
| perspicacious | seeing clearly, quick-sighted, keen |
| probity | uprightness, incorruptibility. Probity denotes unimpeachable honesty and virtue, shown especially by the performance of those obligations |
| apogee | highest point |
| nadir | lowest point |
| apotheosis | 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification. 2. Glorification; exaltation. |
| spurious | false, counterfeit, illogical |
| imperious | domineering, haughty |
| diffident | shy |
| Languid | lacking in vigor or vitality |
| surreptitious | secretive, furtive, sneaky |
| opulent | wealthy; rich; affluent |
| indigenous | native |
| mollify | To soften, appease, pacify;, assuage, as pain or irritation |
| reticence | The quality of keeping silence, reserved |
| candor | open and sincere in speech |
| rife | abundant, current |
| cherubic | angelic |
| phlegmatic | calm, not easily disturbed |
| extol | to praise, glorify, elevate |
| hackneyed | commonplace, trite |
| obloquy | slander, infamy |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obsequious | servile, slavishly attentive |
| opprobrium | infamy, vilification |
| pervade | spread throughout |
| periphery | edge |
| polyglot | speaking many languages |
| posthumous | after death |
| precipitate (adj) | rash, premature, hasty, sudden |
| precipitant | something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to solidify |
| precipitate (verb) | to hasten |
| precipitous | steep, overhasty |
| primogeniture | state of being first born |
| propensity | natural inclination |
| recast | to reconstruct a story, sentence, etc |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| edulcorated | edited or censored |
| compunction | remorse |
| efficacy | power to produce desired effect |
| trenchant | forceful, vigorous, cutting, Keen |
| gregarious | sociable |
| idiosyncrasy | individual trait (unique) |
| propitious | Merciful; helpful; convenient; favorable |
| brazen | Loud and harsh; with contemptuous boldness |
| Winnow | To sift, for separating falsehood, bad from truth, good |
| juxtapose | To place side by side |
| dereliction | Neglect or abandonment. A failure to perform a duty |
| decorous | Satisfying the demands of polite society; proper, correct, seemly |
| Irreverant | Lacking proper respect |
| salubrious | Favorable to health |
| profligate | excessively wasteful |
| libertine | a person who is unrestrained by convention or morality |
| sophomoric | immature, half-baked |
| sedulous | diligent, carefully organized |
| uncouth | outlandish, clumsy, boorish |
| nascent | incipient, coming into being |
| inchoate | recently begun, elementary |
| hedonist | one who believes pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| maudlin | effusively sentimental |
| trite | hackneyed, commonplace |
| aloof | apart, reserved |
| geniality | those of gentle birth, refinement |
| pedantic | scholar who overemphasizes book learning |
| scurrilous | obscene, indecent |
| hoary | white-gray with age |
| limn | draw, outline, describe |
| inveigh | denounce |
| prosaic | Commonplace; unimaginative |
| whimsy | capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit |
| capricious | unpredictable, fickle |
| quisling | traitor who aids invaders |
| mendacious | lying, habitually dishonest |
| apprehension | perceiving or comprehending |
| enervate | weaken |
| cursory | casual, hastily done |
| scanty | meager, insufficient |
| contrition | sincere and complete remorse (i.e. regret with a sense of guilt) |
| penitent | repentant, contrite |
| apprehensive | fearful, discerning |
| apprehend | to arrest |
| abate | (verb) subside or moderate |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking |
| adminish | to warn, reprove |
| adulterate | to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| alacrity | eagerness |
| amalgamate | to combine into one body |
| anachronism | something or someone misplaced in time |
| antipathy | aversion, dislike |
| apprise | to inform |
| artless | open & honest |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial, morally strict |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner, morally strict |
| assiduous | dilligent |
| aver | to assert confidently or declare, in law |
| banal | lacking originality, hackneyed |
| belie | to contradict, give false impression |
| boorish | rude, insensitive |
| burgeon | to grow forth, send out buds |
| burnish | to make shiny by rubbing, polish |
| buttress | to support, prop up |
| cacophonous | discordant |
| caustic | burning, sarcastically biting |
| chicanery | trickery |
| coagulate | to thicken, clot |
| usurp | to seize or take away power by force |
| respite | interval of relief, time to reset |
| Panegyrize | to formally praise |
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic |
| protract | prolong |
| obstinacy | stubborn, hard to control or treat |
| eclectic | selective, composed of elements from disparate sources |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| insipid | lacking in flavor |
| vapid | dull, unimaginative |
| inured | accustomed, hardened |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness, isolation |
| capricious | fickle |
| coda | concluding section of a musical or lit. writing, summarises |
| cogent | convincing |
| commensurate | (adj) proportionate |
| compendium | brief, comprehensive summary |
| complaisant | trying to please, overly polite |
| condone | overlook, forgive |
| tacit | understood, not put into words |
| contention | claim, thesis |
| contenious | quarrelsome |
| condone | penitent, repentant |
| craven | (adj) cowardly |
| daunt | (v) to intimidate, frighten |
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