| Term | Definition |
|---|
| adroit (adj) | nimble, expert, or skillful in the use of one's hands or body |
| avowal (n) | an open admission or statement |
| capitulate (v) | to accede to a demand for surrender |
| demarcate (v) | to establish the limits of |
| diurnal (adj) | occurring during the daytime |
| flippant (adj) | showing an inappropriate disregard for decorum; disrespectful |
| heretic (n) | a person who professes belief in a dogma or system of belief |
| hominid (n) | a member of the animal family to which humans belong |
| inveigh (v) | to protest strongly |
| lucid (adj) | intelligible |
| discomfit (v) | to cause to come into disorder |
| lurid (adj) | gruesome or sensationalistic |
| maraud (v) | to wander in search of booty |
| nanosecond (n) | one billionth of a second |
| niggardly (adj) | stingy |
| ostracize (v) | to exclude or banish |
| palatable (adj) | agreeable in taste |
| pugilism (n) | boxing |
| seethe (v) | to boil |
| semantics (n) | the science of the way meaning is communicated through language |
| titular (adj) | by title only |
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