| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abase | Degrade |
| Adduce | Offer as an example |
| Acrimonious | marked by strong resentment or cynicism |
| Caustic | any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue |
| Gratuitious | freely given, unwarranted |
| Fallow | left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season |
| Pertinacious | stubbornly unyielding |
| Opprobrious | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame |
| Savant | someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
| Attache' | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
| Prodigal | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| Profligate | unrestrained by convention or morality |
| Hiatus | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| Mete | a line that indicates a boundary |
| Convoke | call together |
| Indict | accuse formally of a crime |
| Remonstrance | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| Dichotomy | being twofold |
| Astringency | the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids |
| Trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread |
| Mettle | the courage to carry on |
| Distend | swell from or as if from internal pressure |
| Provident | providing carefully for the future |
| Requiem | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person |
| Severance | the act of severing |
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