| Term | Definition |
| advocacy | to support |
| affinity | a likeness |
| afterthought | a reflection or an addition |
| Capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| caulk | to stop up |
| caustic | marked by sarcasm |
| determinate | to find out exactly |
| Devastate | to destroy something; wreck |
| Disapprobation | disapproval |
| Excerpt | to select or quote |
| Exclaim | to cry or shout out; yell |
| Exemplary | excellent; ideal |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| Hypothesis | a theory or assumption. |
| Iconoclasm | attacking widely accepted ideas. |
| Loiter | to hang around or linger. |
| Lunge | to pounce on something |
| Lush | luxuriant |
| Perdition | the loss of the soul |
| Perpetual | continuous, or unending |
| Pervasive | all-encompassing |
| Reproof | criticism |
| Repudiate | reject or deny |
| Rescind | to revoke or cancel |
| Sycophantic | seeking favor by flattering someone who has wealth or influence |
| Synthetic | artificial |
| Table | a chart or graph |