| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Foreboding | premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant) |
| Provoke | to excite, to anger, to stir up, bring about, bring forward. |
| Swank | 1. ostentatious or pretentious in dress or manner. 2. smartness in style or bearing; elegance, swagger. 3. imposingly fashionable or elegant; grand. |
| Valor | boldness or determination in facing great danger |
| Laud | to praise, applaud, honor |
| Hysterical | marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion |
| Prerogative | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| Conjure | evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic |
| Prodigious | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; bulky; huge in size |
| Extrovert | an open, outgoing person, a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself |
| Pique | irritation; resentment from wounded pride (eg. loss in a contest); V: provoke; arouse; annoy; cause to feel resentment |
| Auspicious | tending to favor or bring good luck |
| Temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness |
| Reprimand | rebuke formally |
| Palatable | acceptable to the taste or mind |
| Chivalry | the medieval principles of knighthood |
| Augur | indicate by signs; (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy |
| Salubrious | favorable to health of mind or body |
| Egotist | a conceited and self-centered person |
| Parse | analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) |
| Gregarious | tending to form a group with others of the same kind |
| Amenity | (n.) an item that increases comfort; an agreeable and civil manner |
| Dredge | a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed |
| Copious | large in number or quantity; yielding a lot(like in crops) |
| Sovereign | Supreme in power, rank, or authority |
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