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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aberrant | Abnormal, different from the accepted norm |
| Abeyance | State of suspension, temporary inaction |
| Abstemious | State of self-denial, particularly in the area of food or drink |
| Acrid | Bitter, harsh |
| Acumen | Keen, quickness of intellectual insight |
| Admonition | A gentle reproof |
| Amalgamate | To mix together in a homogenous body |
| Ameliorate | To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
| Ascetic | Given to severe self-denial, practicing excessive abstinence |
| Assiduous | Persistent, unceasing |
| Astute | Keen, wise |
| Audacious | Fearless |
| Austere | Unadorned, severely simple |
| Aver | To avouch, justify, or prove |
| Banal | Trite, commonplace |
| Blatant | Offensively loud |
| Bolster | To support, to reinforce |
| Bombastuc | Using inflated language, pompus |
| Burgeon | To grow forth, to send out buds |
| Cacophony | A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or tone |
| Chicanery | Use of trickery to deceive |
| Coda | Concluding section of a musical or literary piece, something that summarizes |
| Cognizant | Aware, taking notice |
| Colloquial | Pertainng to common speach |
| Consternation | Panic |
| Contentious | Quarrelsome |
| Contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant |
| Contumacious | Rebellious |
| Craven | Cowardly |
| Decorum | Orderliness and good taste in manners |
| Deleterious | Hurtful, morally or physically |
| Delineate | To represent by sketch or diagram |
| Deride | To ridicule, to make fun of |
| Derision | Ridicule |
| Desultory | Aimless, haphazard |
| Diatribe | Bitter or malicious criticism |
| Didactic | Pertaining to teaching |
| Dilatory | Causing delay |
| Disconcert | To disturb the composure of |
| Dissemble | To disguise or pretend |
| Dissolution | Breaking up of a union of persons |
| Divest | To strip, to deprive |
| Divulge | To tell or make known, generally of something secret or private |
| Dubious | Doubtful |
| Dupe | Someone easily fooled |
| Ebullient | Showing great enthusiasm or exhilaration |
| Efficacy | Power to produce an intended effect |
| Effrontery | Shamless boldness, impudence |
| Egress | Exit |
| Elegy | A poen lamenting the dead |
| Elicit | To extract without violence, to learn through discussion |
| Embellish | To add attractive and ornamental features |
| Emulate | Imitate |
| Engender | To produce |
| Enervate | To weaken |
| Ennui | Boredom |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived, fleeting |
| Equanimity | Evenness of mind or temper |
| Equivocal | Ambiguous |
| Eradicate | To destroy completely |
| Erudite | Very learned |
| Eschew | To keep clear of |
| Esoteric | Hard to understand, known only by a few |
| Exacerbate | To make more sharp or severe, to make worse |
| Exculpate | To free from blame |
| Exigency | Urgent situation |
| Expatiate | To speak or write at some length |
| Extirpate | To root out, to eradicate |
| Facetious | humorous, not meant seriously |
| Fallacious | Illogical |
| Fatuous | Idiotic |
| Fervor | Ardor or intensity of feeling |
| Fledgling | Inexperienced |
| Foment | To nurse to life, to encourage |
| Forestall | To prevent by taking action in advance |
| Frugal | Economical |
| Fulminate | To cause to explode |
| Gainsay | To contradict, to deny |
| Garrulous | Trivial talking |
| Germane | Relevant |
| Goad | To urge on |
| Grandiloquent | Pompus, bombastic |
| Gregarious | Sociable, outgoing |
| Guileless | Without deceit |
| Gullible | Easily deceived |
| Halcyon | Calm |
| Harangue | A tirade |
| Harbinger | One who foreruns and announces the coming of a person thing |
| Heresy | Opinion or doctrine subversive of settled or accepted beliefs |
| Homogenous | Of the same kind |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration or overstatement |
| Iconoclast | one who attacks traditional beliefs |
| Ignominious | Shameful |
| Impecunious | Having no money |
| Impede | To hinder, to block |
| Imperious | Insisting on obedience |
| Imperturbable | Calm |
| Impervious | Impenetrable |
| Implicit | Implied |
| Importune | To assail with arguments or accusations |
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