| Term | Definition |
| Amelioration | Improvement, amendment, melioration |
| Allocate | assign, budget, mete |
| Decry | criticize, blame, calumniate, vilify |
| Augment | improve, aggrandize |
| Pragmatic | sensible, logical, prosaic |
| Scintillating | bright, glinting, ebullient |
| Salubrious | beneficial, sanitary, healthy |
| Candor | complete honesty, fairness, veracity |
| Moot | arguable, controversial, debatable |
| Fastidious | captious, careful, meticulous |
| Intrinsic | basic, congenital, connate |
| Autonomous | free, sovereign |
| Anthology | literary collection |
| Savant | academic, intellectual |
| Altercation | argument, controversy |
| Extraneous | unessential, superfluous |
| Indue | provide, endow |
| Martial | combative, belligerent, bellicose |
| Multifarious | assorted, myriad |
| Lassitude | apathy, fatigue |