| Term | Definition |
| reprehensible | deserving blame |
| affluence | abundance, wealth |
| tentative | cautious, experimental |
| facilitate | make less difficult |
| candid | free from prejudice or bias, honest |
| ornate | heavily ornamented, showy |
| garrulity | talkativeness |
| lethargic | dull, sluggish |
| enigmatic | perplexing, baffling |
| miasma | unwholesome atmosphere |
| vilify | to revile, to defame |
| vivacious | full of life, spirited |
| plethora | excess, overabundance |
| soporific | tending to cause sleep |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| spurious | false, counterfeit |
| opprobrious | disgraceful |
| motley | parti-colored, mixed |
| gauche | awkward, tactless |
| evanescent | fleeting, vanishing |
| pusillanimous | cowardly, faint-hearted |
| cacophony | harsh jarring sound, dissonance |
| abnegation | giving up of rights, self-denial, renunciation |
| limpid | clear |
| abstemious | temperate, sparing in drink |