| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Culpable | blameworthy |
| Acrimony | bitterness |
| Inculcate | to instill |
| Fiasco | complete failure |
| Furtive | secretive |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Compunction | guilt |
| Reiterated | said again, repeated |
| Regression | going back |
| Concur | agree |
| Distend | to stick out, to expand, to swell |
| Eccentric | a person that is peculiar or odd |
| Resolute | firm in belief |
| Rotund | round |
| Indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being worn out |
| Commuted | to change to something less severe |
| Inalienable | not subject to be taken away |
| Refulgent | shining |
| Subterfuge | a trick |
| Subversive | undermining or destructive |
| Epigram | a short, witty, expression |
| Succinct | brief and concise |
| Succulent | juicy |
| Imperative | of the greatest importance |
| Pungent | foul smelling |
| Embellish | to enhance or exaggerate |
| Apathy | a lack of interest or concern |
| Contrite | sorry |
| Incorrigible | not able to be saved, unredeemable |
| Futile | useless |
| Condoned | overlooked, forgiven |
| Conduit | a means of transmitting information |
| Conflagration | a raging fire |
| Eradicate | to wipe out |
| Endorse | to give approval to |
| Confluence | a merging, a coming together |
| Inane | meaningless, pointless |
| Enhanced | to make better |
| Reminiscent | reminding of the past |
| Incarcerate | to imprison |
| Hiatus | a break |
| Mendicant | a beggar |
| Interminable | unending |
| Deft | highly skilled |
| Castigate | to scold |
| Avarice | greed |
| Anomaly | an irregularity, an abnormality |
| Reverie | a daydream |
| Lucid | mentally alert, rational |
| Ludicrous | absurd |
| Malign | to speak badly of |
| Writhe | to contort the body as in agony |
| Zenith | highest point, the peak |
| Destitute | poor |
| Apparition | a ghost or phantom |
| Cognizant | aware |
| Alleviate | to lessen |
| Dally | to waste, or to loiter |
| Infirm | feeble or weak |
| Importune | to beg |
| Precluded | made impossible, prevented |
| Derogatory | belittling, disparaging |
| Hamlet | a small village |
| Trepidation | fear |
| Confound | to confuse |
| Recluse | a hermit |
| Redundant | already started, repetitive |
| Sully | to tarnish |
| Ephemeral | short lived |
| Neophyte | a beginner |
| Petulant | stubborn like a child |
| Coerce | to force or compel |
| Coalesce | to come together |
| Aberration | something not normal |
| Prone | having a tendency to do something |
| Bellicose | hostile or warlike |
| Coagulate | to thicken or clot |
| Abscond | to leave secretly and quickly |
| Germane | relevant |
| Cloister | a secluded place |
| Lugubrious | sad or mournful |
| Mercurial | fickle, changing often |
| Mercenary | greedy, influenced only by money |
| Conscript | some who has been drafted or forced into service |
| Incontrovertible | not debatable |
| Fiscal | pertaining to money |
| Erstwhile | former |
| Puerile | childish |
| Jettison | to throw overboard, to discard |
| Amorphous | shapeless |
| Amalgamate | to combine |
| Commiserate | to sympathize |
| Deciduous | shedding or falling off seasonally |
| Cower | to shrink away in fear |
| Egregious | noticeably bad or flagrant |
| Sedentary | inactive |
| Truncated | shortened |
| Sinuous | bending in and out |
| Alabaster | white |
| Capitulate | to surrender |
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