| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking |
| accolade | award of merit |
| acquiesce | assent agree with protesting |
| adroit | skillful, nimble |
| apocryphal | untrue, made up |
| banal | hackneyed,commonplace,trite |
| belie | contradict,give a false impression |
| benevolent | generous,charitable |
| blasphemy | irrelevance, sacrilege,cursing |
| braggart | boastful person |
| cacophonous | discordant, inharmonious |
| candor | frankness |
| charlaton | quack,pretender to knowledge |
| coercion | use of force to get someones compliance |
| condone | overlook,forgive |
| corroborate | confirm, support |
| daunt | intimidate, frighten |
| dawdle | loiter,waste time |
| deprevity | corruption, wickedness |
| diadactic | teaching, instructional |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency |
| ebb | recede,lessen |
| effervesent | exuberant, bubbly and excited |
| engender | cause, produce |
| epicure | connoiserser of food and drink |
| ethereal | light,heavenly,unusually refined |
| evanescent | fleeting, vanishing |
| facile | easily accomplished, ready or fluent |
| fanaticism | excessive zeal, extreme devotion to belief or cause |
| fickle | changeable,faithless |
| forestall | prevent, by taking action in advance |
| founder | fail completly, sink |
| galvanize | stimulate by shock,stir up |
| glib | fluent,facile,slick |
| gratuitous | given freely,unwarranted |
| glutton | someone who eats too much, greedy person |
| gregarious | sociable |
| hackneyed | commonplace, trite |
| haughtiness | pride,arrogance |
| hedonist | one who believes that plessure is the sole aim in life |
| heyday | time of great success, prime |
| husband | use sparingly, conserve,save |
| hyperbole | exaggeration, overstatement |
| impeccable | faultless |
| impede | hinder,block,delay |
| impromptu | without previous preparation |
| incentive | spur, motive |
| indigent | poor;destitute |
| indolent | lazy |
| inundate | overwhelm,flood,submerge |
| jargon | language used by a special group, technical terminology |
| justification | good or just reason;defence;excuse |
| kindle | start a fire,inspire |
| lassitude | languor;weariness |
| legacy | a gift made by will |
| list | tilt;lean over |
| lucid | clear, easily understood |
| magnate | person of prominence or influence |
| marred | damaged;disfigured |
| melancholy | gloomy;morose;blue |
| mollify | soothe |
| munificent | very generous |
| nefarious | very wicked |
| nonchalance | indifferent,lack of concern, composure |
| novelty | something new;newness |
| nullify | to make invailid;void;abolish |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obtuse | blunt;stupid |
| ominous | threatening |
| orator | public speaker |
| paltry | insignificant,petty,trifling |
| parsimony | stinginess;excessive frugality |
| penchant | strong inclination, liking |
| pernicious | very destructive |
| pious | devout;religious |
| platitude | trite remark, commonplace statement |
| precocious | advanced in development |
| prosaic | dull and unimaginative |
| quandary | dilemma |
| quell | extinguish;put down;quiet |
| raze | destroy completely |
| rebuttal | refutation;response with contrary evidence |
| rectify | set right;correct |
| rescind | cancel |
| reticent | reserved;umcommunicative;inclined to be silent |
| sage | person celebrated for wisdom |
| serenity | calmness;placidity |
| spontaneity | lack of premeditation;naturalness |
| superfluous | excessive;overabundant;unnecessary |
| supercilious | arrogant;condescending |
| tangential | peripheral;only slightly connected |
| thrive | prosper;flourish |
| turbulance | state of violent agitation |
| undermine | weaken;sap |
| unprecedented | novel;unparalleled |
| vilify | slander |
| virtuoso | highly skillful artist |
| whimsical | caprisious;fanciful |
| zealot | fanatic;person who shows excessive zeal |
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