| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Largess | Generosity of spirit and attitude |
| Kudos | Fame,glory, or honor, praising remark |
| Divisive | Creating disunity or conflict, trouble making |
| Lampoon | A written attack using satire, to ridicule person, group or institution |
| Vernacular | Being characteristic or appropriate to everyday language |
| Impetuous | Quick to act without thinking; impulsive |
| Loquacious | Very talkative |
| Clandestine | Secretive; concealed for a darker purpose |
| Epilogue | Concluding section of a literary work often dealing with future of characters |
| Eponymous | The name for something or someone supposedly named |
| Rapturous | Filled with great joy |
| Hackneyed | Commonplace, banal, pedestrian |
| Imperious | Arrogantly self-assured |
| Inchoate | Imperfectly formed or formulated; in an initial or early stage |
| Laconic | One who uses few words, concise |
| Lexicon | The vocabulary of a person, group, or subject |
| Judicious | Wise, prudent, sensible |
| Kinetic | Relating to motion |
| Lachrymose | Tearful, mournful, inclined to weep |
| Indomitable | Fearless, invincible |
| Pantheism | Belief that a God, or gods make up the whole world |
| Juxtapose | To compare, to place a side by side comparison |
| Descry | To catch sight of (something difficult to discern) scrutinize |
| Consanguineous | Of the same origin |
| Engender | To create, bring into existence |
| Epoch | A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable |
| Deviation | Departure from the standard, exception |
| Egocentric | Regarding self/individual as center of all things |
| Maelstrom | A restless, disordered turmoil |
| Abate | Reduce in amount |
| Impute | To attribute a usually undesirable trait or action |
| Calumny | False statement to ruin reputation |
| Palliate | To reduce the intensity, seem less serious |
| Sovereign | One that exercises supreme authority |
| Quiescent | Being quiet; inactive |
| Obscure | Difficult to understand because of clarity |
| Palpable | Capable of being handled, touched |
| Abridge | To reduce length of text |
| Annex | To attach as country, state, city, etc. |
| Objurgate | To scold |
| Protean | Readily or easily assuming different shapes, adaptable |
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