| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acquiesce | to give in |
| affinity | likeness |
| blasphemous | profane |
| buttress | a support or prop |
| circumspect | cautious |
| corroboration | confirmation |
| deplete | to lessen in amount or value |
| despotic | ruling oppressively |
| emaciated | very thin, wasting away |
| empirical | based on observation |
| extraneous | not essential or vital |
| fallow | inactive, plowed not sowed |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration |
| incontrovertible | unarguable |
| irascible | irritable, easily angered |
| laconic | using a minimum of words |
| magnanimity | lofty, generous, courageous |
| obsequious | overly attentive |
| proliferation | increase |
| scrupulous | very principled and careful |
| sublime | exalted noble |
| surreptitious | secret clandestine |
| veracity | devotion to the truth |
| zeal | enthusiasm |
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