| Term | Definition |
|---|
| altruism | the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| amalgamated | caused to combine or unite |
| ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| amicably | nicely or gently |
| asunder | into parts or pieces |
| contrive | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort |
| discernment | the trait of judging wisely and objectively |
| ephemeral | enduring a very short time |
| epicurean | a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
| espouse | take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own |
| extraneous | not essential |
| fortuitous | occurring by happy chance |
| incipient | beginning to exist |
| incumbent | imposed as a duty; obligatory |
| indolent | lazy |
| innocuous | harmless |
| malleable | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
| obsequious | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| ostensibly | from appearances alone |
| providential | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate |
| subversive | in opposition to a civil authority or government |
| superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required |
| surmise | infer from incomplete evidence |
| vacillation | changing location by moving back and forth |
| vacuous | empty |
| vicarious | felt or experienced second-hand |
| conjecture | to guess, to deduce, infer |
| acrimoniously | ill-naturedly |
| acquiesced | accepted; complied with |
| effaced | erased |
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