| Term | Definition |
| abrogate | annul, revoke |
| asperity | rigor, harshness |
| burnish | shine, buff |
| cabal | clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy |
| delectable | delicious, scrumptious |
| deprecate | deplore, frown upon |
| detritus | debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble |
| ebullient | exhilarated, elated, exuberant |
| eclectic | selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose |
| flaccid | soft, flabby |
| impecunious | penniless, impoverished, indigent |
| inexorable | inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate |
| moribund | obsolescent |
| necromancer | sorcerer, conjurer |
| onerous | oppressive, weighty |
| rudiments | fundamentals, basics |
| sequester | seclude, segregate, isolate, closet |
| winnow | sift, strain, filter, sort |