| Term | Definition |
|---|
| nostalgic | a longing for the past |
| brazen | bold and obvious |
| buffet | to hit; to punch; to strike |
| turbid | mixed up and confused |
| turgid | inflated; swollen; egotistical |
| mummery | satire |
| extrinsic | not a natural part of |
| culpable | guilty |
| inextricable | entangled; tangled-up |
| figment | fantasy |
| invocation | an opening prayer |
| obsequies | funeral rites |
| aesthetic | artistic |
| alabaster | whitish |
| acrimony | bitterness |
| mordant | sarcastic |
| limpid | clear, transparent |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| inexorable | unstoppable and relentless |
| chicanery | trickery |
| advisement | consideration |
| aggrandizement | exaggeration |
| seraphic | heavenly |
| fulsome | excessive or insincere |
| furtive | sly |
| gainsay | to contradict |
| gamut | range |
| commendatory | praise-worthy |
| commensurate | proportionate |
| loquacious | talkative |
| commodious | spacious |
| commute | to reduce to something less severe |
| compendium | comprehensive summary |
| inalienable | permanent |
| comport | to behave |
| compunction | regret |
| refulgent | shiny |
| subterfuge | deception |
| concatenate | to link |
| concordance | complete index |
| concur | to agree with |
| subversive | corrupting |
| epigram | a wise, old saying |
| epitomize | to typify |
| epoch | a significant period of time |
| equanimity | calmness |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| succinct | to-the-point |
| imperative | necessary |
| condone | to excuse |
| conflagration | raging fire |
| endorse | to support |
| enervate | to weaken |
| confluence | junction |
| relegate | to demote |
| imperious | commanding |
| inane | senseless |
| remiss | careless |
| imperturbable | calm |
| confound | to confuse |
| entail | to include |
| enthrall | to fascinate |
| recluse | loner |
| recreant | disloyal |
| rectitude | integrity |
| redolent | fragrant |
| impervious | immune to |
| sully | to tarnish |
| sumptuous | magnificent |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| impetus | motivation |
| ephemeral | temporary |
| impious | unholy |
| incessant | unending |
| incipience | the beginning |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| indigenous | native |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| connive | to scheme |
| connoisseur | an expert |
| connote | to imply |
| consanguinity | genetics |
| conscript | a draftee |
| biannual | twice a year |
| biennial | every two years |
| mercenary | a soldier for hire; greedy |
| prototype | original model |
| protract | to prolong |
| mercurial | unpredictable |
| metamorphosis | a drastic change |
| metaphysical | theoretical |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| luminous | shining |
| blazon | to adorn |
| mettle | courage |
| macabre | gruesome |
| minion | subordinate |
| prodigal | extravagant |
| prodigious | colossal |
| capricious | impulsive |
| captious | overly critical |
| circuitous | roundabout |
| pertinacious | persistent and determined |
| perturbation | an upheaval |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| perverse | twisted |
| garish | showy or gaudy |
| garrulous | talkative |
| germane | on topic |
| imbroglio | an argument or fight |
| avocation | a hobby |
| badinage | teasing |
| imminent | about to happen |
| circumspect | careful; cautious |
| clamber | to move clumsily |
| castigate | to reprimand harshly |
| machination | a plot; a scheme |
| magisterial | commanding |
| magnanimous | noble |
| clandestine | secretive |
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