| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abash | shame,embarrass, disscompose |
| amenable | manageable ,docile,easy |
| Augur | foreshawdow ,promise ,read ,soothsay |
| auspicious | advantageous, bright, favorable |
| congenial | kindly, kindred, like-minded, mellow, pleasant, pleasing |
| contumely | brass, conceit, contumely |
| demeanor | address, air, attitude, bearing |
| deportment | actions, address, air, appearance, aspect |
| discerning | clear-sighted |
| efficacy | ability, adequacy, capableness, capacity, competence, effect |
| edifice | building, construction, erection, habitation, house |
| eminence | celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, fame, |
| grievous | afflicting, agonizing, appalling, atrocious, calamitous, damaging |
| hypocrisy | bad faith ,casuistry, chewing gum, chicken, |
| ignominious | abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, currish |
| impediment | bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage |
| indubitable | absolute, authentic, categorical, certain, concrete, confirmed, definite |
| infer | arrive at, ascertain, assume, be afraid, believe |
| lurid | ashen, bloody, blue, deep, dirty, disgusting, distinct, exaggerated |
| malefactor | captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird,malefactor, prisoner, repeater* |
| vie | be rivals, buck, challenge, contend, contest |
| vivify | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite |
| voluptuous | ample, buxom, curvaceous, enticing, erotic, fleshly, full-bosomed |
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