| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acclamation | a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval (syn) ovation, cheering, plaudits (ant) booing, hissing, jeers, catcalls |
| bucolic | characteristic of countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral, rustic (ant) urban, metropolitan |
| calumniate | to slander, accuse falsely and maliciously, defame, libel (ant) flatter, whitewash, praise |
| chary | extremely cautious, hesitant, slow; reserved, idffidence (syn) wary, skittish (ant) heedkessm reckless, incautious |
| collusion | secret agreemet or cooperation (syn) conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots |
| dilettante | dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way; superificial (syn) amateur, trifler (ant) professional |
| imperturbable | not easily excited; emotionally steady (syn) unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled (ant) excitable |
| increment | an enlargement, increase, addition (syn) accretion, gain (ant) loss, reduction, decrease |
| mandate | an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; to issue such an order (syn) directive (ant) forbid, ban, outlaw |
| paltry | triflinf, insignificant; mean, despicable;inferior, trashy (syn) measly, meager, piddling, trivial (ant) gigantic, immens, colossal |
| paroxysm | sudden outbust; a spasm, convulsion, fit, seizure |
| pedantry | a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details (syn) nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery |
| peregrination | act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country (syn) journey, wandering, odyssey |
| redolent | fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura (syn) evocative, reminiscent, aromatic (ant) unevocative, odorless |
| refulgent | shining, radiant, resplendent (syn) luminous, splendid (ant) dim, dark, obscure, dingy, dull, murky |
| shibboleth | word, expression or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; commonplace saying or truism, catchphrase, password, slogan |
| tyro | beginner, novice, one with little or no bachground or skill, neophyte (ant) veteran, past master, expert |
| unremitting | not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless (syn) constant, incessart, unrelenting (ant) desultory, intermittent |
| vacillate | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will, seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate (ant) persevere |
| vituperative | harshly abusive, severely scolding (syn) abusive, scurrilous, insulting (ant) complimentary, lauditory, flattering |
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