| Term | Definition |
| dubious | doubtful |
| epitome | representative of a type |
| complement | something that completes |
| fallacy | false notion |
| credible | capable of being believed |
| incoherent | lacking cohesion or connection |
| lavish | extravagent |
| penchant | liking |
| vignette | short scene or story |
| erudition | extensive learning |
| austere | without decoration; strict |
| gaffe | clumsy social error |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| palliative | relieving symtoms without effecting a cure |
| ingenuous | lacking in cunning or guile; unwordly |
| verdant | green with vegetation |
| extrapolate | to infer from known information |
| conjecture | inference or guesswork |
| derivative | something that comes from another source |
| variegated | varicolored |
| nefarious | wicked, vicious |
| affable | friendly |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| debunk | to expose untruths |