| Term | Definition |
|---|
| solicitous | concerned |
| supplant | to usurp the place of |
| concord | agreement |
| prosaic | dull, unimaginative |
| maverick | one who is independent |
| paucity | scarcity |
| squander | to spend wastefully |
| strident | loud, harsh |
| averse | disinclined |
| obsequious | fawning and servile |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| redolent | aromatic; suggestive |
| rhetoric | art of using language persuasively |
| vindicate | to free from blame |
| sycophant | flatterer |
| lucid | clear |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
| docile | submissive to instruction |
| insolent | insulting |
| vicarious | as if one were taking part in another's experience |
| pejorative | insulting |
| repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
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