| Term | Definition |
|---|
| antipathy [an-tip-uh-thee] | disgust, abhorrence |
| depravity [di-prav-i-tee] | moral corruption |
| pallid [pal-id] | pale; faint in color |
| retributive [ri-trib-yuh-tiv] | to pay back |
| clandestine [klan-des-tin] | hidden; confidential |
| castigation [kas-ti-geyt] | to punish in order to correct |
| encroachment [en-krohch-muhnt] | to go beyond the usual limits |
| sententious [sen-ten-shuhs] | using proverbs or maxims to sound smart |
| promiscuous [pruh-mis-kyoo-uhs] | having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis |
| suffused [suh-fyooz] | to cover |
| caprice [kuh-prees] | a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather |
| invidious [in-vid-ee-uhs] | hateful; causing envy |
| germane [jer-meyn] | closly related |
| deprecation [dep-ri-keyt] | to express disapproval; belittle |
| colloquy [kol-uh-kwee] | everyday language; dialogue |
| monomania [mon-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] | obsessed with one idea |
| acquiesced [ak-wee-es] | to give in |
| immured [i-myoor] | to imprison; seclude or confine |
| transient [tran-zee-uhnt] | staying only a short time; temoprary |
| heinous [hey-nuhs] | hateful; totally reprehensible |
| incipient [in-sip-ee-uhnt] | beginning to appear |
| elucidation [i-loo-si-deyt] | to make clear; explain |
| enervate [en-er-veyt] | weaken; sap the strength of |
| mitigate [mit-i-geyt] | to lesson the severity of |
| causticity [kaw-stik] | severly critical; sarcastic |
| metaphysical [met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl] | concerned with an abstract thought; as existance, causality, or truth |
| requiem [rek-wee-uhm] | musical service for the dead |
| cognomens [kog-noh-muhn] | nickname |
| refutation [ref-yoo-tey-shuhn] | to prove to be false |
| docility [dos-uhl] | easily managed or handled |
| mutiny [myoot-n-ee] | revolt or rebillion against authority |
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