| Term | Definition |
|---|
| absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt; acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon |
| caricature | a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way; cartoon, burlesque,paradoy, lampoon |
| clangor | a loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringingdin, clamour, uproar |
| contiguous | side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time; adjoining, abutting, next door to |
| cupidity | an eager desire for something; greed; avarice, rapacity, craving, lust |
| deleterious | harmful, injurious; detrimental, destructive, pernicious, damaging |
| enhance | to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of; improve, magnify, heighten, elevate |
| enthrall | to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison; fascinate, enchant, attract, bewitch |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses; moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay |
| implicit | implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contatined in; inferred, tacit, unspoken, unconditional |
| incisive | sharp, keen pentrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness); acute, cutting, perceptive, trenchant |
| ostentatious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy; flashy, overdone, affected, flamboyant |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| paraphrase | to restate in other words; reword, rephrase; a statement that presents a given idea in new language; a rendition, version |
| politic | prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient; tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspect |
| prosaic | dull, lacking in distinction and orginiality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic; commonplace, humdrum, literal, pedestrian |
| redundant | extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush; unnecessary, superflous, verbose, prolix |
| sanctimonious | making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| scintillating | sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities); stimulating, lively, glittering, flashing |
| winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a chlidlike charm and innocence); winning, engaging, delightful, prepossessing |
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