| Term | Definition |
|---|
| derelict | negligent |
| calumny | slander, defamation |
| finesse | skillful |
| myriad | a great number of |
| scrupulous | precise and honest |
| salient | intelligent, insightful |
| canon | a list of rules, a collection of works |
| probity | integrity, honesty |
| austere | very plain, very simple |
| satiety | contentedness, fullness |
| amelioration | improvement |
| allocate | to allot |
| decry | to condemn |
| augment | to increase |
| pragmatic | practical thinking |
| scintillating | dazzling, brilliant |
| salubrious | healthy or beneficial |
| candor | complete honesty |
| moot | debatable |
| fastidious | picky, fussy |
| intrinsic | a natural part of something |
| autonomous | self-governing, independent |
| anthology | a collection of selected works by one author |
| savant | genius |
| altercation | argument |
| extraneous | irrelevant |
| endue | to endow, to invest with power |
| martial | pertaining to the military |
| multifarious | diverse |
| lassitude | weariness |
| indomitable | unconquerable |
| irrevocable | unchangeable |
| presage | to foreshadow |
| schism | a split |
| sentient | conscious |
| cajolery | persuasion by flattery |
| largesse | generosity |
| indigent | poor, needy |
| felicitations | congratulations |
| itinerant | nomadic |
| prerogative | privilege |
| antithetical | contradictory |
| sententious | to-the-point, moralizing |
| cadaverous | like a corpse |
| amenities | luxuries |
| expurgate | to edit |
| indolent | lazy or idle |
| feint | a deception |
| antipathy | hatred |
| sedulous | hard-working |
| amenable | open to, willing to |
| decrepitude | uselessness |
| malfeasance | misconduct |
| filial | pertaining to the duties of a son |
| invidious | shocking, scandalous |
| moribund | dying |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| latent | dormant |
| estranged | distant |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| miscegenation | the mixing of races |
| mitigate | to lessen |
| subsume | to include |
| ethereal | cerebral, abstract |
| blight | disease, pestilence |
| prognosticate | predict or foretell |
| querulous | quarrelsome or argumentative |
| ostentatious | showy |
| exploit | adventure, daring deed |
| expunge | to erase or delete |
| decorum | proper behavior |
| extemporary | spontaneous |
| obtrusive | very noticeable |
| affront | an insult, a challenge |
| morose | sad, gloomy |
| morass | a complicated situation |
| extirpate | to eradicate, to remove |
| pilfer | to steal little by little |
| obsequious | sycophantic, overly flattering |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness, enthusiasm |
| obdurate | stubborn, unyielding |
| unsavory | disreputable |
| paean | hymn of praise |
| turpitude | evil |
| tutelary | guardianship, influence |
| plebeian | common |
| palaver | small talk, chatter |
| palliate | to alleviate, to ease , to relieve |
| postulate | to assume as true, to state as fact |
| mendicant | beggar |
| abortive | unsuccessful, failed |
| venal | corrupt |
| venerable | highly respected |
| perspicacity | intelligence |
| iconoclast | one who attacks traditions |
| harbinger | an omen (bad) |
| parsimonious | cheap, thrifty, stingy |
| avarice | greed |
| averse | opposed to |
| pathological | disease-related |
| paucity | a scarcity, a shortage |
| verisimilitude | resemblance to reality |
| arrant | complete, total, outright |
| errant | stray, misguided |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere at once |
| onerous | oppressive, burdensome |
| opprobrium | shame, disgrace |
| paragon | best example, a model |
| pariah | an outcast |
| virtuoso | master, expert |
| assiduous | hard-working, diligent |
| propitious | favorable |
| propound | to submit, to propose |
| propriety | proper behavior (p) |
| tyro | beginner, amateur |
| prosaic | dull, ordinary (p) |
| insipid | dull ordinary |
| assuage | to calm , to sooth |
| artifice | skill, grace |
| ascetic | self-denying (noun) |
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