| Term | Definition |
|---|
| axiom | a self-evident rule of truth; a widely accepted saying |
| beneficent | kind; doing good |
| implement | to carry out |
| capricious | unpredictable; likely to change at any moment |
| alacrity | eagerness; cheerful readiness |
| circumlocution | an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language |
| pungent | sharp or biting to taste or smell |
| savor | to relish; to taste with pleasure; to enjoy |
| correlate | to establish or show a relationship between two things |
| malleable | easy to shape or bend |
| facetious | joking; humorous |
| allocate | to designate for a purpose; to distribute |
| petulant | rude; cranky; ill-tempered |
| rampart | a fortification; a defense |
| temerity | recklessness; a foolish boldness; audacity |
| truculent | savage; fierce |
| kinship | a relationship, especially a blood relationship |
| incisive | cutting right to the heart of the matter |
| abberation | something not typical; a deviation from the standard |
| qualify | to modify; to restrict |
| abstemious | sparking or moderate, especially in eating and drinking |
| impugn | to attack; especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
| beget | to bring into being; to cause to exist |
| incursion | a hostile invasion |
| conundrum | a puzzle; a riddle |
| doggerel | loose, unskillful verse |
| exorbitant | extravagant; immoderate |
| invective | insulting or abusive speech |
| exigent | requiring immediate attention; urgent |
| placate | to pacify; to appease; to soothe |
| temperament | dispostion or character |
| baleful | menacing; harmful |
| antiseptic | free from germs; exceptionally clean |
| lax | not strict or firm; careless or negligent; slack |
| accolade | an award or honor; high praise |
| desiccate | to dry out |
| erudite | scholarly; deeply learned |
| debacle | a violent breakdown; a sudden overthrow |
| flag | to weaken; to slow down |
| divergent | deviating; differing |
| effluvium | escaping gas; noxious vapors |
| impudent | bold; impertinent |
| evanescent | vanishing or fading; scarcely perceptible |
| ineluctable | inevitable; unavoidable |
| mellifluous | sweetly flowing |
| improvident | to fail to provide for the future; careless |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth; to fluctuate |
| ossify | to turn to bone; to harden; to become rigid |
| propinquity | kinship; nearness |
| proselytize | to convert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine |
| pundit | an expert; a learned person |
| recondite | hard to understand |
| brook | to tolerate; to put up with |
| spendthrift | extravagant or wasteful, especially with money |
| ribald | indecent; coarse |
| vacuous | stupid; lacking ideas |
| coda | a distinct passage that concludes a composition |
| penchant | a strong liking or learning |
| sinuous | winding; intricate |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| cognizant | perceptive; observant |
| garner | to gather; to collect |
| obdurate | stubborn; inflexible |
| chronology | a record of events in order of time; a history |
| economical | frugal; thrifty |
| accretion | growth; accumulation; enlargement |
| panegyric | lofty praise |
| reprobate | a wicked, depraved person |
| untoward | unruly; awkward; unfavorable |
| welter | a confused mass; turmoil |
| inchoate | just beginning; unformed |
| hone | to sharpen |
| timbre | the quality of a sound independent of pitch and loudness |
| disavow | to deny |
| saturnine | gloomy or surly in temperament |
| repugnant | distasteful; offensive |
| viscous | thick and sticky |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| pedagogue | a teacher; a pedantic or dogmatic person |
| rivet | to attract and hold the attention of |
| taut | tightly drawn; tense; firm |
| cajole | to deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do |
| fulsome | morally offensive, disgusting |
| neophyte | a beginner |
| insolvent | unable to pay one's bills |
| motility | movement; ability to move |
| munificent | very generous; lavish |
| conjoin | to join together |
| hermetic | impervious to external influence; airtight |
| salubrious | promoting good health |
| judicious | exercising good judgment |
| foster | to promote the growth or development of |
| transitory | not lasting; temporary |
| goad | to urge forcefully; to prod |
| cacophony | a harsh-sounding mixture of sounds |
| turpitude | depravity; shameful wickedness |
| ingenuous | free from deceit or disguise |
| maverick | a nonconformist; a rebel |
| flout | disregard out of disrespect |
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