| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abberation | deviation from the expected or normal |
| acclimate | adjust to the climate |
| adament | hard; inflexible |
| adroit | skillful |
| amorphous | formless; lacking of shape or difinition |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to |
| archipelago | group of closely related islands |
| avid | greedy; or eager for |
| awry | crooked; wrong; amiss |
| banal | boring |
| behemoth | huge creature |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| cantankerous | ill humored |
| cliche | phrase dulled in meaning by repetition |
| decipher | decode |
| disparage | belittle |
| dubious | questionable |
| effectual | able to produce a desired effect; valid |
| embellish | adorn |
| ephermal | short lived; fleeting |
| excerbate | worsen; embitter |
| fetid | rotten |
| fiasco | total failure |
| fortuitous | accidental; by chance |
| furtive | secretly |
| gaunt | lean and angular; barren |
| gist | essence |
| grotesque | fantastic; comically hideous |
| hubris | arrogance; excessive self conceit |
| hue | color |
| hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement |
| inept | lacking skill |
| innocuous | harmless |
| labyrinth | maze |
| livid | enraged |
| loathe | detest |
| loquacious | talkative |
| malevolent | wishing evil |
| maniacal | raving mad; insane |
| maternal | motherly |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| myriad | very large number |
| narcissist | conceited; self centered person |
| opaque | dark; not transparent |
| opulence | extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance |
| oscillate | pendulum like; waver |
| travesty | an injustice |
| usury | lending money at illegal rates of intrest |
| vehemont | forcefull; intensly emotional |
| vex | annoy; distress |
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