| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accost / accosted (17, 65) | (v.) to approach and speak first |
| acquiesce / acquiescence (97, 163, 185) | (v.) to agree without protesting |
| allay / allayed (153) | (v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve |
| asperity (44) | (n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness |
| celerity (33) | (adj.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| conciliate (130) | (v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent |
| counterpart (115) | (n.) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement |
| depraved / depravity (133) | (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles |
| eloquent / eloquence (45, 84, 129) | (adj.) marked by forceful and fluent expression; vividly or movingly expressive or revealing |
| felicitous / felicity (14, 19, 20, 35, 40, 68, 76, 95, 105, 146, 159, 160, 204, 209, 233, 259) | (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy |
| inure / inured (125) | (v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure |
| obsequious / obsequiousness (47, 259) | (adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons |
| paltry (27, 65) | (adj.) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy |
| pedantry / pedantic (16) | (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details |
| penitent (138) | (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing |
| reputed (98, 181) | (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged |
| taciturn (63) | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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