| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amiss | wrong |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| auspicious | favorable, opportune |
| avaricious | greedy |
| behoove | to be necessary for moral implications |
| belie | to contradict |
| blase | unimpressed |
| calumnious | slanderous |
| castellated | built like a castle |
| circumvent | to bypass or go around |
| cleft | an opening or space caused by cleavage |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| collateral | something used as security in a loan |
| contrition | sincere remorse |
| crystalline | strikingly clear |
| cynical | questioning the sincerity or basic goodness of people |
| dearth | a lack or inadequate supply |
| encompass | to surround |
| droll | amusing in an odd way |
| depreciate | to lessen the value of |
| despotic | autocratic, tyrannical |
| desultory | lacking in consistency |
| dire | dreadful |
| dominion | a rule, reign or control |
| entreat | to ask earnestly; beg |
| equivocation | an expression that has several different meanings |
| expostulate | to reason earnestly with someone against something that they intend to do |
| felicity | the state of being happy |
| filial | noting the relationship of parent to child |
| garish | showy; tastelessly elaborate |
| hone | to sharpen |
| idiom | an expression whose meaning is not predictable |
| imminent | likely to occur at any moment |
| impeccable | flawless |
| incantation | a spell or charm; a chanting of words |
| incarnate | embodied in flesh |
| incognito | in disguise |
| indiscriminate | lacking selectivity; not dividing or judging; doing something at random |
| inexorable | unyielding |
| inexplicable | not explainable |
| infuse | to instill |
| jocund | cheerful; merry |
| lilting | saying/singing something in a cheerful manner |
| myriad | an indefinitely great number of something |
| nascent | beginning to develop or exist |
| nonchalant | casual, unconcerned, indifferent |
| opaque | impenetrable to light |
| pall | a cloth or blanket used to spread over a coffin |
| pedagogical | relating to education |
| perdition | the loss of ones soul |
| peruse | to read through carefully and thoroughly |
| pervasive | having a permeable quality |
| portentous | momentous, ominously significant |
| precept | a command or direction given as a rule of conduct |
| prodigal | recklessly extravagant; lavish |
| proficient | skilled in any art, science or subject |
| provacative | irritative |
| pulsate | to throb |
| qualm | an uneasy feeling of doubt; unsure feeling |
| quandary | a state of perplexing uncertainty |
| rapt | completely fascinated |
| reiterate | to repeat or emphasize |
| requiem | a celebration of souls |
| rueful | causing sorrow or pity |
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