| Term | Definition |
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| Abominate | detest, to abhor, hate or loathes |
| Tyranny | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| Straddled | Spreading apart,to stand |
| unseemly | inappropriate; indecorous, not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society |
| aboriginal | having existed from the beginning, , being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
| unassuming | modest, unpretentious or not assuming |
| sceptical | denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion, , marked by or given to doubt |
| venial | forgivable or pardonable, excusable, deserving temporal punishment |
| vulpine | cunning , clever, foxy or crafty |
| untenable | one that is incapable of being maintained or defended |
| absconding | v. to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution |
| procastinate | To put off some thing specialy out of habitual carelessness or laziness , to postpone or delay needlessly |
| phantasmagoria | A shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined |
| jeopardy | danger; to put in danger of loss or injury |
| exuberant | Happy and excited; bubbling over with enthusiasm;The quality of being exurbent |
| jolly | joyful, happy, cheerful |
| palpable | capable of being touched; obvious; tangible |
| palatable | acceptable to the taste or mind |
| jubilent | adj. joyus, especaially b/c of success |
| ludicrous | ridiculous; silly |
| plethora | extreme excess |
| laodicean | indifferent , an indifferent or complacent person; (adjective) indifferent or lukewarm, especially in matters of religion. |
| Whirl | confused movement |
| Scrutiny | close inspection; careful examination |
| Inebriated | drunk |
| purview | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated |
| thong | a skimpy bathing suit or underwear |
| alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| Abstention | n. act of abstaining, act of refraining, self denial; act of refraining from voting |
| mayhem | injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. ~ in the zoo; CF. maim |
| frontal | Not Comparable |
| riotous | rioting or disturbing peace |
| ergonomic | The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort |
| Deification | n. worship regard or treat as a god (someone or something) |
| lofty | of imposing height |
| perplexed | confused |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way; hang around, dawdle, tarry |
| smear | a preparation made by spreading material on a surface |
| intermittent | periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals,occasional |
| mitigate | to ease or relieve |
| cook up | make up something artificial or untrue |
| scapegoat | someone punished for the errors of others, person on whom blame is placed for faults of others |
| hysteric | a fit of uncontrollable emotions such as laughter or weeping |
| lacklustre | lacking brilliance or vitality, lacking energy or vitality, lacking brightness |
| shoddy | of poor quality. |
| jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence), exhausted |
| rectitude | n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct., uprightness, moral virtues, correctness of judgment |
| schizophrenic | suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior |
| quelling | forceful prevention, pacifying or suppressing |
| menace | a threat or the act of threatening |
| debunk | expose as false, exaggerate, worthless, ridicule |
| penchant | strong inclination, a liking. |
| fleeced | having a softly napped surface |
| ostensible | appearing as such but not necessarily so |
| exhort | urge on or encourage especially by shouts, (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| explicable | capable of being explained |
| manifest | a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane, reveal its presence or make an appearance, evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly |
| rampage | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| onus | A burden or responsibility. |
| paradox | [n.] a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true; an ironic thing, or statement. |
| reprehensible | deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame |
| grim | harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance |
| covert | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, secret or hidden |
| emphatic | sudden and strong |
| affable | easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly |
| lurking | hiding or moving about in a secret and sly manner |
| apathy | lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic |
| thwart | block or hinder; baffle; frustrate |
| minuscule | very small, of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial |
| blur | a hazy or indistinct representation |
| bizarre | weird, very unusual in manner style or appearence; strange; odd |
| succumb | [v] to be defeated, to give up, consent reluctantly |
| panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases |
| piecemeal | one thing at a time |
| tinkering | evolution that makes slight changes w/ current designs to make them better, v. fixing or mending, as in fiddling with something to get it right |
| overhaul | make repairs or adjustments to, examine thoroughly to learn about the condition |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter feelings, biting sharpness of language |
| crestfallen | dejected and depressed |
| swashbuckling | bold, takes risks, flamboyantly adventurous |
| exigent | the state of being urgent, urgent need |
| recluse | one who lives in solitude, withdrawn from society |
| condone | to disregard or overlook, to pardon or forgive |
| condemn | express strong disapproval of, to announce to be guilty |
| promulgate | to make known by public declaration, announce officially |
| spurt | suddenly start moving more quickly, to rise |
| assuage | pacify, lessen, alleviate, allay, ease, moderate |
| treachery | violation of faith or trust, betrayal, disloyality, treason, deception, disloyalty |
| emanated | originated from. |
| infuriated | make irritated or angry , aggravated, enrage, provoke , anger |
| tumultuous | wild; noise, Confusedly or violently agitated |
| beleaguered | to harass; beset, Surrounded so as to prevent escape; overwhelmed; crushed. |
| exodus | A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people. |
| conglomeration | to come together as in corporation |
| pensive | Seriously or deeply in thought, dreamily thoughtful, thoughtful with a hint of sadness, contemplative |
| prolific | intellectually productive |
| solicit | entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer |
| repercussion | a effect or consequence of some action or even, result; an echo or revereration |
| facitious | adj. 1. made by or resulting from art; artificial; 2. arising from custom, habit, or design; not natural or spontaneous; artificial, conventional |
| felicitate | To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. |
| conduce | tend or lead to a particular and usually desirable result: contribute |
| deluge | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, an overwhelming number or amount |
| contentious | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits, belligerent |
| tryst | a secret meeting of lovers |
| elude | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| contend | have an argument about something, to fight, struggle; to compete; to argue |
| vivid | bright, distinct, and clear |
| arcane | esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener |
| discern | detect with the senses |
| obsure | difficult to understand; hazy; unclear |
| obscure | not clearly understood or expressed |
| deliberate | think about carefully |
| prudent | showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence, careful and sensible |
| prudish | easily shocked; excessively modest |
| deplorable | Regrettable, very bad, Unfortunate, shameful |
| embroiled | deeply involved especially in something complicated |
| taboo | declare as sacred and forbidden |
| muddle | a confused multitude of things |
| dangle | hang freely |
| cadences | resting points, like commas or periods, on a phrase, resting place |
| colloquialism | spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| cassocks | a black garment reaching down to the ankles, spcially for priest |
| laurel | credit, victorious, triumphant |
| bigotry | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot, n. stubborn intolerance |
| aghast | filled with great surprise or fear; horrified |
| consent | permission to do something |
| stringent | demanding strict attention to rules and procedures |
| accolade | award of merit; strong praise and approval |
| unravel | disentangle; solve |
| fraternity | people engaged in a particular occupation |
| heed | pay close attention to |
| dismantle | take off or remove, to take apart; to strip of something |
| regime | a government in power |
| egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people |
| errant | Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. |
| errand | a short trip to do something |
| profilerate | multiply reproduce |
| delineate | portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation |
| farce | (n.) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |
| acumen | mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen |
| espouse | To support, to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry |
| integrationist | Martin Luther King to have blacks and whites to come together |
| smack | the act of smacking something, a blow from a flat object (as an open hand), have an element suggestive (of something) |
| unceremonious | without due formalities, adj: discourteous; abrupt; hasty; rude |
| obscurantism | a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge |
| decipher | v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. |
| plagiarism | presenting someone else's work as ones own without acknowledgement |
| phlegm | thick,sticky,stringy mucus secreted by the mucus membrane of the respiratory tract,as during a cold or other respiratory infection |
| miami | a native American people originally of the Green Bay area of Wisconsin,with various groups later inhabiting parts of southern Michigan and northern Ohio,Indiana and Illinois;a variety of Illinois spoken by the miami. |
| soliloquy | A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener;the act of speaking to oneself. |
| rack | an engine of torture,consisting of a large frame,upon which the body was gradually stretched until,sometimes,the joints were dislocated,formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. |
| melancholy | sadness or depression of the spirits;gloom |
| mendicancy | the state of being a beggar;a solicitation for money or food. |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable (e.g. food for thought |
| antagonist | One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary;The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama. |
| protagonist | The main character in a drama or other literary work;A leading or principal figure |
| mammoth | Something of great size |
| ransacking | to search through every part of (a place or thing);to plunder or pillage |
| truant | One who is absent without permission, especially from school;One who shirks work or duty |
| ecstatic | Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured |
| somersault | An acrobatic stunt in which the body rolls forward or backward in a complete revolution with the knees bent and the feet coming over the head. Also called somerset; also called regionally tumbleset;A complete reversal, as of sympathies or opinions |
| acrobat | One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics;One who changes one's viewpoint on short notice in response to the circumstances. |
| lethal | Deadly; mortal; fatal |
| ressurect | The state of one who has returned to life;The act of bringing back to practice, notice, or use; revival |
| coroner | An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. |
| simmer | To cook (food) gently in a liquid just at or below the boiling point;To be in a state of gentle ferment(simmer down-To become calm after excitement or anger) |
| placards | A sign or notice for display in a public place; A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a door. |
| stigmatized | To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious |
| derogatory | Tending to detract or diminish |
| divulge | To make known (something private or secret) |
| stashed | to store (money or valuables) in a secret place for safekeeping |
| dissidents | One who disagrees; a dissenter |
| lingua franca | A medium of communication between peoples of different languages. |
| eloquence | expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced |
| ham | To overact.;To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example) |
| acquittal | Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged |
| irreverance | A disrespectful act or remark. |
| fusillade | A discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession;A rapid outburst or barrage: a fusillade of insults |
| nepotism | Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business |
| depose | To remove from office or power. |
| vivacious | Full of animation and spirit; lively |
| penning | To confine in or as if in a pen |
| bumbling | To speak in a faltering manner;To move, act, or proceed clumsily |
| factional | Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension |
| squabble | A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter |
| innocuous | Having no adverse effect; harmless; Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid |
| graft | To join or unite closely |
| deterrence | Measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state. |
| incursions | An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion |
| debacle | A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout |
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