| Term | Definition |
|---|
| epistle | a letter or literary composition in letter form |
| gadfly | an irritating an persistant person |
| dolorous | exhibiting sorrow or pain |
| gargantuan | of huge or extraordinary size and power |
| arduous | difficult |
| affable | friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to |
| grandiloquent | pompous or high-flown in speech |
| agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land |
| harangue | a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture |
| sycophant | a flatterer; one one who fawns on others in order to gain a favor |
| altercation | a heated argument |
| lexicon | a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary |
| hue | a particular shade of a given color |
| sanction | permission |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally |
| audacity | rude boldness; nerve |
| implacable | unable to be appeased or pacified |
| expedient | practical; providing an immediate advantage |
| pertinent | having to do with the subject at hand |
| inert | unable to act or move |
| circumvent | to get around; to bypass |
| clandestine | secret |
| acquit | to find not guilty of a fault or crime |
| deprecate | to express strong disapproval of |
| barrister | lawyer |
| culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
| chastise | to punish severely |
| jocise | joking; humorous |
| myriad | a very larger number; too numerous to be counted |
| levity | lightness of disposition; lack of seriousness |
| hoax | a practical joke |
| obstreperous | aggressivly boisterous |
| bask | to expose onesself to pleasant warmth |
| genial | friendly; amiable |
| charlatan | one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others |
| mundane | commonplace; earthly and not spiritual |
| fickle | likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason |
| naive | simple in outlook; not affected or worldly |
| nocturnal | having to do with the night; |
| connive | to cooperate secretly in wrongdoing |
| chutzpah | nerve; audacity |
| liege | a lord or master |
| odium | hatred |
| crass | coarse; tasteless |
| hypercritical | overcritical |
| complacent | self-satisfied; smug |
| parsimonious | excessively thrifty |
| verbose | using more words then needed |
| indiscreet | not wise or judicious |
| pique | to cause resentment |
| plebian | a commoner; common or vulgar |
| predatory | inclined to prey on others |
| prowess | superior skill or ability |
| purloin | to steal |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| circumspect | careful; heedfull |
| zephyr | a gentle breeze |
| retribution | something justly deserved |
| caustic | stiningly sharp or starcastic |
| taciturn | not fond of talking |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| uncanny | weird or strange |
| penitent | remorseful |
| vindicate | to clear of suspisions or accusations |
| raillery | good-humored ridecule or teasing |
| impregnable | not able to be conquered |
| xenophobia | an intense dislike or fear of strangers |
| inherent | essential |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| pristine | pure |
| pithy | full of meaning |
| invective | an insult or abuse in speech |
| pliable | easily bent or flexible |
| tenuous | not dense or thick |
| mellifluous | having a rich, smoothly flowing sound |
| epicurean | taking pleasure in food or drink |
| arbiter | a judge |
| vacuous | lacking intelligence |
| archetype | a prototype or original model |
| approbation | formal approval of an act |
| commensurate | an equal measure |
| confluence | a meeting or gathering together |
| secular | not spiritual or religous |
| insouciant | not concerned |
| stipulate | to specify a specific part of an agreement |
| proliferate | to grow or reproduce rapidly |
| tenet | a belief or principal held to be true |
| vigilant | alert at all times |
| dissident | someone who disagrees |
| petulant | rude in speech or behavior |
| demur | to disapprove |
| invidious | tending to casue discontent |
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