| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ambience | the mood character quality tone or atmosphere of an environment |
| Ambrosia | the food drink or perfume of the gods |
| Annihilate | to destroy utterly |
| Assuage | to make milder or less severe relieve ease mitigate |
| Bawdy | obscene |
| Cadaverous | of or like a corpse; pale wan ghastly |
| Calumny | a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something |
| Caustic | severely critical or sarcastic |
| Coy | artfully or affectedly shy or reserved coquettish |
| Deciduous | shedding the leaves annually as trees and shrubs |
| Dote | to bestow or express excessive love or fondness regularly |
| Efface | to wipe out, to rub out, to destroy |
| Embellish | to beautify with ornamentation to enhance with fictitious additions |
| Epitome | a representative as of some greater body or quality that is typical of the whole |
| Esoteric | understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite |
| Fickle | not constant or loyal in affections |
| Finagle | to practice deception or fraud |
| Genesis | creation beginning |
| Genre | kind sort style |
| Gesticulate | to make or use gesture sins an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech |
| Gild | to coat with gold or gold colored substance |
| Goad | to incite to prod |
| Hue | a gradient or variety in a color |
| Inordinate | not within proper limits immoderate excessive |
| Insurrection | the act of rising in arms or open rebellion against civil authority or government |
| Irreverent | deficient in veneration or respect |
| Jilt | to reject or cast aside a lover or a sweetheart after encouragement or engagement |
| Keystone | something on which associated things depend |
| Pique | to affect with sharp irritation and resentment |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull unimaginative |
| Recondite | dealing with very profound difficult or abstruse subject matter beyond ordinary knowledge. |
| Rectify | to make or set right; correct; remedy |
| Reimburse | to make payment to for expense or loss incurred; to refund; to repay |
| Saunter | to walk with a leisurely gait; to stroll |
| Senescent | growing old; aging |
| Slovenly | habitually untidy or unclean |
| Solarium | a glass-encased room or porch exposed to the sun's rays |
| Solidarity | union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests |
| Sparse | thinly scattered or distributed |
| Spleen | ill humor; a peevish temper |
| Strident | harsh, grating sound |
| Subvert | to overthrow something established or existing |
| Surplus | above what is used or need |
| Synopsis | a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject |
| Tangential | slightly connected; digressive |
| Tenebrous | dark; gloomy; obscure |
| Tenement | any habitation, abode, or dwelling place |
| Toady | a fawning flatterer |
| Tortuous | full of twists, turns or bends |
| Undulate | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion |
| Valediction | an act of bidding farewell or taking leave |
| Veritable | being truly or very much so |
| Wayward | turned or turning away from what is right or proper; disobedient |
| Yawp | a harsh cry; a noisy foolish utterance |
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