| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Jocose | humerous |
| jodhpus | riding breeches |
| joey | young kangaroo |
| juvenescent | young or immature |
| juxtapose | to place side by side |
| killjoy | a person who spoils others joy |
| kinetic | pertaining to motion |
| krotoscope | an instrument that determines the amount of applause |
| kudos | honor or glory |
| lexicon | a dictionary or wordbook |
| libertarian | a person devoted to liberty |
| lilliputian | small |
| limn | to represent in drawing |
| limpid | clear transparent |
| kismet | destiny fate |
| Livid | very angry |
| Logorrhea | incessant or compulsive talkativeness |
| Loup | a mask |
| Lubricious | having a smooth or slippery quality |
| Machination | a secret, cunning, or complicated plan or scheme |
| Maladroit | unskillful; awkward; |
| Malapropism | an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously |
| Malfeasance | he performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, |
| Malice | the intention or desire to cause harm or pain to somebody |
| Malinger | to pretend to be ill |
| Martinet | someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. |
| Maverick | rebel |
| Melee | a noisy confused fight |
| Mercurial | changeable; volatile |
| Mawkish | characterized by sickly sentimentality |
| mete | to distribute by measure |
| metonymy | substitution of a word with another word |
| mien | bearing or demeanor |
| milieu | surroundings |
| mingy | mean and stingy |
| minion | a follower of someone in power |
| minutia | a small detail |
| miscreant | depraved or villainous |
| mnemonic | assisting in memory |
| mollify | to soften in feeling or temper |
| morose | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored |
| mugwump | a person who can't make up his mind |
| munificent | very generous |
| myopia | narrow-mindedness |
| myriad | a large number or things |
| Narcolepsy | a condition characterized by frequent periods of deep sleep. |
| Nascent | in the process of emerging, being born, or starting to develop |
| Neophyte | a beginner or novice at something |
| Nepenthe | anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness |
| Nephology | study of clouds |
| Nepotism | favoritism |
| Nethermost | lowest or farthest down |
| Nettlesome | causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance |
| Nihilism | the general rejection of established social conventions and beliefs, |
| Nirvana | an ultimate experience of some pleasurable emotion such as harmony or joy |
| Nubbin | a stub |
| Nugatory | having no importance whatsoever |
| Nebulous | not clear, distinct, or definite |
| Nuance | a very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color |
| Nefarious | utterly immoral or wicked |
| Obfuscate | to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. |
| Obliterate | to destroy something so that nothing remains |
| Obsequious | excessively eager to please or obey |
| Obtuse | slow to understand or perceive something |
| Obviate | to prevent |
| Octogenarian | somebody between 80 and 89 years of age |
| Officious | objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, |
| Ombudsman | a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and |
| Omnificent | with unlimited power to create |
| Ominous | suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen or be revealed |
| Onomatopoeia | A word designed to sound like the word |
| Ostentatious | marked by a vulgar display of wealth |
| Otiose | with no useful result or practical purpose |
| Overt | done openly and without any attempt at concealment |
| Oxymoron | a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special e |
| paladin | any knightly or heroic champion. |
| palindrome | a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward |
| panacea | a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all |
| pandemic | prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world |
| panoply | a wide-ranging and impressive array or display |
| paraclete | an advocate or intercessor |
| paradigm | an example or model |
| paroxysm | any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: |
| pathetic fallacy | the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings |
| pathos | evoking a feeling of pity or compassion. |
| patronize | to do business with |
| penicil | a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar |
| peremptory | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative |
| perfidious | deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful |
| perfunctory | performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial |
| Persevere | to persist in anything undertaken |
| Pertinacious | stubborn or obstinate |
| Peruse | to read through with thoroughness or care |
| Philistine | a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values |
| Picaresque | of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues |
| Piquant | agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive |
| Plangent | resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell. |
| Plethora | overabundance; excess |
| Pontificate | the office or term of office of a pontiff. |
| Précis | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| Predicable | a quality or attribute by which somebody or something can be described |
| PrevarÃcate | to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie. |
| Pristine | having its original purity |
| Probity | integrity and uprightness; honesty. |
| Primethean | creative; boldly original |
| quagmire | Bog area |
| quash | to subdue |
| quasi | resembling |
| querulous | full of complaints |
| quid pro quo | one thing for another |
| quiescent | quit still |
| quixotic | chivalrous romantic |
| raffish | vulgar or cheap |
| rankle | to cause irritation |
| recalcitrant | to oppose |
| recidivate | relapse |
| recondite | hard to understand |
| reconnoiter | to observe |
| recreant | traitor |
| rectitude | good conduct |
| Red Herring | misdirecting clue |
| Redolent | sweet smelling |
| refractory | stubborn |
| refulgent | gleaming |
| remonstrate | to say or plead in protest |
| renege | to take back on ones word |
| restive | figity, impatient |
| retrench | to reduce |
| riposte | a quick return in speach or action |
| redomontade | boastful talk |
| rubric | outline or guide line |
| ruthful | compassionate or sorrowful, pity |
| raucous | harsh, disorderly |
| remuneration | reward or pay |
| repudiate | to reject as having no authority, to decline |
| salient | most important or notable |
| salubrious | promoting good health |
| sanguine | cynical, scornfull |
| sardonic | characterized by bitter |
| sedulous | persistant |
| senescent | aging |
| sequacious | following logical order |
| serendipity | unexpected good fortune |
| sipid | having a pleasant taste |
| skulduggery | using trickery |
| sniffish | snobbish |
| sobriquet | a nichname |
| sonorous | giving off a loud sound |
| soponific | causing sleep |
| spelunk | to explore caves |
| soporiferous | covered in spines |
| Spoonerism | switching first 2 letters in a word |
| spurious | not genuine, counterfeit |
| squib | a short witty saying |
| stalwart | strong and brave |
| stolid | unemotional |
| subjacent | situated underneath or below |
| subterfuge | object used to avoid something |
| sultry | hot and humid |
| supercilious | contemptuous, sniffish |
| surfeit | excess or overindulgence |
| sybarite | a person devoted to luxury |
| sylph | a slender graceful woman |
| synergy | combined action of functioning, muscles |
| taciturn | inclined to silence |
| tendentious | having a definite purpose |
| trilemma | having 3 undesirable choices |
| ubiquitous | existing everywhere |
| urbane | elequant, worldly |
| usury | lending money at an illegally high interest rate |
| vituperative | condemnation |
| wanton | unjustifiable |
| whiffle | to go back and forth |
| xanadu | luxury |
| xenophobia | a fear of foreigners |
| yahoo | unclean person |
| zatlig | a woman witha pleasantly plump figure |
| Zealous | eager or devoted |
| Zephyr | a gentle mild breze |
| veracity | truth |
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