| braggart | n: person who brags |
| burnish | v: to polish |
| captious | adj: marked by tendency to point out trivial faults |
| consternation | n: intense state of fear |
| doleful | adj:sad |
| espy | v: to catch sight of |
| galvanize | v: to shock |
| hypocrite | n: one who puts on false appearance |
| illusory | adj: producing illusion |
| malevolent | adj: wishing to harm others |
| pare | v: to trim off excess |
| reprove | v: to criticize or correct |
| sinecure | n: well paying job that requires little work |
| spartan | adj: highly self-discliplined |
| virulent | adj: extremely poisionous, hateful |