| complimentary | completing |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| dichotomy | division into two parts |
| exemplify | to show by example |
| exotic | strangely beautiful |
| invest | to give a quality to |
| paramount | ranking above all others in importance |
| pragmatic | practical |
| replica | a copy |
| stylized | to design according to a particular style rather than nature |
| chauvinism | prejudiced belief in the superiority of one group |
| draconian | harsh |
| hector | bully |
| Machiavellian | characterized by deceit and cunning |
| martinet | rigid disciplinarian |
| saturnine | cold and sullen |
| silhouette | simple, inexpensive outline portrait |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| sybarite | devoted to pleasure |
| tawdry | tastelessly showy |
| auspices | support |
| auspicious | favorable |
| explicate | explain |
| implicate | to involve or cause to appear guilty |
| introspective | inclined to examine one's own feelings and thoughts |
| perspicuity | clearness |
| plait | braid |
| pliant | easily controlled |
| specious | appearing true but actually false |
| speculate | wonder |
| mobilized | assembled |
| festering | infected |
| beset | troubled persistantly |
| alleviate | to make more bearable |
| fervent | passionate |
| dire | dreadful |
| zealous | enthusiastically devoted to a cause |
| heartening | encouraging |
| actuate | put into action |
| humanitarian | devoted to the promotion of human welfare |
| appellation | title |
| bowdlerize | sanitize |
| cognate | word that is related in origin to another word |
| doggerel | loosely structured verse of a humorous nature |
| oxymoron | combination of contradicting words |
| paradigm | list of all the different forms of a word |
| parlance | speech |
| pastoral | artistic work that depicts life in the country |
| protagonist | main characterq |
| vernacular | everyday language |
| accede | to give one's consent, to agree |
| concession | yeilding |
| defray | to pay for |
| fractious | inclined to make trouble |
| fragmentary | consisting of small disconnected parts |
| infraction | a violation of a law or rule |
| intercession | a plea that is made on behalf of another |
| precedent | an action that may serve as an example for similar future instances |
| recede | to move back or away |
| refractory | difficult to control, stubbornly disobediant |
| incendiary | capable of causing a fire |
| apparant | obvious |
| qualms | doubts |
| formative | early |
| conifir | evergreen tree |
| anatomically | pertaining to the structure of the body |
| parameters | fixed boundaries or limits |
| implement | carry out |
| tribulation | trouble or distress |
| flawed | deflective |
| boorish | rude and insensitive |
| brusque | discourtious and abrupt |
| felicitious | suitable |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| irascible | easily angered |
| mercurial | changeable |
| querulous | irritable and complaining |
| sardonic | bitterly mocking |
| smug | self satisfied |
| supine | slugglishly inactive |
| anticipatory | characterized by advance thought or action |
| captious | quick to find fault, critical |
| captivating | attracting and holding by charm, beauty or excellence |
| emancipate | to liberate from control |
| incapacitate | disable |
| inception | the beginning of something |
| incipient | just beginning to appear or exist |
| receptacle | a container for holding something |
| recuperate | to recover |
| susceptible | easily affected or influenced |
| chimerical | fantastically improbable |
| clandestine | kept or done in secret |
| collusion | a secret agreement or conspiracy |
| delusive | misleading |
| devious | untrustworthy |
| gullible | easily decieved or tricked |
| mendacity | the quality of being untruthful |
| nefarious | extremely wicked |
| spurious | false |
| surreptitious | done in a stealthy way |
| collaboration | working together in an intellectual effort |
| distill | to extract the essential elements of |
| evanescent | vanishing |
| gravitate | to move by force of gravity |
| hybrid | anything of mixed origin |
| muse | a source of inspiration |
| profusion | an abundance |
| rendering | a representation through art or music |
| scintillate | to sparkle or shine |
| somber | dark and gloomy |