| magnanimous | Courageously noble in mind and heart |
| meretricious | Attracting attention in a vulgar manner;gaudy |
| metamorphosis | A transformation, as by magic or sorcery |
| milieu | An environment or a setting. |
| moiety | A half. A part, portion, or share. |
| nomenclature | A system of names used in an art or science |
| nemesis | A source of harm or ruin;An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome |
| nonsectarian | Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination. |
| oligarchy | A state governed by a few persons |
| obdurate | Hardened against feeling; Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. inflexible |
| obsequious | Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning |
| obtuse | Lacking quickness of perception or intellect; blunt |
| onerous | Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome. burdensome |
| ostensible | Represented or appearing as such |
| obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Aggressively boisterous |
| oleaginous | Of or relating to oil |
| palliate | Ease woth out curing |
| paradigm | Model;example of patern |
| parse | analyze grammatically |
| parsimony | extreme frugality |
| peccant | Violating rule of accepted practice; sinfull |
| peculate | to embezzle |
| pecuniary | relating to money |
| pedestrian | ordinary |
| pejorative | having a degrading effect |
| penumbra | partial shadow or eclipse |
| pilloried | woden framework on a post |
| prescient | foresight |
| preternatural | exceeding what is natural |
| prevaricate | deviate from the truth |
| promulgate | put into effect by anouncing |
| propinquity | nearness |
| prosaic | dull |
| punctilious | precise accordance with conventions |