- abhor: hate
- abrasive: rough; coarse; harsh
- adjacent: to lie next to
- agitate: to excite; to disturb; to stir up
- bigot: narrow-minded; prejudiced person
- bilk: cheat; defraud
- cognizant: aware
- concede: to accept as true; to yield; to allow
- concept: an idea
- corpse: a dead body
- counterfeit: fake; false
- covert: hidden; undercover
- enfranchise: give voting rights
- engender: cause
- feign: to pretend
- hamper: hinder; obstruct
- hangar: storage area (like garage) for a plane
- illuminate: to provide with light; to make lighter; to make clear
- indigenous: native; having been born in a specific area or environment
- kindle: to start a fire
- knotty: complex; difficult to solve
- noxious: harmful; poisonous; lethal
- nuance: something subtle; a fine shade of meaning
- placid: calm; peaceful
- plagiarism: taking credit for someont else's writing or ideas
- remuneration: payment for work done
- renown: fame
- talisman: lucky charm
- tangent: going off the main subject
- translucent: allowing some light to shine through