- Abasement: to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation
- Abhor: to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- Abrogate: to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act
- Absolution: forgiveness; pardon; release
- Abstemious: self denying; refraining from indulging
- Abstruse: difficult to understand
- Acquiesce: to agree to; give in to
- Bigot: * A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own.
- Billowing: Swelling; fluttering; waving
- Blasphemy: impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things
- Blighted: damaged; destroyed; ruined
- Blunderbuss: somebody who behaves or speaks clumsily
- Bombast: arrogant, pompous language
- Conterfeit: forge: make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- Cower: to crouch as in fear or shame
- Credible: capable of being believed
- Credulous: gullible; ready to believe anything
- Cringe: be embarrassed or uncomfortable
- Enfranchise: To grant a person the right to vote.
- Enhance: to raise to a higher degree
- Enigma: a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
- Ensconce: establish firmly in a position
- Enunciation: clear pronunciation; accent; articulation
- Envenom: make poisonous or bitter
- Hamper: prevent the progress or free movement of
- Hanger: storage area (like a garage) for a plane
- Harangue: a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack
- Hasten: hurry; accelerate; rush
- Hedonism: seeking of pleasure or happiness
- Kindling: material for starting a fire
- Labyrinth: to intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way or to reach the exit
- Labyrinthine: complicated; highly convoluted Absolution forgiveness; pardon; release
- Lachrymose: tearful; sad
- Laconic: using few words
- Noxious: harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
- Nuance: something subtle; a fine shade of meaning
- Nullify: to render or declare legally void or inoperative
- Nuzzle: to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does
- Oblique: indirect or not parallel
- Plaintiff: a person who brings suit in a court
- Plaudit: an enthusiastic expression of approval
- Plausible: can be believed; reasonable
- Plumage: feathers of a bird
- Remuneration: payment for work done
- Replete: abundantly supplied or provided
- Reprehensible: deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- Reprieve: a respite; postponement of a sentence
- Resignation: notification of leaving a job
- Tangible: capable of being touched
- Tardy: late; behind time; not on time
- Tenacious: tending to stick firmly to any decision plan or opinion without changing or doubting it