- aberrations: devations from the norm
- acquiescence: acceptance, agreement
- acriminous: bitter, harsh, sarcastic
- adamant: stubborn, insistent
- aggregation: group, collection, total
- altercation: argument, quarrel
- ambidextrous: right and left handed
- amiable: friendly, peaceable
- analogous: similar, comparable
- apoplectic: excited
- arbitrated: decided, determined
- articulate: expressive
- ascertaining: making certain, discovering
- assuaged: lessened, eased
- auspicious: promising
- austere: stern, strict
- benignly: favorably, graciously
- complacently: self satisfactory, contended
- contemptuous: scornful, despicable
- corroborating: confirming
- demise: death
- disapprobation: disapproval
- duress: stress
- elucidate: clarify, explain
- eluded: avoided, escaped
- encumbered: hinder, burden
- entailment: obligation, debt
- expunge: erase, delete
- feral: wild, untamed
- foray: raid for plunder
- fractious: quarrelsome, irritable
- furtive: sneaky, tricky
- gleaning: finding out, searching
- honed: sharpened
- impudent: rude, disrespectful
- indigenous: native to
- infalliable: incapable of error, dependable
- ingenuous: naive, innocent
- iniquities: injustices
- interdict: restraint,prohibition
- invective: insult, abusive language
- irascible: bad-tempered
- judiciously: wisely
- litigant: person involved in a lawsuit
- malevolent: hateful, wishing evil
- mollified: appeased, calmed down
- nebulous: hazy, vague
- obstreperous: unruly
- palliation: comfort, consolation
- perforated: pierced with holes
- perpetrate: bring about, commit crime
- perplexity: uncertainty, bewilderment
- piety: devotion to religion
- pinioned: winged, restrained
- placid: calm
- predilection: preference, partiality
- provocation: incitement, inducement
- purloined: stole, robbed
- radical: extreme, very different
- recluse: hermit
- rectitude: righteousness
- rudiments: beginnings, basics
- spurious: fake,false
- squalid: filthy, dirty
- subpoena: summons to court
- succint: brief, concise
- tacit: implied,unspoken,silent
- taciturn: quiet, untalkative,
- temerity: recklessness
- tenet: belief, doctrine
- turbulent: rough, choppy
- turmoil: commotion, confused
- umbrage: offense, resentment
- unobtrusive: hidden, inconspicuous
- vapid: dull
- vexations: irritations, annoyances
- volition: choice, will