- Antiquated: outdated, old fashioned
- Apathetic: indifferent, uninterested, lethargic
- Apathy: lack of interest or emotion
- Apocryphal: of doubtful origin
- Appease: pacify, soothe, calm down, make peace with
- Choleric: easily angered
- Chronicler: person who records historical information
- Circuitous: indirect
- Circumlocution: using too many words, long-windedness
- Circumscribe: limit
- Diorama: model of a scene
- Dirge: mournful song
- Disapprobation: disapproval
- Discern: to distinguish one thing from another
- Discord: disagreement
- Fecund: fertile
- Felicitous: apt
- Fervor: passion, enthusiasm
- Fickle: unpredictable, whimsical, easily swayed
- Finesse: skill
- Inebriation: to be drunk, high, intoxicated
- Ineffable: cannot be expressed in words
- Inept: incompetent, unskilled, useless
- Inertia: inactivity, lethargy
- Inevitable: cannot be avoided
- Marshal: to gather together
- Marsupial: pouched mammal (like a kangaroo)
- Martinet: person who believes in strict discipline
- Masochist: person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself
- Matriarchy: society governed by women
- Parity: equality
- Parochial: narrow-minded, concerned only with local matters
- Parody: a mockery, imitation for ridicule, spoof
- Parry: ward off, avoid
- Parsimonious: economical, frugal, thrifty
- Profound: having deep meaning
- Profundity: depth
- Proletarian: member of the working class
- Prolific: producing a lot
- Proponents: promoters, supporters
- Servile: overly submissive, groveling
- Skeptical: doubting, not gullible
- Skirmish: minor battle
- Sluggard: slow-moving, lethargic person
- Smelt: refine an ore
- Usurp: take someone's position (usually by force)
- Utilitarian: useful
- Utopian: a believer in an ideal world
- Vacillate: waver, hesitate
- Vacuous: empty, silly, meaningless
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