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Abscond

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Abberant

deviating from the norm

Alacrity

eager and enthusiastic willingness

Anomaly

deviation from the normal order; abnormality

Approbation

an expression of approval or praise

Arduous

strenuous; taxing

Assuage

soothe; ease; lessen

Audacious

daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Austere

without adornment; bare; severely simple

Axiomatic

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Canonical

following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Capricious

erratic, unpredictable

Censure

to criticize severely; officially rebuke

Chicanery

trickery

Connoisseur

an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Convoluted

complex

Disabuse

to set right

Discordant

conflicting; discord; dissonant or harsh in sound

Disparate

fundamentally distinct; different

Effrontery

extreme boldness; insolent; presumptuous

Eloquent

well-spoken

Enervate

to weaken; reduce in vitality/energy

Ennui

boredom

Equivocate

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent, concealing true end-goal

Erudite

very learned; scholarly

Exculpate

exonerate; to clear of blame

Exigent

urgent; pressing

Extemporaneous

improvised; done without preparation

Filibuster

intentional obstruction

Fulminate

to loudly attack or denounce (thunderously)

Ingenuous

artless; frank and candid; childlike noble innocence

Inured

accustomed to accepting something undesirable; conditioned

Irascible

irritable

Laud

praise

Lucid

clear to understand

Magnanimity

generously noble in mind and heart

Martial

associated with war

Mundane

of the world; concerned with the ordinary

Nascent

coming into being

Nebulous

vague; cloudy; hazy

Neologism

coined phrase; new word

Noxious

toxic

Obtuse

painfully slow to learn

Obviate

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Onerous

burdensome

Paean

hymn of praise

Parody

satire

Perennial

recurrent throughout the year/many years

Perfidy

intentional breach of faith

Perfunctory

cursory

Perspicacious

acutely perceptive

Prattle

babble

Precipitate

acting with impulse/haste

Predilection

to happen before anticipated

Prescience

foreknowledge of certain events

Prevaricate

to deliberately avoid the truth

Qualms

fears

Recant

renounce

Refute

to disprove

Relegate

to forcibly assign

Reticent

quiet

Solicitous

concerned and attentive; eager

Sordid

filthy, grime

Sporadic

occurring only occasionally; infrequent

Squander

waste

Static

not moving

Stupefy

to stun

Stymie

to block; thwart

Synthesis

the combination of parts to make a whole

Torque

a force that causes rotation

Tortuous

excessively complicated

Truculent

aggressive

Veracity

truthfulness

Virulent

hostile

Voracious

insatiable appetite; ravenous

Waver

to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Abate

to lessen in intensity

Accolade

an expression of praise

Adulation

excessive praise

Aesthetic

appreciative of beauty/art

Ameliorate

to ease; make tolerable

Ascetic

one who practice rigid self-denial, as an act of religious devotion

Avarice

greed

Axiom

universally recognized priniciple

Burgeon

to grow rapidly

Bucolic

rustic, pastoral

Cacophony

harsh, jarring sounds

Canon

an established set of principles

Castigation

severe criticism

Catalyst

substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction(without changing itself)

Caustic

burning or stinging

Chary

wary

Cogent

appealing forcible to the mind; convincing

Complaisance

willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Contentious

argumentative

Contrite

regretful

Culpable

deserving blame

Dearth

scarcity

Demur

to question/oppose

Didactic

intended to teach

Discretion

reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

Disinterested

impartial

Dogmatic

expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved principles

Ebullience

the quality of lively expression of thoughts/feelings

Eclectic

composed of elements drawn from various sources

Elegy

mournful poem

Emollient

soothing (to the skin)

Empirical

based on observation or experiment

Enigmatic

mysterious

Ephemeral

brief

Esoteric

intended to be understood by few people

Eulogy

speech honoring the dead

Exonerate

remove from blame

Facetious

playful

Fallacy

mistaken belief

Furtive

marked by stealth

Gregarious

sociable

Harangue

to deliver a pompous speech

Heretical

violating convention

Hyperbole

exaggerated statement

Impecunious

lacking funds

Incipient

beginning to come into or being apparent

Inert

unmoving; sluggish

Innocuous

harmless

Intransigent

refusing to compromise

Inveigle

to obtain by deception

Morose

sad; sullen

Odious

intense dislike

Opaque

impenetrable by light

Oscillation

uninterrupted rythm

Penurious

excessively thrifty

Pernicious

extremely harmful in a way not noticed

Peruse

to examine with great care

Pious

extremely reverent, devout

Precursor

one that precedes, announces another

Preen

to dress up

Prodigious

abundant in size

Prolific

producing large amounts; productive

Putrefy

to rot

Quaff

to drink deeply

Quiescience

stillness

Redoutable

worthy of honor

Sanction

authoritative permission

Satire

literary work that ridicules human vice

Squalid

sordid

Stoic

steadfast; calm

Supplant

to take the place of

Torpid

lethargic

Ubiquitous

seemingly everywhere

Urbane

sophisticated

Vilify

to defame

Viscous

thick

Acumen

keen, accurate judgment or insight

Adulterate

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Amalgamate

to combine several elements into a whole

Archaic

outdated

Aver

to state as a fact

Bolster

to provide support/reinforcement

Bombastic

pompous

Diatribe

a harsh denunciation

Dissemble

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Eccentric

departing from norms

Endemic

characteristic often found in a particular locality

Evanescent

tending to disappear like vapor

Exacerbate

to make worse

Fervent

greatly emotional/zealous

Fortuitous

happening by accident or chance

Germane

relevant to the subject at hand

Grandiloquence

pompous speech or expression

Hackneyed

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

Halcyon

calm and peaceful

Hedonsim

devotion to pleasurable pusuits

Hegemony

the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

Iconoclast

one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions

Idolatrous

given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Impassive

revealing no emotion

Imperturbable

marked by extreme calm

Implacable

not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Impunity

immunity from punishment or penalty

Inchoate

in an initial stage

Infelicitous

unfortunate

Insipid

lacking in qualities that interest

Loquacious

extremely talkative

Luminous

characterized by brightness and the emission of light

Malevolent

having or showing often vicious ill will

Malleable

capable of being shaped/formed

Mendactiy

the condition of being untruthful

Meticulous

characterized by extreme care and precision

Misanthrope

one who hates all other humans

Mitigate

to make or become less severe; to moderate

Obdurate

unyielding

Obsequious

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Occlude

to obstruct

Opprobrium

disgrace

Pedagogy

the profession or principles of teaching

Pedantic

overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education

Penury

poverty

Pervasive

tendency to permeate or spread throughout

Pine

to yearn intensely

Pirate

to illegally use/reproduce

Pith

the essential part

Pithy

precise and brief

Placate

to appease

Platitude

a superficial remark

Plummet

to plunge/drop

Polemical

controversial

Prodigal

recklessly wasteful

Profuse

given or coming forth

Proliferate

to grow or increase swiftly

Queries

questions

Querulous

prone to complaining

Rancorous

characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Recalcitrant

obstinately defiant of authority

Repudiate

to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

Rescind

to invalidate

Reverent

marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and resepect

Rhetoric

the art of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

Salubrious

promoting health or well-being

Solvent

able to meet financial obligations

Specious

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive

Spurious

lacking authenticity

Subpoena

a court order requiring appearance

Succinct

brief; concise

Superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Surfeit

an overabundant supply

Tenacity

the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

Tenuous

having little substance or strength

Tirade

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Transient

fleeting

Zealous

fervent; ardent; impassioned

Acerbic

having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Aggrandize

to increase in intensity, power, influence

Alchemy

a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold

Amenable

agreeable

Anachronism

something or someone out of place

Astringent

having a tightening effect on living tissue

Contiguous

sharing a border

Convention

a generally agreed-upon practice

Credulous

tending to believe too readily

Cynicism

an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

Decorum

polite or appropriate behavior

Derision

scorn, ridicule

Desiccate

to dry out

Dilettante

one with an amateurish interest in the arts

Disparage

to slight

Divulge

to disclose something secret

Fawn

to flatter

Flout

to show contempt for

Garrulous

pointlessly talkative

Glib

marked by ease or informality; nonchalant

Hubris

overbearing presumption or pride

Imminent

about to happen

Immutable

not capable of change

Impetuous

hastily or rashly energetic

Indifferent

having no interest or concern

Inimical

damaging

Intractable

not easily managed or directed

Intrepid

steadfast and courageous

Laconic

using few words; terse

Maverick

an independent individual who does not go along with the party

Mercurial

characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

Mollify

to calm

Neophyte

a recent convert

Obfuscate

to deliberately obscure

Obstinate

stubborn

Ostentatious

characterized by or given to pretentious display

Pervade

to permeate

Phlegmatic

calm

Plethora

an overabundance

Pragmatic

practical rather than idealistic

Presumptuous

overstepping due bounds

Pristine

pure

Probity

adherence to highest principles

Proclivity

a natural predisposition

Profligate

excessively wasteful

Propensity

a natural inclination or tendancy

Prosaic

dull

Pungent

strong, sharp smell or taste

Quixotic

foolishly impractical

Quotidian

occurring or recurring daily

Rarefy

to make or become thin

Recondite

hidden

Refulgent

radiant

Renege

to fail to honor a commitment

Sedulous

diligent

Shard

a piece of broken pottery of glass

Soporific

causing drowsiness

sparse

thin, not dense

Spendthrift

one who spends money wastefully

Subtle

not obvious

Tacit

implied

Tout

to publicly praise, promote

Trenchant

sharlpy perceptive

Unfeigned

genuine

Untenable

indefensible

Vacillate

to waver indecisively

Variegated

multicolored

Vexation

annoyance

Vigilant

alertly watchful

Vituperate

to use harsh condemnatory language

Volatile

readily changing to a vapor