- abyss hole so deep as to appear bottomless
- acquiesce -: agree, accept without protest
- affable -: polite and friendly, easy to talk to
- affliction -: distress, suffering
- affluent -: wealthy, abundant
- agitate -: move, shake, stir up
- ambiguous -: having more then one meaning
- annex -: take possession of
- aqueous -: of or like water
- arduous -: demanding great effort, strenuous
- aroma -: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical
- atone -: make repayment
- avarice -: greed
- bellicose -: inclined to fighting
- calisthenics -: exercises to develop strong bodies
- captor -: person who takes smb captive
- concoct -: invent, prepare by mixing together
- dangle -: hand or swing loosely
- deprive -: take away from, prevent from using
- diligent -: hard-working
- disrobe -: undress
- docile -: easily trained or controlled
- doleful -: dismal, mourful
- drought -: a long period of dry weather
- dubious -: feeling doubt
- dumbfound -: astonish
- efface -: rub or wipe out, obliterate
- elucidate -: to make understandable
- enchant -: charm, delight
- endeavor -: to make an effort, to try very hard
- endorse -: approve, support a claim or statement
- enthral -: take the whole attention, enslave
- exploit -: to use for selfish advantage or profit
- extensive -: far-reaching
- extol -: to praise highly
- flimsy -: lacking solidarity, strength
- fraud -: a fault, a deception
- gaudy -: too bright and showy
- ghastly -: death-like, pale and ill
- grumble -: to complain
- harass -: worry, trouble
- heretic -: very busy; active
- impediment -: smth that hinders (esp in speech)
- indigenous -: native
- insatiate -: never satisfied
- intrepid -: fearless
- irate -: angry
- jeopardy -: danger
- leash -: control
- loafer -: an idle, lazy person
- lucrative -: profitable
- lustrous -: bright; shining
- malign -: to slander
- meddle -: to interfere, to intrude
- mend -: to repair
- mirth -: being merry and happy
- nausea -: feeling of sickness
- neglect -: pay no attention to
- nocturnal -: of or in the night
- obese -: very fat
- obsolete -: no longer useful, outdated
- perch -: take up a high position
- pervade -: spread through every part of
- petulant -: unreasonably impatient or irritable
- pillage -: plunder (esp in war)
- presumptuous -: too bold or self-confident
- quashed -: annuled
- quenching -: satisfy, put an end to, put out
- refurbished -: make clean, as if like new
- rejoicing -: happiness, joy
- reticent -: in the habit of saying little
- reverberate -: be sent back, again and again
- rigor -: sternness, strictness, severe conditions
- rotundity -: state of being round
- salvage -: the saving of property from loss
- scattered -: not situated together
- shatter -: to break into many pieces
- shunned -: avoided, kept away from
- sketchy -: shortly, roughly, quickly
- sporadic -: happening from time to time
- stifled -: suppressed, kept back
- strive -: to make great efforts, to struggle
- subsequent -: following
- succumb -: yield, die
- taciturn -: unspoken, silent
- tantalize -: raise hopes that cannot be realized
- tentative -: uncertain, probable
- torpid -: dull and slow
- treacherous -: not to be trusted, perfidious
- tremor -: thrill
- tyro -: a beginner
- uproar -: noise and excitement
- vanity -: a foolish pride
- vehemence -: forcefulness; intensity; conviction
- vigilance -: watchfulness
- vindicate -: prove the truth
- voluptuous -: arousing sensual pleasures
- wan -: looking ill, not bright
- wile -: a trick
- wrinkle -: make small lines (eg forehead)
- adulate: to praise, adulterate: to make impure
- adverse: hostile; averse: unwilling
- anachronism: an outdated custom, anarchism: disruptive
- antipathy: hatred, aversion, apathy: indifference
- ascetic: self-denying, abstinent, austere aesthetic: related to beauty or art
- baleful: forshadows evil, baneful: poisonous, deadly
- censure: blame, criticize, censor: to remove the inappropriate
- capitulate: to surrender, recapitulate: to repeat
- disparate: different; diverse, desperate: needy, beyond reason
- divers: several diverse: distinct, varied
- elicit: to draw out, provoke illicit: illegal, improper
- heterogeneous: diverse throughout homogeneous: the same throughout
- illusion: something unreal deceptive allusion: indirect reference
- imbibe: to drink imbue: to infuse, dye, wet or moisten
- imminent: at any moment, soon eminent: famous, renowned
- ingenious: original, clever ingenuous: straightforward, open
- mendicant: beggar mendacious: dishonest
- penury: extreme poverty penurious: stingy, miser
- pestilence: epidemic, plague petulance: irritable or ill-tempered
- qualitative: having to do with a quality, quantitative: having to do with a number / quantity
- vicious: mean, cruel; viscious: resistance to flow
- assertion: a declaration or statement
- clarity: clearness in commmunication
- cogent: convincing, reasonable
- coherent: logically connected
- cohesive: sticking together
- didactic: intended to instruct
- discourse: verbal expression, conversation
- eloquence: the ability to speak persuasively
- fluid: flows easily
- lucid: clearly understood
- rhetoric: using language effectively and persuasively
- arbiter: a judge
- exculpate: to free from guilt or blame
- incontrovertible: indisputable
- integrity: trustworthiness
- jurisprudence: the philosophy or science of law
- objectivity: treating facts without influence from personal feelings or biases
- penitent: expressing remorse for misdeeds
- vindicated: freed from blame
- condescending: treating others as inferior
- contemptuous: scornful
- despotic: having absolute power, tyrannical
- dictatorial: domineering, overbearing
- disdain: contempt, scorn
- imperious: domineering, overbearing
- patronizing: to treat in a condescending manner
- convoluted: intricate, complex
- cryptic: difficult to comprehend
- futile: pointless
- impede: to slow progress
- obscure: to conceal
- quandary: a state of uncertainty
- dilatory: always late
- indolent: lazy
- insipid: uninteresting, unchallenging
- listless: lacking energy
- torpor: laziness, dullness
- ebullience: intense enthusiasm
- effusive: emotionally unrestrained
- egregious: bad or offensive
- flagrant: shocking or noticeable
- frenetic: wildly excited or active
- gratuitious: given freely, unwarranted
- superfluous: extra, unnecessary
- asylum: a place for retreat
- auspicious: favorable, promising
- benevolent: well-meaning, generous
- benign: kind and gentle
- emollient: soft and soothing
- intuition: sharp insight
- mollify: to calm or soothe
- reclamation: to make something useful again
- sanction: to give official approval
- dubious: doubtful
- dogmatic: stubbornly adhering to unproven beliefs
- fabricated: made, concocted to deceive
- hypocrisy: insincerity
- slander: false oral statements about someone
- spurious: not genuine, counterfeit
- astute: clever, shrewd
- camoflage: to hide by blending in
- clandestine: secretive
- coup: a well-executed plan
- disingenuous: not straightforward, crafty
- ruse: a trick
- stratagem: a clever trick used to deceive someone
- surrepititious: done by secretive means
- wary: on guard
- wily: cunning
- ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation
- ambivalent: uncertain, felling opposite feelings simultaneously
- apathetic: showing little emotion
- arbitrary: determined by impusle rather than reason
- capricious: impulsive
- equivocate: to avoid making a decision
- inconsequential: unimportant
- tenuous: shaky, unsure, weakwhimsical: unpredictable
- assiduous: hard working
- diligent: hard working
- dogged: persevering
- intrepid: courageous, fearless
- maverick: independent
- obdurate: stubborn, inflexible
- obstinate: stubborn
- proliferate: to grow or increase rapidly
- tenacity: persistence
- assimilation: to absorb, to make similar
- consensus: general agreement
- incumbent: imposed as a duty
- malleable: easily shaped or formed, easily influenced
- subdue: to restrain or hold back
- inherent: inborn, built in
- innate: inborn, possessed at birth
- inveterate: long established, deep rooted, habitual
- omnipotent: all powerful
- proximity: closeness
- elusive: difficult to capture
- emigrate: to leave one country and settle in another
- transient: moving from one place to another
- transitory: short-lived or temporary
- affable: friendly
- amenable: agreeable
- camaraderie: goodwill
- candor: sincerity, openness
- facetious: playfully humorous
- impinge: hinder
- lament: mourn
- melancholy: sadness, depression
- truncated: shortened, cut off
- aesthetic: appreciation of beauty
- anthology: a collection of literary pieces
- dilettante: one with a superficial understanding of a field
- eclectic: composed of a variety of sources or styles
- excerpt: a selected part of a passage
- genre: a category of art
- medley: as assortment or mixture of musical pieces
- parody: an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
- virtuoso: a skilled artist
- decorous: proper, good taste
- equanimity: composure
- propriety: appropriate behavior
- prudent: using good judgment or common sense
- serene: calm
- staid: serious, unemotional
- stoic: impassive, indifferent to pleasure or pain
- disparage: to belittle, to speak badly of
- pejorative: to speak ngatively of someone
- plagiarism: to pass someone else's ideas or writing off as one's own
- vilify: to make vicious statements about
- brusque: abrupt
- caustic: biting, sarcastic
- feral: savage, untamed
- fractious: quarrelsome, unruly
- incorrigible: unable to be reformed
- ingrate: ungrateful person
- insolent: insulting in manner or speech
- notorious: known widely in an unfavorable manner
- pugnacious: combative, belligerent
- reprehensible: worthy of blame
- deleterious: injurious, having aharmful effect
- enmity: mutual hatred or ill-will
- heinous: evil, abominable
- malfeasance: wrongdoing, misconduct
- malice: ill will
- putrid: rotten
- rancorous: hateful
- archaic: old-fashioned
- hackneyed: trite, overused
- medieval: old-fashioned
- obsolete: no longer in use, old-fashioned
- austere: without decoration, plain
- mediocrity: average, low quality
- mundane: ordinary, commonplace
- ponderous: dull
- prosaic: dull, unimaginative
- sedentary: settled, not migratory
- harbinger: something that indicates what is to come, a forerunenr
- ominous: menacing, threatening
- timorous: timid, fearful of the future
- trepidation: uncertainty, apprehension
- innovative: introducing somehting new
- naive: lacking sophistication
- nascent: emerging
- novice: a beginner
- arid: a dry, rainless climate
- conflagration: a widespread fire
- nocturnal: occurring in the night
- sonorous: producing a deep or full sound
- comprehensive: large in scope
- copious: plentiful
- permeated: spread or flowing throughout
- pervasive: dispersed throughout
- prodigious: enormous
- replete: filled to capacity
- exemplary: commendable, worthy of imitation
- laudatory: giving praise
- venerated: highly respected
- facile: easy
- fastidious: paying careful attention to detail, hard to please
- meticulous: careful and precise
- pramatic: practical
- solvent: able to pay one's debts
- abstract: not applied to actual objects
- paradigm: an exmaple or model
- rational: logical, motivated by reaosn rahter than feeligns
- theoretical: lacking practical application