| A | B |
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| tacit | adj. silent, unspoken, not uttered |
| sedate | adj. calm, composed, undisturbed |
| inveigle | vb. to persuade, or lure, by charming, clever talk, flattery |
| nondescipt | adj. plain, lacking in destinctive quality, without individual character |
| rhetorical | adj. concerned only with style or effect or not requiring an answer, implying own answer |
| prodigous | huge, enormous, impressively great in size, extent or force |
| deign(to) | vb. to this it sutible to ones dignity or rank, to lower ones seld in order to give or grant |
| consternation | n. sudden confusion, amazement or dread |
| connive | v. to cooperate secretly, to conspire |
| tempermental | adj. over sensitive, irritable, unpredictable, moody |
| chronic | adj. habitual, continuing and constant, prolonged |
| venerable | adj. worthy of respect, due to character, position or age |
| inured (to) | grown used to something painful due to long exposure to it |
| anarchy | n. absence of any kind of political authority: social confusion or chaos |
| insidious | adj. causing harm in a stealthy, suttle manner: treacherous |
| mordent | adj. bittingly sarcastic |
| pagan | not religous: given to primitive pleasures, wild |
| undulate | vb. to move in a wave like motion |
| visionary | having a farseeing, imaginative, inspired view of the future. Good or bad trait to have |
| irresolute | adj. undecided, in doubt, wavering |
| candid | frank, not posed, without pretense or reserve |
| latent | adj. hidden, but capable ot appearing. Present but not showing itself |
| reverberate | vb. to echo over and over |
| idiosycracy | n. habit, quick or mannerism, peculiar to an individual |
| transfigure | vb. to transform, so as to make glorious, exulted or ideal |
| turbid | adj. having sediment stirred up in it: muddy, dense and in turmoil |
| sinecure | n. a job that pays well for a little work: a cushy job |
| disinterested | adj. not biased by personal interest, not influenced by self motives |
| stupefied | adj. stunned into a stack of deadened sensibility |
| salient | adj. prominent, standing out clearly, can't be applied to people |
| rank | adj. growing profusely, disusting in odor |
| opulent | adj. characterized by great wealth and luxury |
| aphorism | n. a brief, concise statement or principle |
| explicit | adj. stated, rather than implied |
| sententious | adj. given to pompous moralizing |
| primeval | adj. belonging to the earliest ages of the world |
| austere | adj. plain and bare: sever or stren in appearance or character, not decorated |
| brusque | adj. brisk, blunt and direct, almost to the point of rudeness |
| arch | adj. playfully sly and seductive |
| personage | n. a character in a literary work; fictional, or a person of distinction |
| cogitate | vb. to think deeply |
| incredulous | adj. amazed and disbelieving |
| incarnate | adj. embodied in a human form, follow a noun |
| obstinant | adj. stubborn and determined |
| mince | v. to act or speak affected elegance, ot to take small dainty elegant steps |
| liason | n. a channel or means of communication |
| spirit (out)(away)(of) | vb. to carry off mysteriously, secretly or stealthily |
| dowager | n. a rich, elderly woman |
| cacaphony | n. jarring combination of sounds, clashing; often loud and harsh |
| accolade | n. an expression of approval or praise |
| invoke | v. to appeal to or to cite, in order to confirm, support, or render a decision |
| epoch | n. a historical period marked by distinctive features or events |
| incredulous | adj. disbelieving |
| illustrious | adj. of great fame and dignity |
| superlative | adj. of the highest kind of order |
| despoil | v. to foul, spoil or lay waste |
| retinue | n. the attendants or employees accompanying a high-ranking person |
| atheist | n. one who denies the existence of God |
| potentate | n. a person who possesess a great power; a ruler or sovereign |
| myriad | n. a great number and variety |
| contraband | n. anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported |
| capitulate | v. to surrender, esp. in formal terms to end a war |
