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| Affable | (adj.) Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| Aggrandize | (v.) To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
| Amorphous | (adj.) Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
| Aura | (n.) That which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality |
| Contraband | (n.) Illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) Illegal, prohibited |
| Erudite | (adj.) Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
| Gossamer | (adj.) Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) A very thin, light cloth |
| Infer | (v.) To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
| Inscrutable | (adj.) Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically |
| Insular | (adj.) Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
| Irrevocable | (adj.) Incapable of being changed or called back |
| Propensity | (n.) A natural inclination or predilection toward |
| Querulous | (adj.) Peevish, complaining, fretful |
| Remonstrate | (v.) To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
| Repudiate | (v.) To disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| Resilient | (adj.) Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| Reverberate | (v.) To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
| Scurrilous | (adj.) Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
| Sedulous | (adj.) Persistent, showing industry and determination |
| Sleazy | (Adj.) Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable |
| Amnesty | (n.) A general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution. |
| Autonomy | (n.) Self-Government, Political control |
| Axiomatic | (adj.) Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle of rule. |
| Blazon | (v.) To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| Caveat | (n.) A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
| Equitable | (adj.) Fair, just, embodying principles of Justice |
| Extricate | (v.) To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort |
| Filch | (v.) To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| Flout | (v.) To mock, treat with contempt |
| Fractious | (adj.) Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| Precept | (n.) A rule of conduct or action |
| Salutary | (adj.) Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome |
| Scathing | (adj.) Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| Scourge | (v.) To whip, punish severly; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
| Sepulchral | (adj.) Funeral, typical to the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| Soporific | (adj.) Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep |
| Straitlaced | (adj.) Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, Puritanical |
| Transient | (adj.) Lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time |
| Unwieldy | (adj.) Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity |
| Vapid | (adj.) Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force |
| Anomalous | (adj.) Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| Aspersion | (n.) A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming. |
| Bizarre | (adj.) Extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
| Brusque | (adj.) Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| Cajole | (v.) To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises. |
| Castigate | (v.) To punish severely; To criticize severely. |
| Contrive | (v.) To plan with ingenuity, invent; To bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
| Demagogue | (n.) A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power. |
| Disabuse | (v.) To free from deception of error, set right in ideas or thinking. |
| Ennui | (n.) Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom. |
| Fetter | (n.) A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v.) To chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
| Heinous | (adj.) Very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| Immutable | (adj.) Not subject to change, constant |
| Insurgent | (n.) One who rebels or rises against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
| Megalomania | (n.) A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality. |
| Sinecure | (n.) A position requiring little or no work; an easy job. |
| Surreptitious | (adj.) Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| Transgress | (v.) To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law. |
| Transmute | (v.) To change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
| Vicarious | (adj.) Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another. |
