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| callow (adj) | young and inexperienced; immature |
| contemporary (noun) | a person living during the same period as another |
| contemporary (adj) | existing or occurring at the same time |
| cynical (adj) | doubtful of the sincerity of others' motives; skeptical |
| cynic (noun) | a skeptical person |
| despot (noun) | a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people |
| despotic (adj) | having tyrannical control over others |
| enunciate (verb) | 1. to pronounce clearly; 2. to state or announce |
| impediment (noun) | anything that gets in the way; an obstacle |
| impoverish (verb) | 1. to make poor; 2. to take away |
| indolent (adj) | indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy |
| indolence (noun) | laziness |
| sagacious (adj) | showing sound judgment; wise |
| sagacity (noun) | wisdom |
| secular (adj) | worldly; not connected with a church or religion |
| speculate (verb) | 1. to think about or make guesses; 2. to engage in a risky business venture |
| strife (noun) | conflict or struggle |
| venerate (verb) | to show great respect for |
| voracious (adj) | 1. ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food; 2. very eager |
| wane (verb) | to get smaller, dimmer, or wearker; to near an end |
| apropos (adj.) | fitting the occasion; suitable or apt |
| ascendancy (noun) | controlling influence; domination |
| assess (verb) | to analyze and determine the nature, value or importance of |
| assessment (noun) | analysis |
| aver (verb) | to declare positively; to state as the truth |
| concede (verb) | 1. to admit to be true, often reluctantly. 2. to grant or to let have |
| deficient (adj) | lacking in something |
| deficiency (noun) | a lacking |
| dogma (noun) | an unproven principle or belief held to be true |
| dogmatic (adj) | overly positive and assertive about something that cannot be proved |
| embody (verb) | 1. to put an idea into a form that can be seen. 2. to make part of a system; incorporate |
| impart (verb) | 1. to make known; disclose. 2. to bestow |
| oratory (noun) | the art of public speaking |
| orator (noun) | a public speaker |
| oratorical (adj) | (adj form) public speaking-type |
| propagate (verb) | 1. to reproduce. 2. to cause to reproduce. 3. to foster the spread of |
| propagation (noun) | the spread or reproduction of something |
| proponent (noun) | someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate |
| rudimentary (adj) | 1. not yet fully developed. 2. elementary. |
| sojourn (noun) | a visit or temporary stay |
| sojourner (noun) | person who makes a visit or stays temporarily |
| vociferous (adj) | making one's feelings known in a loud way |
| amorous (adj) | Expressing love or the state of being in love |
| belittle (verb) | To present or speak of as unimportant or of little value |
| censure (verb) | To blame or find fault with |
| deem (verb) | To consider; to believe |
| divulge (verb) | To make known something secret; to reveal |
| exorbitant (adj) | Exceeding normal bounds; greater or more than seems reasonable |
| expostulate (verb) | To argue earnestly with another in an attempt to dissuade |
| fateful (adj) | Having great or significant consequences |
| ingrate (noun) | An ungrateful person |
| injunction (noun) | An order or command |
| moribund (adj) | Close to death; in a dying state |
| motif (noun) | 1. A theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is developed or repeated. 2. A figure or design repeated in the decoration of something i.e. building or textile |
| subsidize (verb) | To support by giving financial aid |
| subsidy (noun) | A grant of money, often provided by a government to a group or individual |
| sumptuous (adj) | Extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious |
| voluble (adj) | Characterized by a ready flow of words; talkative |
| adroit (adj) | Clever at dealing with difficult situations; adept; skillful |
| affront (verb) | to insult or to offend deliberately |
| affront (noun) | A deliberate insult or offensive act |
| avocation (noun) | An activity pursued for pleasure; a hobby |
| crusade (noun) | A prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be a just cause |
| crusade (verb) | To engage in such a struggle |
| definitive (adj) | Supplying a final answer; conclusive |
| demeanor (noun) | behaving; bearing |
| erudite (adj) | Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned |
| erudition (noun) | demonstration of extensive knowledge |
| induct (verb) | To install in office, sometimes with a formal ceremony |
| induction (noun) | Admittance to a society or to military service |
| lapse (verb) | 1. To fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment 2. To come to an end; to expire |
| lapse (noun) | 1. A minor mistake; a slip 2. A pause or interval |
| militant (adj) | Ready to fight, especially for a cause |
| militant (noun) | One who is ready to fight for a cause |
| pariah (noun) | A social outcast |
| prodigy (noun) | 1. A person who shows remarkable talent at an early age 2. An amazing or extraordinary thing or event |
| protege (noun) | One whose training or career is helped along by another |
| raucous (adj) | 1. Rough and unpleasant to the ear 2. Boisterous and disorderly |
| tacit (adj) | Expressed without words; implied |
