Abscond (v.)
To steal and hide
Aberrant (adj.)
Deviating from the norm
Alacrity (n.)
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Approbation (n.)
Expression of approval
Assuage (v.)
To appease or pacify
Audacious (adj.)
Daring and fearless
Austere (adj.)
Without adornment; bare
Axiomatic (adj.)
Taken as a given
Canonical (adj.)
Following traditional standards
Capricious (adj.)
Change one’s mind impulsively; erratic
Censure (v.)
To criticise severely
Chicanery (n.)
Trickery
Connoisseur (n.)
An informed and astute judge; expert
Disabuse (n.)
To undeceive
Discordant (adj.)
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
Disparate (adj.)
Fundamentally distinct
Effrontery (n.)
Extreme boldness; presumptousness
Eloquent (adj.)
Well spoken
Enervate (v.)
To weaken
Anomaly (n.)
Deviation from normal order
Arduous (adj.)
Taxing; require significant effort
Ennui (n.)
Dissatisfaction from boredom or apathy
Equivocate (n.)
To use ambiguous language for deception
Erudite (adj.)
Scholarly
Exculpate (v.)
Exonerate; clear from blame
Exigent (adj.)
Urgent
Extemporaneous (adj.)
Improvised; without preparation
Filibuster (n.)
Intentional obstruction (to delay legislative action)
Fulminate (v.)
To loudly attack or denounce
Ingenuous (adj.)
Artless; frank and candid; lack in sophistication
Inured (adj.)
Accustomed to something undesirable
Irascible (adj.)
Easily angered
Laud (v.)
To praise highly
Magnanimity (n.)
Generously noble in mind and heart
Martial (adj.)
Associated with war and armed forces
Mundane (adj.)
Concerned with ordinary
Nascent (adj.)
Coming into being; early in development
Nebulous (adj.)
Vague
Neologism (n.)
A new word, expression or usage
Noxious (adj.)
Harmful
Obtuse (adj.)
Lacking sharpness in intellect
Obviate (v.)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
Onerous (adj.)
Troubling
Paean (n.)
A song of praise
Parody (n.)
A humorous imitation
Perfunctory (adj.)
Done without care or interest
Perspicacious (adj.)
Acutely perceptive
Prattle (v.)
To babble meaninglessly
Precipitate (Adj.)
Acting with haste or impulse
Precipitate (v.)
To cause before anticipated or required
Predilection (n.)
Preference
Prescience (n.)
Foreknowledge of events
Prevaricate (v.)
To avoid truth; mislead
Qualms (n.)
Reservations; misgivings
Recant (v.)
To retract
Refute (v.)
To disprove; argue against
Relegate (v.)
Forcibly assign to lower place
Solicitous (adj.)
Concerned and attentive; eager
Sordid (adj.)
Characterised by filth; foul
Sporadic (adj.)
Occurring occationally
Squander (v.)
To waste by using irresponsibly
Static (adj.)
Not moving
Stupefy (v.)
Baffle; to stun
Stymie (v.)
To block; thwart
Synthesis (n.)
Combination of parts to make whole
Torque (n.)
Force that causes rotation
Tortuous (adj.)
Excessively complicated; twisting
Truculent (adj.)
Fierce and cruel
Veracity (n.)
Truthfulness; honesty
Virulent (adj.)
Extremely haemful
Voracious (adj.)
Ravenous; Insatiable appetite for an activity
Waver (v.)
To move to and fro; unsettled in opinion
Convoluted (adj.)
Complex; complicated
Lucid (adj.)
Clear; Easily understood
Perennial (adj.)
Recurrent trough the years; happening repeatedly
Reticent (adj.)
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express feelings
Perfidy (n.)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery