absolve
to find innocent or blameless
adamant
not giving in; stubborn
amiable
good-natured
amoral
lacking a moral sense
animosity
strong dislike
antagonist
an enemy
eccentric
odd
encounter
a meeting
epitome
a perfect model
malign
to speak ill of
curt
rudely brief
demoralize
to discourage
dilemma
a hard choice
inclination
a preference
irate
furious
retort
to reply
sabotage
to do harm
subsequent
following
wary
careful
zeal
passion
acclaim
praise
adjacent
close
elicit
to bring out
engross
to hold interest of
escalate
to increase
exploit
to take advantage of
methodical
orderly
obsolete
no longer used
tangible
solid
terminate
to end
deterrent
a prevention
implication
something suggested
inequity
an injustice
infirmity
a disability
infringe
to interfere with
innovation
something new
revitalize
to refresh
sparse
distributed thinly
subjective
one-sided
succinct
brief and clear
allusion
to hint about
altruistic
unselfish
appease
to calm
arbitrary
impulsive
assail
to attack
banal
unoriginal
euphemism
a term that doesn’t offend
mercenary
greedy
syndrome
a group of symptoms
taint
to damage
ann, enn
year
audi, audio-
hearing
cycl, cyclo-
circle
-hood
state of
hyper-
more than normal
-ly
in a certain way
non-
not
path, -pathy
feeling
pend
to hang
quart, quardr
four