Vocabulary
Ab initio Latin: from the beginning
Abashed embarrassed; disconcerted; ashamed.
Abate end; reduce
Abattoir slaughterhouse
Abdicate renounce or step down from a position of authority
Aberrant straying from the right or normal way
Abet to assist or support
Abhor hate; loathe
Abject lowest state; servile; humble; utter hopelessness
Abjure to reject solemnly; disavow
Abnegate surrender or relinquish; deny or renounce
Abscond to depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution
Absolve To pronounce free from blame, sin or guilt.
Abstain refrain from
Abstruse difficult to understand or comprehend
Abut to touch or meet
Abysmal bottomless; terrible
Acclimate to get used to
Accost confront; approach aggressively
Acme pinnacle
Acolyte - assistant
Acquiesce agree to
Acrimony bitter hatred
Acumen quickness of perception or discernment
Ad nauseam to a nauseating or sickening degree.
Adjourn postpone
Adjudicate settle a dispute
Adjunct a subordinate
Adjure formally command; earnestly appeal or advise
Ado fuss; bother; trouble
Adonis beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
Adroitly skillfully
Advent approach
Alacrity eager; prompt
Amiable friendly
Anathema one intensely disliked; ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed
Anthemia A pattern of honeysuckle or palm leaves in a radiating cluster, used as a motif in Greek art
Arcane Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; esoteric
Ardor intensity; passion; zeal
Brazen immodest; shameful; harsh
Bucolic Rustic, pastoral, country-styled
Construe interpret
Coup a quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph; coup d'ιtat
Coup dιtat - the sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures
Coup de grβce a final blow or that kills a wounded person or animal
Dearth famine; shortage
Debauched corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent
Debonair suave; urbane; sophisticated; charming; gracious; courteous
Dilettante an amateur
Disdain contempt; derision; scorn
Echelon level or rank in an organization, profession, or society
Egregious exceptional bad
Elan ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm
Elucidate to clarify
Emblazon to adorn or inscribe
Emblematic is a good example of something
Enclave group set apart
Encroach to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory
Engender conceive;
Enigmatic mysterious
Enmity hostility
Ennui boredom; languor
Ensconce to place something securely
Ephemeral lasting only a short time; brief; transitory
Epicurean pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort
Epiphany illuminating realization or discovery, often; manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
Equity fairness
Equivocate to use words or expressions with more than one meaning with the intent to deceive
Ergo therefore
Errant wayward; delinquent
Erroneous mistaken; inaccurate
Ersatz fake
Erstwhile former
Erudite learned; scholarly; book learned
Eschew avoid; shun
Esoteric - understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; arcane
Espouse to accept, support, or take on as ones own
Esprit de corps group loyalty
Estranged having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse
Ethereal pertaining to the heavenly realm; celestial; otherworldly; delicate; light; airy;
Eulogize to praise, celebrate or pay homage
Euphemism a word used in the place of a offensive or vulgar word
Euphonious pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear;
Euphoria ecstasy; elation; jubilation; rapture
Exacerbate to make worse
Excise remove
Expunge erase
Extol praise
Faux fake
Feral untamed; undomesticated; wild; animal-like
Florid ornate; extravagant; flowery
Fractious irritable; peevish; testy
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
Gratuitous unwarranted
Hackney trite; in common use
Imperious domineering; authoritative
Impiety wickedness; sinfulness; immorality; irreverence
Indisposed reluctant
Inscrutable unfathomable
Insular separate or isolated from its surroundings
Juxtapose to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison
Lackadaisical showing no interest or enthusiasm
Laconic concise; pithy; terse
Laggard someone who lags behind
Laissez-faire a policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process
Languor listless; exhaustion; sluggishness
Lascivious wanton; lewd; driven by lust; lustful.
Lechery inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
Licentious lacking restraint; ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct
Loath unwilling; reluctant; averse; disinclined
Loathe hate, abhor
Loquacious talkative
Lupine Wolf-like; wolfish
Macabre representing or personifying death; obsessed with death or the gruesome; ghastly
Malign malevolent; having evil influence or intention
Mercurial Volatile; erratic; unstable; flighty; fickle; changeable in temperament; lively; animated
Meretricious tastelessly gaudy; making a false show of being attractive; of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; pretentious
Misanthropy hatred or dislike of people or mankind
Obfuscate to deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth
Obstinate stubborn
Obtuse blunt; dim-witted
Pariah outcast; subject to scorn
Perverse turned away from what is good, true, morally correct, or commonly accpeted
Piquant engaging; charming; pleasantly spicy; stimulating
Pirouette a whirling or turning on the toes in dancing
Plait a braid; a flat fold; a pleat
Portmanteau combining more than one use or quality; a large traveling bag
Prevaricate deviate from the truth
Putsch - the sudden overthrow of a government; coup d'ιtat
Quip a smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort
Reciprocate respond; give back
Reciprocity - revenge
Rue regret; pity
Shuck cast off; remove shell
SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fucked Up
Stalwart Firmly built; courageous
Stoic indifferent to pleasure or pain or comfort
Sublimation when a solid changes into a gas bypassing the liquid stage
Transitory lasting only a short time; brief;
Tress a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
Urbane courteous; polite; refined; suave
Wanton undisciplined; unruly; lewd; immoral; unchaste
Whelp wolf cub
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