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Avarice- greed for wealth

Advantageous helpful
Asserts- says
Ameliorate improve
acerbic- bitter sharp in tone, taste, or manner
acrimonious- full of bitterness
admonition -a mild but earnest rebuke
ambivalence -conflict of ideas or attitudes; uncertainty
anomaly- irregularity, deviation
antecedent- something coming before; word that subsequent word refers to
anthropomorphism- attributing human characteristics to non humans
antipathy- strongly negative feeling
affable- easy to approach
antithesis- direct opposite; figure of speech that use words or phrases to
contrast each other to create a balanced effect
asceticism- self-denying way of life
assuage- relieve something unpleasant
Ailurophile- A cat-lover.
Assemblage- A gathering.
Becoming -Attractive.
Bombinate-to make humming sounds
Bobsy-die - a great deal of fuss
blasphemy -disrespect of religion
Beleaguer- To exhaust with attacks.
Brood -To think alone.
Bucolic- In a lovely rural setting.
Comely -Attractive.
cogent- rationally persuasive
candid- candor-honest; directness
concession -reluctant, yielding
condescension- snobby and pretentious manner
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colloquial- informal speech
confirmation-act of verifying or ratifying something
credibility-believability, willingness to believe
cynicism -belief that people are insincere
Cognizant aware
Caustic- mean /harsh
Commence begin, start
Commensurate equal
Consolidate combine
Dalliance -A brief love affair.
Demesne -Dominion, territory.
Demure -Shy and reserved.
Denouement- The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude -Disuse.

Desultory -Slow, sluggish.


Diaphanous- Filmy.
Dissemble -Deceive.
Dulcet -Sweet, sugary.
didactic- a message with an instructive purpose
diatribe- bitter verbal or written attack
disingenuous- withholding information; not sincere
doleful -sad and mournful
Deleterious harmful
Disseminate issue, send
Egregious-bad
Erroneous-wrong, flawed
Engenders- causes
egregious- flagrant, conspicuously bad or offensive
empathy -vicarious understanding of another's feelings; especially due to
similar or shared experience
engender -create or arise; have offspring
esoteric- very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of
people, especially those with special knowledge:
erudite- very knowledgeable through study
abstruse-difficult to understand
expunge - get rid of something completely
Ebullience- Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent- Bubbly or bubbles in a liquid
Efflorescence- Flowering, blooming.
Elision- Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir -A good potion.
Eloquence- Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation- Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient- A softener.
Ephemeral- Short-lived.
Epiphany -A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile- At one time, for a time.
Ethereal- Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent- Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative -Suggestive.
Endeavor try
Erroneous wrong
Expeditious fast
Facilitate ease, help
Fetching- Pretty.
Felicity -Pleasantness.
Forbearance- Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious -Fleeting.
Furtive -Shifty, sneaky.

feckless -ineffective; unlikely to be successful


feign -pretend something, invent something
futile- in vein, having no useful result
galvanize- shock or excite someone
genesis- beginning
gentility- refinement; upper class status
Gambol -To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour -Beauty.
Gossamer- The finest piece of thread, a spiders silk.
Halcyon -Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger- Messenger with news of the future.
hirareth- A homesickness for a home you can't return to
hedonism- seeking of pleasure as a way of life
Inception start
Implement carry out
immutable- unchanging or unchangeable
ineffable- to large to be expressed in words
Imbrications- Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio -An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue -To infuse, instill.
insolent- rude or arrogant, lack of respect
Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
Ingnue- A nave young woman.
Inglenook- A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance- Blithe nonchalance.
Inure- To become jaded.
Labyrinthine- Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe- A special kind of gift.
Lagoon -A small gulf or inlet.
Languor -Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude- Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure- Free time.
Lilt -To move musically or lively.
Lissome- Slender and graceful.
Lithe- Slender and flexible.
Leverage use
lugubrious -gloomy, mournful; especially to an excessive degree
myriad- a lot
metonymy- a figure of speech in which an attribute is used to represent the
whole thing
misogyny- hatred of women
modulated -alter something to make less strong
nonchalant- indifferent, calm, and unconcerned
Nefarious- wicked
Optimize perfect

Prescribed required
Proficiencies skills
Promulgate issue or publish
Proximity near
Panacea -A solution for all problems
Panoply- A complete set.
Pastiche -An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra- A half-shadow.
Petrichor -The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora -A large quantity.
Propinquity- Proximity; Nearness
Pyrrhic- Successful with heavy losses.
Regarding about
Remuneration reward ,payment
Redolent - fragrant
Salient-important
Sillage- The scent left behind by perfume, usually after the subject has passed.
Serendipity-the chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way.
Sumptuous- Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious- Secretive, sneaky.
Sonorous- deep and full sound
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Susurrous -Whispering, hissing.
Tacit (adjective): consent by silence; implied, but not expressed in
Talisman- A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation- Tinkling.
Untoward -Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vestigial -In trace amounts.
Wafture -Waving.
Wherewithal- The means.
Woebegone -Sorrowful, downcast.

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