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alloy v
to debase by mixing with something inferior
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brook v
to tolerate to endure
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die n
a tool used for shaping as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay v
to test or try to attempt
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flag v
to sag droop become spiritless to decline
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flip a
sarcastic impertinent
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ford v
to wade across to the shallow part of a river
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grouse v
to complain or grumble
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guy n
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
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occult a
hidden concealed beyond comprehension
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pied a
multicolored, usually in blotches
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rail v
to complain about bitterly
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rent v
torn, an opening or tear caused by such
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quail v
to lose courage, frightened
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tender v
to proffer or offer
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adumbrate v
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate
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anathema n
a solemn curese, accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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apostate n
one who abondons long held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis n
deification, glorification to godliness
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asperity n
severity, rigor, roughness
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asserverate v
to aver, allege, or assert
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assiduous a
diligent, hardworking sedulous
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bellicose a
warlike, belligerent
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calumniate v
to slander, make false accusations
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captious a
disposed to point out trivial faults
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cavil v
to find fault without good reason
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celerity n
speed, alacrity
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chimera n
an illusion, originally an imaginary fire breathing she monster
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constumacious a
insubordinate
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denouement n
an outcome or solution
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descry v
to discriminate or discern
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desultory a
randon, aimless
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encomium a
glowing and enthusiastic praise
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eschew v
to shun or avoid
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excoriate v
to censure scathingly
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execrate v
to denounce to feel loathing for
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exegesis n
critical examination
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expiate v
to atone or make amends
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extirpate v
to destroy to exterminate
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fractious a
unruly refractory
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heretodox a
unorthodox heretical
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imbroglio n
difficult or embarrasing situation
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ineluctable a
certain inevitable
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inimitable a
one of a kind, priceless
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insouciant a
unconcerned, carefree
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jejune a
vapid uninteresting
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lubricious a
lewd, wanton, greasy
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meretricious a
cheap gawdy flashy showy
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minatory a
menacing threatening
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nadir n
perigee, low point
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obstreperous a
noisily and stubbornly defiant
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ossified a
tendig to become more rigid
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palliate v
to make something seem less serious
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panegyric n
formal praise
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pellucid a
transparent easy to understand
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peroration n
the concluding part of a speech
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plangent a
pounding thundering
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prolix a
long-winded verbose
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puerile a
childish immature
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puissance n
power strength
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remonstrate v
to protest to object
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sagacious a
having sound judgement
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salutary a
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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sanguine a
cheeful, confident optimistic
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saturnine a
gloomy dark morose
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sententious a
aphoristic or moralistic
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stentorian a
extremely loud and powerful
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sycophant n
toady servile self seeking flatterer
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tendentious a
biased showing marked tendencies
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timorous a
timid fearful diffident
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vitiate v
to corrupt to debase to spoil
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voluble a
fluent verbal having easy use of spoken language
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