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Acrid
sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)
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Cynical
believing that people act only out of selfish motives
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Epistle
a letter (form of communication)
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Heresy
against orthodox opinion
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Lance
spear; spike; javelin
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Obscure
difficult to understand; partially hidden
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Poignant
deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
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Respite
a break; intermission
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Terse
concise; to the point
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Acrophobia
fear of heights
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Debility
weakness; incapacity
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Epistolary
concerned with letters; through correspondence
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Hiatus
interruption; pause
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Obscured
hidden; covered; buried
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Poised
calm; collected; self-possessd
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Resplendent
shining; glowing
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Therapeutic
medicinal; curative
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Acuity
sharpness (mental or visual)
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Braggart
someone who boasts
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Debunking
exposing false claims or myths
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Epitomized
typified; characterized; personified
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Hidebound
rigid in opinions
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Languish
decay; fade away; get weaker
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Obsequious
- servile; submissive
- overly sublime and eager to please
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Polemical
causing debate or argument
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Thwart
to prevent; frustrate
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Adamant
forceful; inflexible
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Decathlon
an athletic competition with ten events
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Equivocate
speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
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Hieroglyphics
- picture writing
- writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic
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Larceny
theft; robbery; stealing
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Obsession
a dominating concern
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Ponderous
weighty; slow and heavy
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Retention
preservation; withholding
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Timorous
cowardly; fearful
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Decorum
dignified, correct behavior
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Pontificate
speak pompously or dogmatically
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Reticent
- restrained; holding something back;
- uncommunicative
- silent, reserved
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Tirade
- stream of verbal abuse
- long harsh speech or verbal attack
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Adulation
strong admiration; worship
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Bristle
to show irritation
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Erratic
wandering; irregular; unpredictable
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Histrionic
theatrical; exaggerated
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Obstreperous
noisy and boisterous
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Portend
- foretell; foreshadowing
- a sign or warning that something is going to happen
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Retraction
withdrawal; cancellation of statement
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Adversity
- hardship
- trials and tribulation
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Broach
start to discuss; approach
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Deference
respect; courtesy
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Esoteric
- obscure and difficult to understand
- known or understood by only a few with specialized knowledge in a topic
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Lavish
- wasteful
- to give unsparingly
- extremely generous or extravagant
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Obtuse
- mentally dull
- slow to understand
- stupid
- unintelligent
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Revere
- worship
- to have great respect for
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Advocate
support a cause or policy
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Defoliate
cause leaves to fall off
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Espouse
promote; take up; support
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Hone
sharpen; increase; whet
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Whet
sharpen the blade of
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Obviate
to prevent; make unnecessary
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Poseur
someone who puts on an act
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Aesthetic
concerning art or beauty
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Bulwark
- fortification; barricade;
- wall serving as a defense or safeguard from an attack
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Fortification
defensive wall used for strength against an attack
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Defunct
no longer in existence
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Etymology
the study of word origins
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Hyperbole
- exaggerated speech
- (This book weighs a ton)
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Legend
- key to a map
- myth or story
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Posterity
future generations
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Torpor
dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity
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Affable
friendly; social; easygoing
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Bureaucracy
- officialdom
- system of government where important decisions are made by state officials
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Degradation
deprivation; poverty; debasement
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Eulogy
- praise;
- a speech written in praise of someone dead or retired
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Hypochondriac
a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
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Officious
assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way; intrusive
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Rigor
- thoroughness;
- very exact, careful, or strict
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