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Chapter 1
Acquisitive � able to get and retain ideas
Arrogate � claim without right
Banal � Hackneyed, overused
Belabor � work on excessively
Carping � tending to find fault
Coherent � adhesive
Congeal � change from liquid to solid
Emulate � imitate
Encomium � formal expression of praise
Eschew � to avoid
Germaine - relevant
Insatiable- not able to be satisfied
Intransigent � refusing to compromise
Invidious � offensive
Largess � giving, generosity
Reconnaissance � military survey
Substantiate � establish by evidence
Taciturn � habitually quiet
Temporize � to stall
Tenable � capable of being held or suspended
Chapter 2
Accost � to approach and speak to first
Animadversion- comment indicating strong criticism
Avid � desire for something to the point of greed
Brackish � having a bad taste
Celerity � swiftness
Devious � straying from the direct course
Gambit � a sacrifice to gain a bigger prize
Halcyon � legendary bird identified with king fisher
Histrionic � actors and their techniques
Incendiary � causing fire deliberately
Maelstrom � whirlpool of great violence
Myopic � nearsighted
Overt � open
Pejorative � making worse
Propriety � the state of being proper
Sacrilegious � disrespect of something held secret
Summarily � without delay
Suppliant � asking humbly
Talisman � object of charm
Undulate � move in a wavelike motion
Chapter 3
Articulate � pronounce distinctly
Cavort � make merry
Credence � belief
Decry �condemn
Dissemble � disguised
Distraught - upset
Eulogy- formal statement
Evince � display clearly
Exhume � remove from a grave
Seckless � lacking in spirit and strength
Murky � dark and gloomy
Nefarious � wicked
Piquant � stimulating the taste or mind
Primordial � created in the beginning
Propinquity � nearness in place or time
Unwonted � unusual
Utopian � visionary view of ideal world
Verbiage � to wordy
Verdant � green
Viscous � liquid gelatinous form
Chapter 4
Atrophy � to waste away
Bastion � a fortified position
Concorde � an agreement
Consummate � complete
Disarray � disorder
Exigency � urgency
Flotsam � floating debris
Frenetic � frenzy
Glean � gather bit by bit
Grouse � game bird or a complaint
Incarcerate � imprison
Incumbent � obligatory
Jocular � humorous
Ludicrous � ridiculous
Mordant � biting or caustic in thought
Nettle � prickly or stinging plant
Pecuniary � consisting of or measured in money
Pusillanimous � coward
Recumbent � reclined
Stratagem � scheme to outwit an opponent
Chapter 5
Acuity � sharpness
Delineate � portray in detail
Deprave � marked by evil and production
Enervate � weaken or lessen the mental moral or physical vigor of
Esoteric � intended to be understood by only certain ppl
Fecund � fruitful offspring and vegetation
Fiat � arbitrary order or decree
Figment � a fabrication of the mind
Garner � achieve as a result of effort
Hallow � set apart as holy or sacred
Idiosyncrasy � peculiarity
Ignominy � shame and disgrace
Mundane- earthly
Nuance � subtle or slight variation
Overweening � conceited
Penchant - strong attraction or inclination
Reputed � according to reputation or accepted belief
Sophistry � reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound
Sumptuous � costly
Ubiquitous � Existing everywhere
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