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) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.| allay | relieve, calm |
| bestial | beastlike, brutal |
| convivial | sociable, festive |
| coterie | exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
| counterpart | one that closely resembles another |
| demur | object; oppose |
| effrontery | shameless boldness; nerve |
| embellish | add details to, exaggerate |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time, short-lived |
| felicitous | having happiness or good luck; appropriate |
| furtive | secretive, sneaky, done to escape notice |
| garish | tastelessly showy; so colorful as to be in bad taste |
| illusory | misleading; deceptive; causing illusion |
| indigent | extremely poor |
| inordinate | excessive; too much |
| jettison | get rid of something unwanted; throw away |
| misanthrope | people-hater |
| pertinacious | unwilling to give up; stubborn |
| picayune | of small value or importance; trivial |
| raiment | clothing |
| allege | claim without proof |
| arrant | complete, utter, downright |
| badinage | playful conversation; discussion with a lot of jokes |
| conciliate | make calm; win over |
| countermand | command to cancel a previous order or command |
| echelon | level or rank |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| fatuous | very stupid; unreal |
| irrefutable | impossible to deny or prove wrong |
| juggernaut | large, unstoppable force or power that crushes whatever is in its way |
| lackadaisical | showing no interest or enthusiasm |
| litany | long list of things that someone talks about |
| macabre | gruesome or frightening, usually involving death |
| paucity | lack; few in number |
| portend | predict or foreshadow; give warning of |
| raze | demolish; destroy to the ground |
| recant | take back a statement made earlier |
| saturate | soak, fill, or load to capacity |
| slough | to shed, get rid of (esp. skin) |
| saturnine | gloomy, bitter, and overly serious |
| redolent | 1. smelling; 2. reminding you of something |
| refulgent | shining brightly |
| shibboleth | a word used to test to membership to a certain group; slogan |
| tyro | beginner |
| unremitting | never stopping |
| acclamation | shout of enthusiastic approval by many people |
| bucolic | relating to rural life |
| calumniate | slander; make hurtful untrue comments |
| chary | careful; afraid of risks |
| collusion | conspiracy; secret agreement for illegal purpose |
| dilettante | amateur; someone who is interested in something but doesn't know very much |
| imperturbable | not easily upset |
| increment | amount of increase |
| mandate | an order; command |
| paltry | ridiculously small |
| paroxysm | sudden outburst |
| pedantry | overly ambitious display of knowledge; excessive attention to details or rules |
| peregrination | traveling, esp. by foot |
| vacillate | waver; sway back and forth (often in decision) |
| vituperative | containing harsh, angry, abusive criticism |