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) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.| acquisitive | eager to gain possessions or ideas |
| arrogate | to take or claim without right |
| banal | lacking originality and freshness |
| belabor | explain or discuss more than necessary |
| carping | complaining; fault finding |
| coherent | meaningful, logical |
| congeal | harden, thicken |
| emulate | to imitate, with hopes to equal or to outdo |
| encomium | expression of praise |
| eschew | avoid |
| germane | relevant |
| insatiable | impossible to satisfy |
| intransigent | stubborn |
| invidious | hateful |
| largesse | generous gift or donation |
| reconnaissance | inspection of an area, mostly to gather military information |
| substantiate | support with evidence |
| taciturn | not talkative |
| temporize | delay, stall |
| tenable | able to be defended |
| accost | to approach and speak to someone with a demand or a request |
| animadversion | harsh criticism |
| avid | enthusiastic |
| brackish | slightly salty water; unpleasant to drink; mixture of sea water and fresh water |
| celerity | speed |
| devious | misleading, tricky; not honest |
| gambit | an opening move or remark where one gives up something small with the hopes of gaining an upper hand |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| histrionic | excessively dramatic or emotional |
| incendiary | causing fires or conflict |
| maelstrom | 1. large and violent whirlpool; 2. any violent or disorderly situation; chaos |
| myopic | shortsighted |
| overt | not secret |
| pejorative | insulting |
| propriety | correct or appropriate behavior |
| sacrilege | disrespectful treatment of something regarded as sacred |
| summarily | immediately |
| supplicant | beggar |
| talisman | any object thought to have magical or protective powers |
| undulate | make something move in a wavelike motion |
| articulate | speak clearly |
| cavort | move about carelessly and playfully |
| credence | believability; belief |
| decry | to speak out against |
| dissemble | to disguise or hide the truth |
| distraught | extremely sad or worried |
| eulogy | a speech to honor a dead person |
| evince | to show clearly |
| exhume | remove from a grave |
| feckless | useless; weak |
| murky | dark, gloomy; foggy |
| nefarious | extremely evil; wicked |
| piquant | pleasantly spicy; attractive |
| primordial | having existed from the beginning; original; earliest |
| propinquity | nearness, similarity |
| unwonted | unusual |
| utopian | impossible wish for things to be perfect |
| verbiage | wordiness |
| verdant | green; fresh |
| viscous | thick and sticky |
| atrophy | wasting away (especially of a body part) |
| bastion | place that provides safety and protection |
| concord | agreement; harmony |
| consummate | complete |
| disarray | disorder; confusion |
| exigency | urgency; emergency |
| flotsam | 1. floating debris; 2. useless or unimportant items |
| frenetic | wildly excited or active |
| glean | to learn or discover little by little |
| grouse | complain |
| incarcerate | put into jail |
| incumbent | 1. required; 2. official who holds an office |
| jocular | humorous, joking |
| ludicrous | ridiculous; idiotic; absurd |
| mordant | sarcastic; biting; bitterly harsh |
| nettle | 1. stinging plant; 2. irritate |
| pecuniary | relating to money |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| recumbent | reclining |
| stratagem | trick or plan for deceiving |