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    This document contains definitions for over 100 words ranging from parts of speech like adjectives and adverbs to literary devices. Many of the words describe abstract concepts like emotions, attitudes, and philosophical ideas; others relate to nature, aesthetics, behaviors, and rhetorical devices. The wide variety of terms covered indicates this is a comprehensive reference list meant to expand one's vocabulary.

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    Avarice- greed for wealth

    Advantageous helpful
    Asserts- says
    Ameliorate improve
    acerbic- bitter sharp in tone, taste, or manner
    acrimonious- full of bitterness
    admonition -a mild but earnest rebuke
    ambivalence -conflict of ideas or attitudes; uncertainty
    anomaly- irregularity, deviation
    antecedent- something coming before; word that subsequent word refers to
    anthropomorphism- attributing human characteristics to non humans
    antipathy- strongly negative feeling
    affable- easy to approach
    antithesis- direct opposite; figure of speech that use words or phrases to
    contrast each other to create a balanced effect
    asceticism- self-denying way of life
    assuage- relieve something unpleasant
    Ailurophile- A cat-lover.
    Assemblage- A gathering.
    Becoming -Attractive.
    Bombinate-to make humming sounds
    Bobsy-die - a great deal of fuss
    blasphemy -disrespect of religion
    Beleaguer- To exhaust with attacks.
    Brood -To think alone.
    Bucolic- In a lovely rural setting.
    Comely -Attractive.
    cogent- rationally persuasive
    candid- candor-honest; directness
    concession -reluctant, yielding
    condescension- snobby and pretentious manner
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    colloquial- informal speech
    confirmation-act of verifying or ratifying something
    credibility-believability, willingness to believe
    cynicism -belief that people are insincere
    Cognizant aware
    Caustic- mean /harsh
    Commence begin, start
    Commensurate equal
    Consolidate combine
    Dalliance -A brief love affair.
    Demesne -Dominion, territory.
    Demure -Shy and reserved.
    Denouement- The resolution of a mystery.
    Desuetude -Disuse.

    Desultory -Slow, sluggish.


    Diaphanous- Filmy.
    Dissemble -Deceive.
    Dulcet -Sweet, sugary.
    didactic- a message with an instructive purpose
    diatribe- bitter verbal or written attack
    disingenuous- withholding information; not sincere
    doleful -sad and mournful
    Deleterious harmful
    Disseminate issue, send
    Egregious-bad
    Erroneous-wrong, flawed
    Engenders- causes
    egregious- flagrant, conspicuously bad or offensive
    empathy -vicarious understanding of another's feelings; especially due to
    similar or shared experience
    engender -create or arise; have offspring
    esoteric- very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of
    people, especially those with special knowledge:
    erudite- very knowledgeable through study
    abstruse-difficult to understand
    expunge - get rid of something completely
    Ebullience- Bubbling enthusiasm.
    Effervescent- Bubbly or bubbles in a liquid
    Efflorescence- Flowering, blooming.
    Elision- Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
    Elixir -A good potion.
    Eloquence- Beauty and persuasion in speech.
    Embrocation- Rubbing on a lotion.
    Emollient- A softener.
    Ephemeral- Short-lived.
    Epiphany -A sudden revelation.
    Erstwhile- At one time, for a time.
    Ethereal- Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
    Evanescent- Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
    Evocative -Suggestive.
    Endeavor try
    Erroneous wrong
    Expeditious fast
    Facilitate ease, help
    Fetching- Pretty.
    Felicity -Pleasantness.
    Forbearance- Withholding response to provocation.
    Fugacious -Fleeting.
    Furtive -Shifty, sneaky.

    feckless -ineffective; unlikely to be successful


    feign -pretend something, invent something
    futile- in vein, having no useful result
    galvanize- shock or excite someone
    genesis- beginning
    gentility- refinement; upper class status
    Gambol -To skip or leap about joyfully.
    Glamour -Beauty.
    Gossamer- The finest piece of thread, a spiders silk.
    Halcyon -Happy, sunny, care-free.
    Harbinger- Messenger with news of the future.
    hirareth- A homesickness for a home you can't return to
    hedonism- seeking of pleasure as a way of life
    Inception start
    Implement carry out
    immutable- unchanging or unchangeable
    ineffable- to large to be expressed in words
    Imbrications- Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
    Imbroglio -An altercation or complicated situation.
    Imbue -To infuse, instill.
    insolent- rude or arrogant, lack of respect
    Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
    Ingnue- A nave young woman.
    Inglenook- A cozy nook by the hearth.
    Insouciance- Blithe nonchalance.
    Inure- To become jaded.
    Labyrinthine- Twisting and turning.
    Lagniappe- A special kind of gift.
    Lagoon -A small gulf or inlet.
    Languor -Listlessness, inactivity.
    Lassitude- Weariness, listlessness.
    Leisure- Free time.
    Lilt -To move musically or lively.
    Lissome- Slender and graceful.
    Lithe- Slender and flexible.
    Leverage use
    lugubrious -gloomy, mournful; especially to an excessive degree
    myriad- a lot
    metonymy- a figure of speech in which an attribute is used to represent the
    whole thing
    misogyny- hatred of women
    modulated -alter something to make less strong
    nonchalant- indifferent, calm, and unconcerned
    Nefarious- wicked
    Optimize perfect

    Prescribed required
    Proficiencies skills
    Promulgate issue or publish
    Proximity near
    Panacea -A solution for all problems
    Panoply- A complete set.
    Pastiche -An art work combining materials from various sources.
    Penumbra- A half-shadow.
    Petrichor -The smell of earth after rain.
    Plethora -A large quantity.
    Propinquity- Proximity; Nearness
    Pyrrhic- Successful with heavy losses.
    Regarding about
    Remuneration reward ,payment
    Redolent - fragrant
    Salient-important
    Sillage- The scent left behind by perfume, usually after the subject has passed.
    Serendipity-the chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way.
    Sumptuous- Lush, luxurious.
    Surreptitious- Secretive, sneaky.
    Sonorous- deep and full sound
    .
    Susurrous -Whispering, hissing.
    Tacit (adjective): consent by silence; implied, but not expressed in
    Talisman- A good luck charm.
    Tintinnabulation- Tinkling.
    Untoward -Unseemly, inappropriate.
    Vestigial -In trace amounts.
    Wafture -Waving.
    Wherewithal- The means.
    Woebegone -Sorrowful, downcast.

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