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austere
1. severe, 2. simple
synergistic
2 things combined > alone
solicitor
a person who tries to obtain business orders
fanfare
a short ceremonial tune
defected
abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one
caustic (adj)
able to burn/ corrosive, sarcastic in a bitter way
imminent
about to happen
terse
abrupt
precociously
advanced
progenitor
ancestor
supercilious
arrogant, superiority complex
acolytes
assistant or follower
ungainly
awkward, clumsy
patron
benefactor
rancorously
bitterly
rancor
bitterness, spite
succinctly
briefly & clearly expressed
onerous (adj)
burdensome
perfunctory
carried out w/ minimum effort, mechanical
deleterious
causing harm or damage
stealthy
cautiously, secretively
detractor
critic
naturalistic
derived from real life or nature, or imitating it very closely
euphemisms
different way of saying something, indirect, circumlocution
abstruse (adj)
difficult to understand, complicated
scrupulous
diligent, extremely attentive to detail
assiduousness (n)
diligently working
fraudulent
dishonest, corrupt
impugned
dispute truth of something, challenge
quiescent (adj)
dormant, quiet, inactive, motionless
circumlocution (n)
evasive speech, speaking around a subject
garrulous
excessive talking, verbose, loquacious
pontificate
express opinions pompously
sycophantic
fawning, flattering
penitent
feeling guilty
compunction
feeling of guilt after doing something bad
affability (n)
friendliness; the quality of being affable; geniality
benign
gentle, kind, warm
relinquish
give up
avaricious
greedy
squalid
gross, dirty
proliferated
grow, spread
halcyon (adj)
happy, perfect, idyllic, prosperous, carefree
esoteric (adj)
hard to understand
sinuously
having many curves & turns
paragon
ideal model
denizen
inhabitant or occupant of a particular place
didactic
instructive, learning
placatory
intended to make someone less angry or hostile; conciliatory
jaded
lacking enthusiasm
epistles
letter
retroactive
looking to the past
remonstrate
make a forcefully reproachful protest
sophistry
making false arguments
slovenly
messy or dirty
paradigms
model, pattern, example
dissolute
morally loose, licentious
bent
natural talent
avant-garde
new forms, innovative
wistful
nostalgic, pensive
unencumbered (adj)
not having burden or impediment
reticent
not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
saliently
obvious or prominent
unctuous
oily; flattering
violate
overstep, disobey
ruse
ploy, cunning scheme
demagogue
political leader who follows popular ideals; mob leader; unofficial leader of the people
salutary
producing good effects, beneficial
manifesto
public declaration of goals
disparaged
regard or represent as being of little worth
prodigious
remarkable in extent, unnatural
repudiate
renounce, abandon
taciturn
reserved, reticent
aphorisms
saying, proverb
licentious
scandalous
ostensibly
seemingly on surface
altruistic
selfless
scintillating
shine brightly
deferential
showing deference, respectful
punctilious
showing great attention to detail
watershed
significant moment in history, turning point
analogous (adj)
similar
deftly
skillful
prevaricator
speaking/ acting evasively
polyglot
speaks many languages
vitiated
spoil, waste away, impair quality of
pervasive
spreading widely
miserly
stingy, cheap
exhort
strongly encourage or urge
tenacious
stubborn
buttress
support
capitulated
surrender, give in/ up
commiseration
sympathy, pity, compassion
belie (v)
to contradict
bolster
to strengthen
feckless (adj)
useless, lacking skill, incompetent, futile, indifferent, lazy
cataclysmic
violent natural event
nefarious
wicked or criminal
prudent
wise, sensible
yen
yearning, desire
