Membean

tremulous

shaking or quivering slightly

Rapt

(absorbed) If someone watches or listens to something with ____ attention, she is so involved with it that she does not notice anything else.

Tirade

(abuse) A _______ is a prolonged, verbal outburst that severely criticizes someone or something.

Palatable

(acceptable) If you describe something as _________, such as an idea or suggestion, you mean that people will accept it; _________ food or drink is agreeable to the taste.

Concomitant

(accompanying) Something is ___________ when it happens at the same time as something else and is connected with it in some fashion.

Interpolate

(add) If you ____________ some words into a piece of writing or conversation, you insert the words into it- this altering of the text could falsify it; if you__ a number or quantity between two known quantities, you estimate its value based on those two quantities.

Adduce

(affirm) When you _______, you give facts and examples in order to prove that something is true.

Arboreal

(among trees) When something is described as ________, it means that it is related to trees or living in trees.

Commodious

(ample) A __________ room or house is very large and roomy, which makes it convenient and highly suitable for living.

Capacious

(ample) Something that is _________ has a lot of space and can contain a lot of things.

Assay

(analyze) To _____ something is to analyze the chemicals present in a substance, or to put something to the test.

Figurehead

(apparent head) A ___________ in an organization is the apparent head or head in name only, while the real power lies somewhere else.

Altercation

(argument) An ___________ is a noisy disagreement or heated argument.

Eschew

(avoid) If you ______ something you deliberately avoid doing it, especially for moral reasons.

Interdict

(ban) An __________ is an official order that prevents someone from doing something.

Comport

(behave) If you _______ yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way. If one thing ________ with another, it agrees, harmonizes, or is consistent with it.

Grandiloquent

(big-talking) _______________ speech is highly formal, exaggerated, and often seems both silly and hollow because it is used to appear impressive and important.

Modicum

(bit) A ________ is a small amount of something, especially a small amount of some good quality.

Acerbic

(bitter) If you are _______ with someone, you are criticizing him in a clever but critical and mean way; anything _______ is sharp or bitter in taste, way of acting, or tone of voice.

Sardonic

(bitterly mocking) A ________ smile, expression, or comment shows a lack of respect for what someone else has said or done, often because you think that you are too important to consider or discuss such a matter.

Vaunted

(boasted about) Something that is _________ is too highly praised and boasted about.

Imperious

(bossy) If you say that someone is _________ you mean that he or she behaves in a proud, overbearing, and highly confident manner that shows that he or she expects to be obeyed.

Succinct

(brief) Something that is ________ is clearly and briefly explained without using any unnecessary words.

Terse

(brief) To be _____ in speech is to be short and to the point, often in an abrupt manner that may seem unfriendly.

Broach

(bring up) When you ______ a subject that may be embarrassing or unpleasant, you mention it in order to begin a discussion about it.

Nascent

(budding) Something that is ______ is just starting to develop and is expected to become stronger and bigger in time.

Imperturbable

(calm) they are always calm and not easily upset

Idyll

(carefree happiness) An ______ is a place or situation which is extremely pleasant, peaceful, and has no problems.

Permutation

(change) A _____________ is a complete change or total transformation.

Mercurial

(changeable) Someone is _________ when he changes his mind or mood often, quickly, and unpredictably.

Capricious

(changeable) Someone who is __________ changes his mind repeatedly or behaves in unexpected ways; a ___________ series of events follows no predictable pattern.

Bedlam

(chaos) ______ is a situation with a great deal of noise and confusion.

Talisman

(charm) A ________ is an amulet or charm used for symbolic protection or good luck.

Prattle

(chatter idly) _______ is mindless chatter that seems like it will never stop.

Convivial

(cheerful) A _________ atmosphere or occasion is friendly, pleasant, cheerful, and relaxed.

Cull

(choose) If you ____ items or information you gather them from a number of different places in a selective manner.

Urbane

(civilized) If you behave in an _______ way, you are behaving in a polite, refined, and civilized fashion in social situations.

Lien

(claim) A ____ placed by a creditor on a debtor's property is a claim or legal right to keep or sell that property if the debtor cannot pay his or her debt.

Interpose

(come between) When you _________, you interrupt or interfere in some fashion.

Deference

(compliance) If you behave with ____________ towards someone, you show her respect and accept her opinion or decision, especially because she has an important position.

Culminate

(conclude) When something ___________ it reaches its highest point or climax.

Sentient

(conscious) A ________ being is able to experience the world through its senses and possibly has emotional feelings.

Bourgeois

(conservative) __________ people tend to be from the upper middle class, and are typically conservative, traditional, and materialistic.

Complicity

(conspiracy) __________ is the involvement in or knowledge of a situation that is illegal or bad.

Malleable

(controllable) Someone who is _________ is easily influenced or controlled by other people.

Venal

(corrupt) If you describe someone as ______, you are saying that they are dishonest and ready to do anything for money.

Depravity

(corruption) ___________ is behavior that is immoral, corrupt, or evil.

Craven

(cowardly) Someone who is ______ is very cowardly.

Interstitial

(crack) _____________ pertains to a narrow opening or a crack between two things.

Disparage

(criticize) If you _________ someone or something you say unpleasant words that show you have no respect for that person or thing.

Artifice

(cunning) When you employ __________, you use clever tricks and cunning to deceive someone.

Reverie

(daydream) A _______ is a state of having pleasant dreamlike thoughts that make you forget what you are doing and what is happening around you.

Gilded

(decorated) If something is ______ it has been deceptively given a more attractive appearance than it might normally possess; a very thin layer of gold often covers something ______.

Fiat

(decree) A ____ is an official order from a person or group in authority.

Delectable

(delicious) If you describe something, especially food and drink, as __________, you mean that is very pleasant, tasty, or attractive.

Pillage

(destroy) If soldiers ________ a place, they steal a lot of things and damage it using violent methods.

Despot

(dictator) A ______ is a leader who has a lot of power and uses it in a cruel and unreasonable way.

Arduous

(difficult) Something that is ________ is extremely difficult and so involves a lot of effort.

Quagmire

(difficulty) A ________ is a difficult and complicated situation which is not easy to avoid or get out of; a ________ is also a swamp, which is hard to travel through.

Quandary

(difficulty) If you are in a _______ you are in a difficult situation where you have to make a decision but don't know what to do.

Squalor

(dirtiness) You use the word _______ to describe very dirty and unpleasant conditions that people live or work in, usually due to poverty or neglect.

Sordid

(dirty) An environment or character can be ______, the former dirty, the latter low or base in an immoral or greedy sort of way.

Slovenly

(dirty) If you say that someone is ________, you strongly disapprove of him because you think he is untidy or messy.

Jettison

(discard) If you ________ something you get rid of it because you think it is not useful or appropriate.

Mendacious

(dishonest) A ___________ person is not telling the truth.

Recalcitrant

(disobedient) A ___________ animal or person is difficult to control or refuses to obey orders even after stiff punishment.

Sacrilegious

(disrespectful) A _____________ act is one of deep disrespect that violates something that is sacred or holy.

Flippant

(disrespectful) When a person or his words are ________ he is not taking something as seriously as he should be, so his humor can dismiss that which should be taken to heart.

Dichotomy

(division) If there is a __________ between two things, there is a division of great difference or opposition between them.

Vertigo

(dizziness) ________ is the feeling of sickness and dizziness some people experience when looking down from a high place.

Inebriated

(drunk) An __________ person has drunk too much alcohol; if someone is __________ with an emotion or feeling, she is filled with it and is excited or confused by it.

Moribund

(dying) If you describe something as ________ you imply that it is no longer effective; it may also be coming to the end of its useful existence.

Irascible

(easily angered) An _________ person becomes angry very easily.

Credulous

(easily tricked) Someone who is __________ is very ready to believe what people tell him and therefore can be easily tricked or cheated.

Reverberate

(echo) When a sound ____________ it echoes or rebounds from one place to another, thus having a continuing effect.

Cogent

(effective) A _______ reason or argument is strong and convincing.

Baroque

(elaborate) _________ art and architecture are highly elaborate and overly decorated, filled with excessive ornamentation.

Dapper

(elegant) A man who is ______ has a very neat and clean appearance; he is both fashionable and stylish.

Regale

(entertain) If someone ________ you, they tell you stories and jokes to entertain you - and they could also serve you a wonderful feast.

Ardor

(enthusiasm) When you have _____ for something or someone, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it or for that person.

Vernacular

(everyday language) ___________ is the ordinary and everyday language spoken by people in a particular country or region, in contrast to the literary or written language.

Paradigm

(example) A _________ is a model or example of something that shows how something works or how it can be produced; a _________ shift is an important change in which one way of thinking about something is replaced by a completely new way of thinking about it.

Plethora

(excess) A ________ of something is having too much of it.

Ancillary

(extra) When something is _________ to something else, it means it supports it but is less important than that which it supports.

Myriad

(extreme number) If you have a ______ of things you have so many and such a great variety of them that it's hard to keep count.

Debacle

(failure) A _______ is something, like an event or an attempt, that fails completely in an embarrassing way.

Luminary

(famous person) A ________ is someone who is much admired in a particular profession because she or he is an accomplished expert in that field.

Corpulent

(fat) If you describe someone as _________, you mean that he or she is extremely fat.

Auspicious

(favorable) ___________ describes a positive beginning of something or a certain time which looks to have a good chance of success or prosperity.

Vendetta

(feud) A ________ is a prolonged situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person or group, and vice versa.

Melee

(fight) A _____ is a noisy confusing, hand-to-hand fight involving a good number of people.

Solvency

(financially sound) If an organization is in a state of ________ it has enough money to pay its bills and other debts.

Sophistry

(flawed arguing) _________ is the clever use of arguments that seem correct but are in fact unsound and misleading, used with the intent to deceive people.

Limber

(flexible) If you describe someone's body as ______, you mean that she is able to stretch, move, or bend it easily; if you say someone's mind is _______ you mean that she can readily adapt to new situations.

Lithe

(flexible) If you have a ______ body you can move easily and gracefully.

Segue

(follow) If a song, idea, or activity ________ into another song, idea, or activity, it changes smoothly into it or is followed immediately by it without any stops or breaks.

Bifurcate

(fork) When you ___________ something, you divide it into two separate parts that fork off from each other.

Plastic

(formable) If you say someone is ________ he is easily influenced and molded by others.

Nebulous

(formless) If you describe something as ________ you mean that it is unclear, vague, and not clearly defined; a shape that is _________ has no clear boundaries.

Latitude

(freedom) If you are given ________ to do something, you have the freedom to choose your method and exercise your own judgment in doing it as opposed to someone telling you what to do.

Camaraderie

(friendship) ___________ is a feeling of friendship and trust among a group of people who have usually known each over a long period of time.

Daunt

(frighten) If something _______ you, it makes you worried about dealing with it because you think it will be very difficult or dangerous.

Imbue

(fully fill) To ______ someone with a quality, such as an emotion or idea, is to fill that person completely with it.

Jocular

(funny) Someone who is _______ is cheerful and often makes jokes or tries to make people laugh.

Magnanimity

(generosity) ___________ is kindness and noble generosity shown towards someone, especially after defeating him in battle or after having been treated badly by him.

Artless

(genuine) When someone speaks in an ________ fashion, she is without deception; when someone acts ___________, he is being totally natural.

Gesticulate

(gesture) When you ____________ you make movements with your hands and arms when you are talking, usually because you want to emphasize something or are having difficulty in expressing an idea with words alone.

Capitulate

(give in) When you __________, you accept or agree to do something after having resisted doing so for a long time.

Dour

(gloomy) If you describe someone as ____ it menas that he is serious, stubborn, and unfriendly; if you describe a place as _____ it means it is plain, dull, and people don't have fun there.

Palatial

(grand) A _______ structure is grand and impressive, like a palace.

Fester

(grow worse) If a wound ________, it becomes infected, making it worse; if a problem or unpleasant feeling ________, it becomes worse because no attention has been paid to it.

Rubric

(guidelines) A ______ is a set of instructions at the beginning of a document, such as an examination or term paper, which is usually printed in a different style so as to highlight its importance.

Culpable

(guilty) If you are _________ for an action, you are held responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.

Deleterious

(harmful) Something that is _____________ has a harmful effect.

Strident

(harsh) A _______ person makes her feelings or opinions known in a forceful and strong way that often offends some people; not surprisingly, a _______ voice is loud, harsh, and shrill.

Draconian

(harsh) _________ rules and laws are extremely strict and harsh.

Odious

(hateful) If you describe people or things as ______ you think that they are extremely unpleasant.

Bastion

(haven) A _______ is something that is considered an important and effective defense of a way of life or principle, particularly one that is about to change or end completely; a ______ can also be a heavily fortified place.

Heinous

(horrifying) If you describe something as _______, you mean that is extremely evil, shocking, and bad.

Animus

(hostility) If you have _______ against someone, you have a strong feeling of dislike or hatred towards that person, often without a really good reason or simply based on your personal prejudices.

Anthropomorphic

(human-shaped) Something ______________ is not human but is shaped like a human or has human characteristics, such as behavior.

Magnate

(important person) A _______ is a rich and powerful person in an industry or business.

Edification

(improvement) If something is done for someone's ____________, it is done to benefit that person by teaching them something that improves or enlightens their knowledge or character.

Latent

(inactive) Something that is ______, such as an undiscovered talent or undiagnosed disease, exists but is not active or has not developed at the moment - it may develop or become active in the future.

Harbinger

(indication) A _________ is a sign that foretells that something is going to happen, especially something bad.

Seminal

(influential) A ________ article, book, piece of music or other work has many new ideas and has great influence on generating ideas for future work.

Visceral

(instinctive) A ________ feeling or attitude is strong and difficult to control or ignore; it arises through instinct or "the gut" rather than through careful thought.

Tutelage

(instruction) To be under someone's _________ is to be under his or her guidance and teaching.

Ethereal

(insubstantial) Something ________ has a delicate beauty that makes it seem not part of the real world.

Probity

(integrity) _______ is very moral and honest behavior.

Officious

(interfering) An ____________ person acts self-important and is very eager to offer unwanted advice or services, which makes him highly annoying.

Sectarian

(intolerant) _________ views tend to be intolerant or unaccepting of points of view that differ from their own.

Interloper

(intruder) An __________ is someone who barges into a place where he is not welcome, and interferes with what is going on, often for personal gain.

Choleric

(irritable) A _________ person becomes angry very easily.

Sequester

(isolate) If you _________ someone, you keep him separate from other people.

Alienate

(isolate) When someone is _________ from a group, he is either separated by others from it, or he willfully does it himself.

Succulent

(juicy) A _________ food, such as sweet fruit or a good tomato, is juicy and tasty.

Acumen

(keen intellect) ________ is the ability to make quick decisions and keen, precise judgments.

Cadre

(key group) A _____ is a group especially trained to lead, formalize, and accomplish a particular task, or to train others as part of a larger organization; it can also be used to describe an elite military force.

Cardinal

(key) A ________ rule or quality is one that is considered to be the most important or basic in a set of rules.

Finesse

(know-how) If you show ________ in something you do it with great skill and care, especially handling difficult situations which might easily offend people.

Missive

(letter) A ________ is a written letter, especially a formal, legal, or important one.

Echelon

(level) An _______ is one level of status or rank in an organization.

Concatenate

(link) If you __________ two or more things, you join them together by linking them one after the other.

Vociferous

(loud) Someone who is ___________ expresses his opinions loudly and strongly because he wants his views to be heard.

Fortuitous

(lucky) You describe something as ___________ if it happens purely by chance and produces a successful or pleasant result.

Supine

(lying down) If you are ______, you are lying on your back with your face upward; if you behave in a ______ way, you are passive or inactive, and allow other people to make decisions for you.

Canonize

(make holy) To _______ is to treat her as nearly sacred; the church recognizes one as a saint.

Nexus

(middle) A _____ is a connection or a series of connections between a number of people, things, or ideas, often forming the center of a system or situation.

Functionary

(minor official) A ___________ is a minor official who works for a government or political party in an administrative capacity performing small, trivial tasks.

Foible

(minor weakness) A ______ is a small weakness or character flaw in a person that is considered somewhat unusual but which is also viewed as unimportant and harmless.

Lamentable

(miserable) A __________ state of affairs is miserable and just plain awful.

Oscillate

(move back and forth) If an object __________ it moves repeatedly from one point to another and then back again; if you _________ between two moods or attitudes you keep changing from one to the other.

Polyglot

(multilingual person) A _________ is someone who can speak or understand many languages.

Enigmatic

(mysterious) Someone or something that is _________ is mysterious and difficult to understand.

Squeamish

(nauseated) If you are _________, you are easily nauseated or shocked by things that are tolerated by most people, or are extremely oversensitive.

Fledgling

(new) A __________ business endeavor is one that is just beginning or developing.

Extraneous

(not relevant) Something that is ___________ is not relevant or connected to something else, or is not essential to a given situation.

Taciturn

(not talkative) A ________ person is quiet or silent by nature.

Overt

(obvious) An _____ act is not hidden or secret, but is done in an open and public way.

Prescient

(of foreknowledge) Someone who is __________ knows or is able to predict what will happen in the future.

Bristling

(offended) If someone is described as having a _________ personality, it means that he is either easily offended or is annoyed and/or angry.

Proffer

(offer) When you _______ something to someone, you offer it up or hold it out to her.

Demagogue

(one who stirs up) A __________ is someone, usually a political leader, who tries to influence people by making emotional speeches rather than using reasonable arguments.

Protuberance

(outgrowth) A _____________ is an outgrowth, lump, or swelling of some kind.

Delineate

(outline) If you _________ something, such as an idea or situation or border, you describe it in great detail.

Fete

(party) A _____ is a celebration or festival to honor a special occasion.

Fervid

(passionate) A _____ person has strong feelings about something and so is very sincere and enthusiastic about it.

Disburse

(pay out) To ________ is to pay out money, usually from a large fund that has been collected for a specific purpose.

Clairvoyant

(perceptive) A ___________ person believes that he or she can predict the future or communicate with the spirits of the dead; one who is highly perceptive and intuitive is considered ___________.

Unflagging

(persistent) If you are ___________, you do not stop at a task, and are untiring when working upon it.

Cajole

(persuade) You ______ people by gradually persuading them to do something, usually by being very nice to them.

Cavort

(play) When you ______ you jump and dance around in a playful, excited, or physically lively way.

Pander

(please) To ______ is to cater or suck up to a person's baser instincts in order to influence or exploit her in some way.

Plaudit

(praise) If you receive a _______ you receive admiration, praise, and approval from someone.

Poseur

(pretender) A _______ pretends to have a certain quality or social position, usually because he wants to influence others in some way.

Prophylactic

(preventative) A ____________ is used as a preventative or protective agent to keep one free from disease or infection.

Axiom

(principle) An ______ is a wise saying or widely recognized general truth that is often self-evident, and can also be established rule or law.

Vindicate

(prove right) If a person is __________ their ideas, decisions, or actions, once considered wrong, are proved correct.

Discursive

(rambling) A piece of writing is ___________ if it includes a lot of information that is not relevant to the main subject.

Conscript

(recruit) To __________ someone is to force him into military service.

Germane

(relevant) An idea or remark is _______ to a situation if it is connected to it in an important or fitting way.

Assuage

(relieve) When you _______ an unpleasant feeling, you make it less painful or severe, thereby calming it.

Conciliation

(resolution) _____________ is the process that is intended to end an argument between two groups of people.

Quiescence

(restful inactivity) A state of ___________ is a state of quiet and restful inaction.

Putrid

(rotten) A ______ substance is decaying or rotting and so is foul and stinking.

Sacrosanct

(sacred) Something that is __________ is considered to be so important, special, or holy that no one is allowed to criticize, tamper with, or change it in any way.

Dearth

(scarcity) When there is a _______ of something there is a scarcity or lack of it.

Castigate

(scold) When you _________ someone, you criticize or punish him severely.

Reticent

(secretive) People who are ________ are unwilling to share information, especially about themselves, their thoughts, or their feelings.

Politic

(sensible) To be ________ in a decision is to be socially wise and diplomatic.

Discrete

(separate) ________ objects are completely unconnected to one another, so each one is separate and individual.

Spate

(series) A _____ of things is a sudden series, significant quantity, or outpouring of them.

Vignette

(short story) A _________ is a picture or a short description in a book or play which shows the typical features of a person or situation it represents.

Levity

(silliness) ______ is an amusing way of speaking or behaving during a serious situation, which can lighten up the moment but which can also be considered inappropriate.

Monastic

(simple) A ________ lifestyle is very simple, not given to excess in any way, but rather living in a self-denying way.

Adroit

(skilled) Someone who is ______ is skillful and clever especially in thought, behavior, or action.

Somnolent

(sleepy) If you are _________ you are sleepy.

Nuance

(slight difference) A ______ is a small difference in something that may be difficult to notice but is fairly important.

Tepid

(slightly warm) A _____ reaction to something is mild, unemotional, and lacking in enthusiasm; _____ water is likewise lukewarm: not too hot and not too cold.

Glib

(smooth-talking) If you describe what someone said as ____, you disapprove of it because she made something sound simple, easy, and problem-free when it really wasn't at all.

Mitigate

(soften) If you ________ something harmful you reduce the harmful or painful effects of it.

Woebegone

(sorrowful) Someone who is _________ is looking very sad and filled with grief.

Nemesis

(source of harm) If you have a _________ it is an opponent or archrival who cannot be beaten, or is a source of ruin that causes your downfall.

Parlance

(special language) You are applying ________ when you use words or expressions that are used by a particular group of people who have a unique way of speaking.

Vernal

(springlike) Something that is ______ occurs in spring; since spring is the time when new plants start to grow, ______ can also be used to suggest youth and freshness.

Whet

(stimulate) When something ______ your appetite it increases your desire for it, especially by giving you a little idea or pleasing hint of what it is like.

Piquant

(stimulating) Something that is _______ is interesting and exciting; food that is ________ is pleasantly spicy.

Tensile

(stretchable) A _________ quality of something is its ability to be stretched or extended, and also pertains to its tension.

Denude

(strip) To ______ an area is to remove the plants and trees that cover it, or to make something or someone bare.

Dogmatic

(strongly opinionated) Someone is ________ when he or she expresses opinions in an assertive and often overly self-important manner; religious doctrine is ________ when it must be accepted with no questions asked.

Satiate

(stuff) If something such as food or another pleasure or desire _________ you, it satisfies your need or desire so completely that you often feel that you have had too much.

Inane

(stupid) If you describe someone's behavior as ______, you think it is completely stupid or without much meaning.

Panache

(style) If you do something with ________, you do it in a way that shows great skill, style, and confidence.

Epiphany

(sudden insight) An ________ is the moment when you suddenly realize or understand something important or significant.

Meteoric

(sudden) If you describe someone's path through life as _______ it means that she has become very successful extremely quickly.

Postulate

(suppose) If you _________ something, you assert that it is true and that is should be used as a basis for argument or reasoning, despite the fact that there is no proof for that assumption.

Putative

(supposed) Something ________ is supposed to be real; for example, a ________ leader is one who everyone assumes is the leader, even though she may not really be.

Appropriate

(take) If you ____________ something that does not belong to you, you take it for yourself without the right to do so.

Voluble

(talkative) If you say someone is _______, you mean that he can speak easily about something and his speech flows; _______ people also tend to be very chatty.

Tantalize

(tease) Something that is ___________ is desirable and provoking, but nevertheless out of reach.

Duress

(threat) _______ is the application or threat of force to compel someone to act in a particular way.

Countenance

(tolerate) If someone will ____________ something, it means she will approve, tolerate, or support it.

Florid

(too fancy) If you describe something as _______, you do not like it because it has too much decoration or is too elaborate; a _______ complexion is too red or flushed.

Pedantic

(too precise) If someone is ________, she or he gives too much importance to unimportant details and formal rules.

Vestige

(trace) A _______ of something is a very small part that remains from a once larger whole.

Peripatetic

(traveling) If someone has a ___________ life she travels from place to place, living and working only for a short time in each place.

Quaver

(tremble) To ______ is to shake or tremble, especially when speaking.

Beleaguer

(trouble repeatedly) When you _________ someone, you act with the intent to annoy or harass that person repeatedly until they finally give you what you want.

Rebuff

(turn away) If you ______ someone you give an unfriendly answer to a suggestion or offer of help; you hastily turn that person away.

Quintessential

(ultimate) Something is ________________ when it is a perfect example of its type.

Brazen

(unashamed) If you describe a person's behavior as ______ you mean that he is not embarrassed by anything he does; he simply doesn't care what other people think about him.

Disquiet

(uneasiness) When one feels ________ about a situation, one feels very worried or nervous.

Stolid

(unemotional) If you are ______ you have or show little emotion about anything at all.

Disconsolate

(unhappy) If you are ____________ you are very unhappy or so sad that nothing will make you feel better.

Factitious

(unnatural) Something that is __________ is not genuine or natural and is made to happen in a forced, artificial way.

Vagary

(unpredictable change) A _______ is an unpredictable or unexpected change in action or behavior.

Unrequited

(unreturned) If you feel __________ love for another, you love that person, but they don't love you in return.

Juggernaut

(unstoppable force) A __________ is a very powerful force, organization, or group whose influence cannot be stopped, especially when it is large and powerful and will likely have bad effects.

Rectitude

(uprightness) You show _________ if you behave or conduct yourself in an honest and morally correct manner.

Diatribe

(verbal attack) A ________ is a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone's ideas or activities at length.

Riposte

(verbal comeback) A ________ is a quick, clever reply often made in answer to some criticism.

Scrupulous

(very careful) A __________ person takes great care to do everything in an extremely honest and fair manner.

Skittish

(very nervous) A ________ person or an animal is easily made nervous or alarmed and is likely to change behavior quickly and unpredictably.

Defile

(violate) To ______ something that people think is holy or important is to do something to it or say something about it which is highly offensive.

Portent

(warning) A ________ is a warning that indicates what is likely to happen in the future, which is usually something unpleasant.

Sinuous

(winding) Something that is _________ is shaped or moves like a snake with many smooth twists and turns that can often be highly graceful.

Aphorism

(wise saying) An __________ is a short, witty phrase that contains a wise idea.

Sapient

(wise) If you are _______, you are wise or very learned.

Wistful

(wishful longing) People who are ________ are rather sad because they want something but know that they cannot have it, especially something that they used to have in the past.

Sylvan

(wooded) _______ is used to describe things that are related to forests or trees.

Proletarian

(working-class) The ___________ class in society makes up the workers or blue-collar class, or those who do not receive a salary but work for an hourly wage.

Solicitous

(worried) A person who is ____________ behaves in a way that shows great concern about someone's health, feelings, safety, etc.

Deify

(worship) If someone is ________, they are either made into a god or adored like one.

Liturgy

(worship) _______ is the set of rules or formal procedures used during church services.

Malfeasance

(wrongdoing) ____________ is an unlawful act, especially one committed by a trusted public official.