for my sunshine

squalid

sordid; dirty; marked by filthiness.

proliferating

multiplying; rapidly increasing in numbers.

sanctuary

a refuge; a place for worship.

elude

evade; deverly avoid.

ultimate

final; farthest; most remote in space or time.

inscrutable

obscure; not capable of being understood.

spiel

an extravagant talk; an oration.

servitude

slavery; punishment for a crime; subjection.

spellbind

fascinate; enchant; to hold one's attention as by a spell.

proletariat

common people; working class

delusion

a deception; a false idea or opinion.

purge

to deanse; to purify, to free from impurities.

secular

worldly; not sacred or religious.

viable

practical; able to live or to be implemented.

anathema

a curse, a vigorous denunciation.

jeopardy

danger; peril; vulnerability.

reflective

thoughtful; pensive; contemplative.

benign

gentle; showing kindness of disposisiton.

pugnacious

belligerent; combative; obnoxious.

dissipate

scatter; vanish; to waste, as in money.

acquiesce

assent; to accept passively or reluctantly.

denigrate

defame; belittle; criticize unkindly.

munficent

lavishly generous; liberal in giving.

capitulation

surrender; giving up resistance.

palatable

edible; pleasant tasting; to one's taste.

vehement

forcibly expressed; impassioned; fervid.

fruition

accomplishment; realization.

eradicate

exterminate; do away completely

despotic

tyrannical: dictatorial.

extricate

to free; remove from entanglement.

paranoia

irrational distrust; feeling of persecution.

malevolence

malice; hatred toward others; intention to harm.

tenuous

insubstantial; flimsy; weak.

ambivalence

uncertainty in atutude, fluctuaton.

desiccate

dry up; denydrate; to drain vitality.

reprete

complete; full; abundantly filled.

recalcitrant

resistant; defiant of authority.

cogent

convincing; valid; forcibly appealing to the mind.

affiuence

profusion; overflowing of wealth, etc.; an abundance.

astute

dever, shrewd; intellectually observant.

fatuous

foolish; silly; simple-minded; not intellectual.

vindictive

revengeful; spiteful; wanting to hurt or harm.

meticulous

giving great attention to details; mindful of details.

catharsis

purification; purgation; deansing of emotions.

insatiable

quenchless; incapable of being satisfied.

dubious

doubtful; uncertain in belief or knowledge.

tepid

lukewarm; lacking definite warmth; moderate

perpetual

everlasting; continuing forever.

skepticism

doubt; uncertainty in belief or knowledge.

vestige

remnant; that which is left.

clandestine

secretive; held or conducted secretly.

expatriate

banished person; one driven into exile.

converge

meet; to move toward one another.

implicit

understood without explanation; tacitly understood; implied

manifest

obvious; readily perceived by the senses.

lexicon

dictionary; book containing words and definitions.

felicity

great happiness; state of being happy

acentuate

emphasize; to accent something.

ephemeral

fleeting; transient; lasting only a short time.

eccentric

odd; strange; deviating from the pattern.

symbiosis

mutuality; beneficial union or association.

debacle

great disaster; fiasco; a tumultuous breakup.

delusive

deceptive; likely to deceive or trick.

exigencies

urgent needs; emergencies.

pernicious

wicked; deadly; highly injurious or destructive.

ostracism

exclusion; banishment; social exclusion.

ameliorate

improve; to make better or more tolerable.

tutelage

instruction; a guiding influence.

morose

expressive of gloom; sullen; unsociable

ancillary

subsidiary; auxiliary; subordinate.

plethora

excess; superfluity; an overabundance.

vivifying

enlivening; quickening; renewing of life.

aesthetic

artistic; relating to or dealing with beauty; appealing to the eye.

disparate

different; markedly distinct in some way.

pedagogues

pompous teachers; schoolmasters.

salutary

curative; promoting good health.

relegated

assigned; cassified; banished.

nuance

subtle distinction or difference; subtle variation.

precarious

dangerous; unsafe; hazardous.

metamorphosis

change in form; alteration of appearance.

congruent

equal; harmonious; agreeable; in tangent.

essences

prime characteristics; basic qualities.

syntax

word order; arrangement of parts of sentences.

unimpeachable

irreproachable; not liable to accusation; above reproach.

generic

general; common; characteristic of a whole group.

tandem

twosome; an arrangement by two.

rapport

harmony; relation marked by accord.

effete

decadent; effeminate; marked by weakness.

austerity

extreme economy; an ascetic practice.

presumptuous

audacious; tending to be overly bold.

voracious

gluttonous; extremely greedy; insatiable.

invidious

hostile; offensive; rousing ill will.

impermeable

impervious; not permitting passage.

aphorism

proverb; a terse formulation of a truth.

malaise

a sick feeling; a sense of mental or moral ill being.

histriotonic

dramatic; theatrical; relating to the theater.

gingerly

cautiously; carefully; proceeding with caution.

decadence

deterioration; a period of decline.

drone

parasite; one who lives from the effects/good will of others.

calibrate

to determine; to measure; to standardize.