Real American Vocabulary

Talisman

An amulet/charm; an object thought to possess magical powers

Halycon

Happy; peaceful

Interloper

An intruder

Amorphous

Shapeless

Vociferous

Crying out noisily

Raucous

Harsh; rowdy

Excise

To remove by cutting

Metastasize

To spread or grow dangerously

Quintessential

Of pure and essential essence of something

Transgressive

breaking a law or overstepping a boundary

Acerbic

Sour in taste; harsh

Erudite

Scholarly

Excoriate

to denounce or berate severely

Visage

A face; a facial expression

Irrevocable

Not able to be revoked

Ambiguity

The state of being ambiguous; a word or expression that can be understood in two or more different ways

Lithe

Characterized by grace and flexibility

Assuage

To appease; to pacify

Vitriol

Bitterness

Scaffold

To support