200 words

adage

an old saying

Grandiloquent

speaking in a pompous or bombastic style

ascribe

to attribute something as a cause

brittle

fragile

glimmer

a faint, wavering, unsteady light

impetuous

impulsive

insinuate

to imply

levee

an embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow

molt

to cast off, as hair, feathers

palate

the roof of the mouth, a person's appreciation of taste of flavor

variegated

having marks or patches of different colors

astute

keen in discernment

cabal

a number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose

condense

to abridge

denouement

that part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up

dubious

doubtful

interim

time between acts or periods

lien

a legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge

morose

gloomy

panegyric

a formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken

plumb

a weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something

pugnacious

quarrelsome

placate

to bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness

equivocal

ambiguous

reprobate

one abandoned to depravity and sin

proscribe

to forbid, especially by law, denounce or condemn

implicate

to prove to be involved in

augury

a sign of what will happen in the future, an omen