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savor
to taste or smell, esp. with pleasure
fluster
to make nervous
relief
a distinction or prominence due to contrast
habitat
the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found; a particular type of natural environment
platitude
a commonplace remark delivered as if it were important
sabotage
to deliberately obstruct or destroy
minutiae
trivial details
effervescent
giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement
desiccate
to dry completely
gregarious
seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group
sojourn
a brief visit
listless
having no interest in what is going on about one; languid; spiritless
secular
not religious; worldly
defer
to delay; to put off
surfeit
an excess
compunction
a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
decapitate
to cut off the head
rejuvenate
to restore energy or an appearance of youth
chronology
arrangement of events in time
provincial
limited in perspective; unsophisticated
pliant
easily bent; pliable; adaptable or compliant
melodramatic
exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental
paramount
supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance
precocious
developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally
syntax
the way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses and sentences
euphoria
a feeling of great happiness
detach
to separate from a larger mass; disengage or remove
animosity
bitter hostility, esp. that which provokes punitive action
bard
a poet
revere
to honor
guffaw
to laugh loudly and crudely; a loud burst of laughter
inveterate
established for a long time
tenable
able to be maintained in argument; rationally defensible; able to be held against assault; defensible
mitigate
to improve by lessening the severity of
giddy
dizzy; lightheaded
diction
word choice in speech or writing; degree of clarity in speaking
negligent
careless; inattentive
omnipotent
all-powerful
propagate
to multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area
malinger
to act sick in order to avoid work
convene
to bring together
eschew
to avoid; to shun
arable
suitable for growing crops
optimum
the most favorable point or condition
err
to make a mistake
scoff
to make fun of; to ridicule
saturate
to soak or fill to capacity
excruciating
severely painful
douse
to wet thoroughly
restitution
compensation for a loss
