Shakespeare 1:8

Abandon

To leave someone or something somewhere, sometimes not returning for them.

Abide

Accept or act in accordance with

Absurd

stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way

Acumen

skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as business or politics

adjacent

very near, next to, or touching

Aghast

suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry

Ambiguous

having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally

Appalling

shocking and very bad; inspiring horror dismay or disgust

Aplomb

confidence and style

Assertive

behaving confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe

Assidous

showing hard work, care, and attention to detail

Bamboozle

to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Befall

to happen especially as if by fate

Belligerent

hostile and aggressive; eager to fight and argue

Brutal

cruel, violent, and completely without sensitivity or compassion

Burden

a heavy load that you carry

Ballot

a system or occasion of secret voting

Benchmark

a level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other things

Beneficiary

a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something

Betray

to not be loyal to your country or a person, often doing something harmful such as helping their enemies

Boastful

Praising yourself and what you have done

Cacophony

an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds

Calamity

a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering

Confront

to face, meet or deal with a difficult situation or person

Contrary

opposite in nature, direction or meaning

Controversial

causing disagreement or discussion

Conundrum

a problem that is difficult to deal with

Convenient

suitable for your purpose and needs and causing least difficulty

Corrupt

dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage

Crestfallen

disappointed or sad because of having failed unexpectedly

Cuisine

a style of cooking

Debilitate

to make someone or something physically weak

Defenestration

the action of throwing or pushing someone out of a window

Denounce

to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly

Designate

to choose someone officially to do a particular

Discriminate

to treat a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc.

Dispute

to disagree with what someone says

Divert

to cause something or soemone to change direction

Doppelganger

someone who looks exactly like someone else but is not related to that person

Draconian

a rule, law or punishment that is extremely severe, or goes further than what is right or necessary

Dubious

feeling doubt or concern

Ephemeral

lasting for only a short time

Efficient

working or operating quickly amd effectively in an organized way; that does not waste resources

Endure

to suffer something difficult, unpleasant or painful

Envious

wishing you had what another person has

Escalate

to become or make something become greater or more serious

Euphoria

extreme happiness, sometimes more than is reasonable in a particular situation

Evacuate

to move people from a dangerous place to a safe place

Exacerbate

to make something that is already bad even worse

Exorbitant

a price or demand that is too large or high

Facetious

treating serious issues with deliberately innapropriate humour

Fatal

leading to or causing death

Feisty

active, forceful, full of determination

Flee

to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear

Fluctuate

to change especially continously snd between one level or thing and another

Foresee

to realise or understand something in advance or to know about something before it happens

Formidable

strong and powerful and therefore difficult to deal with

Fracas

a noisy argument or fight

fragile

easliy damaged or broken

frivoulous

not having any serious purpose or value

galvanize

to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them

gambit

a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves a risk

garish

unpleasantly bright and showy; in a way is too noticable

genre

a particular subject or style of literature, music or art

ghastly

unpleasant and shocking

gibberish

spoken or written words that have no meaning

gibe

an insulting remark intended to make someone look foolish

gist

the most important pieces of information about something or general information without details

gratuitous

unnecessary. or without cause; done without good reason; uncalled

grim

extremely bad, worrying, or without hope

haggard

looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes

haphazard

not having an obvious order or plan

haughty

unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

headstrong

very determined to do what you want without listening to others

heckle

to interrupt a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions

herculean

(an effort or task) needing great strength and determination

heyday

the most successful or popular period of someone or something

hiatus

a short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something is missing

hooligan

a violent person who fights or causes damage in public places