Selective Words

Dispatch

Act of sending off something

Overt

Done or shown openly

Vilify

Spread negative information about others

Turbulent

Characterized by unrest or disorder

Ovation

Enthusiastic applause

Wrangle

An instance of intense argument

Onslaught

A violent attack; a sudden rush of something

Millenium

A span of 1000 years

Mien

Dignified manner or conduct

Irascible

Easily angered

Instill

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Hover

Be suspended in the air as if in defiance of gravity

Hindrance

Something that delays action or progress

Gaunt

Very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold

Exemplify

Clarify by giving an example of

Excruciating

Very painful

Gullible

Easily tricked because of being too trusting

Desist

To stop, discontinue

Belligerent

Engaged in conflict, quarrelsome

Balmy

Mild and pleasant

Lucrative

Producing a good profit

Loll

Lazy or idol

Encroach

To advance beyond proper limits

Disgruntled

In bad humor, annoyed

Haggard

Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care of suffering

Deceptive

Intending to mislead or trick

Desolate

Lonely, uninhabited, barren

Antics

Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior

Augment

Enlarge or increase

Banter

Exchange playful remarks, tease, talk that is playful and teasing

Comply

To act according to requests or demands

Minimize

Make small or insignificant

Audacious

Bold

Duped

Deceived, tricked

Confiscate

Temporary possession of as a security, by authority

Cache

Secret store of valuables or money

Concept

General idea or thought about something

Glut

Supply with an excess of

Dire

Causing Fear or dread or terror

Advocate

Speak, plead, or argue in favor of

Adept

Showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Accord

Harmony of opinions or actions

Liberal

Favor freedom of action

Ostracize

To exclude

Trepidation

Fright, feeling of alarm or dread

Endeavor

Make an effort to achieve something

Analogy

Similarity between two things on which a comparison may be based

Enigma

A saying or picture containing a hidden meaning

Serene

Clear, calm, peaceful

Culminate

Reach a climax or point of highest development

Ardent

Intense feelings, eager, enthusiastic

Imperative

Absolutely necessary

Fastidious

Attentive to accuracy and detail

Sleek

Smooth or glossy

Deter

To discourage or prevent from acting

Volatile

Unstable, tending to change quickly, explosive

Component

Part or ingredient of a whole

Facilitate

To make easier

Amiss

Improper, wrong, faulty, astray

Anguish

Excruciating pain

Fallacy

A misleading or false notion or argument

Intricate

Many interrelated parts, complex

Disposition

Natural mental outlook

Disdain

To despise

Foreboding

To make out the meaning of

Renown

Widespread fame

Embargo

A restraint or prohibition

Abate

To subside or lessen

Luminous

Lighted up, shining

Deplore

To disapprove of deeply or strongly

Languish

To become week or feeble, undergo neglect

Apprehend

To arrest or grasp meaning

Perspective

Point of view

Chastise

To inflict or scold severly

Grapple

To struggle with

Atrocity

Shockingly cruel or inhumane

Anarchy

No government, state of disorder

Decipher

To read or interpret, figure out a code

Defect

Flaw, imperfection, or leaving a country

Exceptional

Surpassing what is normal or expected

Indifferent

Showing no care or concern

Intervene

To get involved in, to get in the middle

Transition

To change from one place/state to another

Misnomer

Wrong or inaccurate name or use of term

Ungainly

Clumsy, awkward, lacking grace in movement

Tedious

Long and tiring

Articulate

Express or state clearly

Benign

Not causing harm of gentile disposition, beneficial

Bizzare

Extremely strange, unusual, atypical

act, ag (root)

to do, to act

agri (root)

field

ambi (root)

both

anima (root)

breath or spirit

ante (root)

before

anthro (root)

man

aqua (root)

water

astro (root)

star

aud (root)

hear

auto (root)

self

ben (root)

good or well