all terms

subterfuge

trick

superannuate

obsolete

surreptitious

by stealth

synchronize

to operate in unison

syndicate

an association formed to negotiate some form of business

temerity

rashness

tenuous

thin

tenable

defensible

tenure

term of office

truism

an obvious truth

unprecedented

unlike anything that has gone before

venal

bribable

verify

confirm

vernacular

native speech

virulent

posionous

vitiate

to invalidate

vituperate

to scold

vociferous

noisy

volatile

changeable

voluminous

large

votary

devote

schism

division

scurrilous

abusive

sedentary

inactive

sedulous

attentive

somber

gloomy

somnolent

drowsy

sonorous

full sounding

sortie

a sudden bursting forth of troops from a besieged place

specious

apparently good

stereotype

generalization of a group

stipend

salary

strident

shrill

stultify

to make worthless

subservient

servile

subsidiary

secondary

replete

full to the uttermost

repository

storage

repugnance

disgust

residual

remainder

restitution

restoring

retroactive

taking effect at a time prior to its enactment

retrospect

a view of something past

revelation

making known

rostrum

platform for a speaker

rotund

plump

salutary

wholesome

sanguine

cheerful

sardonic

sneering

saturnine

gloomy

punctillous

exact

pusillanimous

cowardly

querulous

peevish

quiescent

quiet

railiery

merry jesting

raucous

disorderly

reactionary

archconservative

recalcitrant

obstinate

reciprocate

to interchange

redundant

excessive

regicide

the killing of a ruler

regimen

an ordered course

remission

abatement of a diease

remuneration

pay

repartee

conversation marked by quick and witty replies

priority

a right to be first

proffer

to offer

prognostic

predictive

proletarian

lower class

propitiate

to appease

propitious

favorable

proponent

supporter

proscribe

to outlaw

prospective

future

protagonist

the main character

protege

a person under protection

prototype

the first of its kind

proxy

a stand-in

pseudonym

a pen name

puissance

power

purport

intention

parasitic

nourishment at the expense of another

patron

supporter

perfidious

unfaithful

perspicuity

clarity

pertinent

relevant

platitude

cliche

pleasantry

good-natured remark

plebeian

common

plebiscite

a vote by a whole people

politic

prudent

predilection

a preference

prescience

foreknowledge

presumptuous

too bold

primordial

primitive

insular

isolated

intercede

mediate

invidious

offensive

irony

sarcastic manner of speaking in which the opposite of what is said is meant

laity

the people collectively