APLit Vocab, S2L8

acquisition (n.)

the addition or gaining of posession

procurement, purchase

culmination (n.)

the final, highest, or decisive point

peak, pinnacle, zenith, ANT: nadir

deleterious (adj.)

injurious or harmful

damaging, pernicious

demur (v.)

to make objection or to take exception

disagree, vaccillate, balk

egregious (adj.)

extraordinary in some bad way

terrible, flagrant, glaring

hiatus (n.)

a break/interruption in the continuity of a work, series, or action

break, pause, interval, lapse

jaunty (adj.)

easy and self-confident in manner

spritely, carefree, insouciant

preternatural (adj.)

exceptional or out of the ordinary cause of nature

abnormal, exceptional

promulgate (v.)

to make known by open declaration

announce

substantiate (v.)

to establish by proof of proper evidence

confirm, affirm, verify