vocab

quell

to supress

rancorous

bitterness

refute

to prove wrong

rejuvenate

to restore one's energy

repository

large storehouse

revere

to honor

rhetoric

the art of speaking or writing to influence or pursuede

rhetorician

orator

riveting

exciting, interesting

sanguine

confident, hopeful

scrutinize

examine carefully

seditious

to incite disorder

seminal

deep understanding

sequestered

to set apart

sentiment

feeling of love, sympathy, kindness

servile

submissive

specious

false

spurious

doubtful

stoic

without emotion

strident

having harsh sound

suffrage

the right to vote

supercede

replace, overtake

supercilious

haughty, arrogant

supplant

replace

surfeit

overabundance

surreptitious

sly

tenacious

bold

terse

short, brief

transient

brief

tyranny

oppressive governmental behavior

urbane

somewhat formal

uncorroborated

not strengthened with facts

understatement

to state something that is less important than what it really is

unparalleled

having no equal

unwarranted

not expected; not justified

usurer

a person who lends money at a high rate of interest

vapid

empty

vehement

great anger; strong dislike

venerable

honorable

vicariously

experiencing something through another person

vindication

exonerate

wan

lacking vitality

waning

to decrease

warranted

justified

watershed

major event

winnow

to separate the good from the bad

abhor

hate

abysmal

extremely bad

acumen

mental sharpness

acute

sharp

adept

highly skilled

advent

the coming of an event

adverse

unfavorable

aesthetic

appealing to the sense of beauty

affable

friendly

alacrity

speed

altruistic

unselfish

amalgam

mixture

amnesty

pardon

anachronism

an error in time

anarchy

absence of government

anecdote

a short story

animosity

hatred

anomalous

deviating from the norm

anonymous

no name

antidote

improves the negative effects of something

apathy

lack of interest

apropos

very appropriate to a particular situation

apt

appropriate

ascribe

credit, attribute

assiduous

hard working

autonomously

self governed

bawdy

humorously vulgar

belie

to go against

belligerent

warlike

benevolent

kind

benign

good natured

berate

scold

brook

to tolerate

carte blanche

granting full power to do something

collaborative

work together

concession

something conceded or granted to another

concurrent

happening at the same time

condescending

to talk down to someone

conjecture

educated guess

contrite

sorrow for wrong doing

conundrum

a puzzle

corroborated

strengthened with facts

covet

to desire

dearth

scarcity

decorum

proper

demystify

to make less confusing

diatribe

sharp, verbal speech

diffident

shy

dilatory

lazy

disavow

refuse to accept or acknowledge

disburse

to pay out money

dissident

one who disagrees

draconian

harsh

ebullient

great joy