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Abhor

detest; hate

Abridge

condense or shorten

Acclimate

adjust to climate or environment; adapt

Anodyne

drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate;

Apocryphal

Fictitious, Mythical, fabricated

Ashen

ash-colored; deadly pale

Audacious

daring; bold;

Beget

to create or produce

Cataclysm

Debacle, disaster

Chasten

To scold, to lecture

Cogent

Logical, convincing

Confine

shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits;

Corollary

consequence; inference

Crass

very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating;

Credibility

believability.

Criterion

Standard for judging

Crudely / Crusade

A movement or declaration for an idea or principle

Cryptic

Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure; puzzling.

Depravity

Moral corruption; wickedness

Devious

cunning

Discerning

Having good judgment

Disdain

To ridicule, to mock

Dismember

cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb

Docile

Placid; easily led or managed.

Edify

To instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually.

Effervescence

Liveliness; high-spirited enthusiasm

Egotist

selfish person

Elan

A vigorous spirit

Erudite

Well educated, learned

Evoke

To call to mind or memory

Expository

explanatory; serving to explain; Intended to explain or describe

Fidelity

Loyalty

Flippancy

joking; levity

Futile

useless; waste of time and effort

Gauche

Clumsy, awkward

Headlong

hasty; rash; headfirst;

Homily

sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning;

Hypothetical

based on guesswork; not proven

Imbroglio

Conflict, argument

Inaugurate

begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony;

Inclement

stormy; unkind; unmerciful;

Inception

Beginning or birth

Infernal

Hellish, extremely bad.

Insouciant

without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent

Insuperable

Invincible, super

Insurmountable

overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable

Intricate

complicated

Irresolute

Uncertain

Lassitude

Lack of energy

Luxuriate

take pleasure in great comfort

Malevolent

wishing evil; exhibiting ill will;

Malady

Illness

Mawkish

Overly sentimental or emotional

Misanthrope

one who hates mankind; misanthropist

Ominous

threatening; of an evil omen

Ordain

decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi;

Perennial / Periphery

Marginal, unimportant

Pernicious

very harmful; deadly; very destructive;

Pertinacity

persistence; stubborn determination

Pervasive

Spread throughout

Phlegmatic

Cool, Calm

Pivotal

Very important, instrumental

Platitude

trite remark; commonplace statement;

Portentous

Ominous, threatening

Pragmatism

practicality

Preeminent

Outstanding

Precursor

fore-runner; earlier version

Prevarication

lying; evasive speech

Prolix

Wordy, verbose

Propitiate

appease; conciliate; make peaceful;

Quandary

Riddle, problem not easily solved

Quotidian

Daily

Reciprocate

To give and take equally

Remiss

Negligent, careless

Rend

split; tear apart;

Sanctify

To bless, to approve of something

Skittish

Nervous, wary

Slothful

Lazy, indolent

Solicit

V. request earnestly; seek

Soporific

Causing sleep or drowsiness

Strife

Conflict

Subservient

behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate;

Subsume

include (as a member of a group); encompass

Supernumerary

Exceeding the usual number; extra

Suppress

put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check

Surfeit

Overabundance

Tenet

Principle or belief, esp. one held by a group

Torpor

A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

Tumult

commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar;

Ubiquitous

Existing everywhere, omnipresent

Unconventional

Not ordinary or typical

Ungainly

Clumsy, awkward

Vagary

Unpredictable idea or action

Vicarious

experienced indirectly; at secondhand

Visceral

concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental

Wheedle

To coax or persuade with flattery