ENGLISH BRIDGE OF SAN

ANECDOTES

A short, humorous incident

ASSIDUOUSLY

Persistently

AVARICE

Greed

COTERIE

A small group of people who are usually together

DILIGENCE

Careful work/effort

EDIFICATION

Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement

EGOTISM

An inflated sense of self

ENVIRONS

Surroundings

GESTICULATE

To gesture, sometimes wildly

HARANGUE

A long, pompous speech

HERETICAL

Departing from standard belief

IDOLATROUS

Relating to worship of false gods

IMPORTUNITIES

Pleadings

IMPUDENT

Characterized by offensive boldness

INIQUITIES

Sins

INTIMATED

Shared a secret

LOQUACIOUS

Very talkative

MAGNANIMITY

Greatness of mind or soul

MITIGATE

To lessen

OFFICIOUS

Eager to render services or help others

PENURY

Extreme poverty

PHILOLOGIST

Classic scholarship

PROPITIATION

Making right a wrong

RECRIMINATIONS

Consequence

RUEFULLY

Expressing sorrow or regret

SAVANT

A scholar

SKEPTICISM

Doubt as of the truth to something

TACIT

Not spoken

TRAVERSE

Travel across or through

THEOLOGY

The study of the nature of God and religious belief

USURPATION

A wrongful seizure

USURY

The practice of lending money at exorbitant interest rates

VERITABLE

Being real or genuine

VEX

To annoy or puzzle