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Abject: Hopeless extremely sad and servile; defeated

Abridge: To shorten without losing key content.

Adroit: Skillful and clever

Antipathy: A deep dislike

Acrid: Sharp or bitter in smell or taste.

Audacity: boldness; reckless daring; impertinence

Belie: Fail to give true notion; or contradict

Beset: to harrass to surround 

Burgeon: To grow or develop rapidly; to flourish.

Cajole: To persuade through flattery or coaxing.

Capricious: Impulsive; prone to sudden mood changes.

Castigate: To criticize or reprimand severely.

Celibacy: Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.

Charisma: Magnetic charm or appeal.

Culpable: Deserving blame or at fault.

Conciliatory: making peace; attempting to

resolve a dispute through goodwill

Depravity: Moral corruption or wickedness.

Dogmatic: characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts

Evanescent: Quickly fading or disappearing.

Farcical: Absurd or ludicrous

Insipid: Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest; dull.

Ostentatious: Showy; designed to attract attention.

Perfunctory: careless; unenthusiastic

Perquisite: a privilege that goes along with a job; a “perk”

Polarize: To divide into opposing groups.

Proliferate: To increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.

Spurious: False or counterfeit; not genuine.

Stagnation: Inactivity or lack of growth.

Superficial: Concerned only with surface aspects; lacking depth.

Vociferous: Loud and forceful in expressing opinions.