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 realtor genuine
VEX
To annoy or puzzle