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Abase – to degrade, to humiliate

Abdicate – to renounce or to give up a power

Brazen – shameless, insolent, disrespectful

Caustic – sarcastically biting, acrid

Commiserate – to express sympathy or pity

Decorum – appropriate conduct; correct and proper behavior

Deference – courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another

Drone – speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound

Enunciate – to pronounce clearly

Girth – size or dimensions (usually the measure around a body)

Grandiose – impressive, imposing

Inception – the beginning of something

Ineffable – incapable of being expressed in speech or words

Nebulous – lacking clarity of features or sharpness of outline

Neophyte – a recent convert, beginner, novice

Obtuse – dull of mind, insensitive, stupid

Parable – a short fictitious story that has a moral

Rant – to rave, to speak, in a loud and attacking manner

Reproach – to blame for something; a disgrace

Savant – a scholar, a learned person

Stultifying – causing to be useless, crippling, causing to appear stupid

Syllabus – a brief outline of the main points of a text or course of study

Troupe – a company or group—usually theatrical performers

Unequivocal – without a doubt, clear

Vapid – dull, inane, insipid