Cogent koh-juh nt (of an argument or case) believable; relevant. Tirade ty-reyd - prolonged outburst of bitter denunciation or angry criticism.

. long vehementspeech. Tier- layer/ levels. Solidarity- unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards. Travails truh-veyl - burdensome work. Pain or suffering resulting from Mental/physical hardship. Childbirth. Spate- a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring. Befuddlement- to confuse with statements or arguments. To make stupidly drunk. Sentinel- person or thing that stands watching. Reverie- state of dream/ fanciful musing. A daydream. Fatuous- Silly and pointless. Devoid of intelligence. Audacious- extremely bold and reckless, fearless. Conspicuous- noticeable. Attracting special attention as by outstanding qualities Vindicate: to defend against opposition. To justify. To clear of accusation. Demur: to object, disagree. Insular: island forming Deft: nimble (quick;agile and light in movement) and clever Brimfull: full to the rim. Reconnoiter- to examine or survey area or enemy. Inextricable: unable to be loosen or solved. Hopelessly intricate or perplexing. Vestiges ves-tij: mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence. a very slight trace or amount of something. Remains. Prefab- shelter for military. Or small house. Gentrify: refurbish. To improve a neighborhood via renovation. Quaint: marked by skillful design. Marked by elegance. Odd. pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar Obsolete: no longer in use; out of date. Enigm Mystery. a: Sardonic: derisively mocking. Ephemeral: Short lived. Errant- straying. Traveling.

Amenities: courtesy, an agreeable manner. Any feature that provides comfort. Frisson free-sohn- thrill. Futile (fyoo-til): useless, ineffective. Exultant: highly elated. Jubilant. Mediocrity: oridinary. Echelon esh-uh-lon: level of authority or rank. Expatriates: to withdraw oneself form their native land. Stark: complete. Harsh, blunt. Bare. Desolate: deserted. Sorrowful. Gloomy. Neurosis: feelings of anxiety and obsession thoughts. Fecund: Prolific. Intellectually or innovatively productive to a marked degree. Prolific: causing abundant growth. Apogee ap-uh-jee - climax Mellifluous- smooth rich flow. Arbitration: settling of differences in a dispute by a person or group of people that both parties agree as reasonable. Application of judicial methods to the settlement of international dispute. Arbitrary: depending on individuals decision and not fixed by law. Not limited in the existence of power. Based on individuals preference or convience rather than by necessity or intrinsic value. Existing by chance or random; unreasonable act of will. Capricious: erratic, impulsive. Corroborating (kor- rob-ber-rate): confirm with authority or evidence. Make more certain. Authoritative: official. Clearly accurate or knowledgeable. Municipal: local govt,town or city. Succor suhker: help, relief, assistance.

Ambivalent: torn between positive and negative. Conflicting feelings. Orthography: art of proper spelling Eschew: Avoid. Addendum: Addition. Appendix to a book. Inculpable: Blameless. Impetus: impulse; stimulus; incentive Incentive: something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action Salvation: the act of saving or protecting from harm or risk. Epistemic: cognitive.

Mete: to distribute. Allot. Orthodox: conventional. Revelation: An astonishing disclosure, as of something not before realized. Something revealed by God to humans. Whet: to stimulate. Sharpen. Nuance: subtle difference or distinction in expression. Philanthropist: someone who donates because they are concerned about society welfare. Providence: divine guidance or care. Furtive: secret. Sly/shifty. Begrudge: envious of. To feel resentment toward someones advantage or possession. Lugubrious: mournful, dismal. Insidious: treacherous, having a gradual and cumulative effect (subtle), harmful but enticing. Remiss: careless, negligent. Speculative: theoretical rather than practical. Marked by questioning curiosity. Synergy: when two elements added together create a total energy larger than the sum of both. Cooperation. Nascent: developing. Formidable: intimidating. Apprehensive: fearful about something that might happen. quick to learn. perceptive Lament: to feel or express sorrow or regret. to mourn for or over. Demise: death. Termination of existence. Unprecedented: Without previous instance. Without arrangements. Irreconcible: incompatible. Faction: group or clique within a larger group. Indignant: feeling or showing of strong displeasure due to something unjust or offensive. Canon: Fundamental standard or principle. Secular: wordly things that are not religious or spiritual. Leisurely: casual and unhurried. Suffice: be adequate or enough. Be sufficient. Supererogatory: Greater than that required; Superfluous. Excessive. Superfluous: unnecessary. Extra. Irrespective: without regards to something else.

Conglomerate: clustered from different parts. Hegemony hi-jem-uh-nee: domination. Preclude: makes it impossible for. Close. Debar: to exclude. To prohibit. Ambiance: mood, character, quality, atmosphere of an environment or milieu (surroundings especially of a social or cultural nature). Environment. Quintessence: the most typical example or representative. the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form Gumption: aggressiveness, initiative. Spunk/ courage. Common sense. Defunct: no longer existing or living. Frigid: intensely cold. Abnormal averse to sexual intercourse. Insipid(tasteless; lacking qualitites that stimulate, challenge, interest) Wane: to decrease in strength Portent: something that foreshadows a coming event. Omen/sign. Edifice: large sized building. Complex, large organization Surreptitious: clandestine; stealthy. Clandestine [klan-des-tin]: held in or conducted by secrecy. Peril: danger (especially in terms of lost, injury, destroyed);risk. Ornery: vile. Bad tempered. Cantankerous: difficult or irritating to deal with. Obstinate: Stubborn. Apathetic: showing no emotions. Indifferent. Spiritless. Veracity: truthfulness, accuracy. Premise: land. A statement followed by reason. Trepidation: apprehension. Implore: beg. Fervent: glowing. Showing great warmth and high spirit. Zealous. Zeal: eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something. Epitome: a typical or ideal example. a brief presentation or statement of something Mollify: soften; appease. Apace: swiftly. Dubious: doubtful. Lucid: translucent, luminous. Sane.

Convalesce: to heal and recover strength from an illness. Quell: to quiet. To suppress. Admonish: to give friendly encouragement to. To indicate duties or obligations. To express warning in a gentle manner. Deprecate: belittle. Balk: hindrance. Intrepid: dauntless; fearless. Resolute: marked by firm determination. Guffaw: loud and boisterous laugh. Aberration: an act deviating from the normal or ordinary. Disorder of the mind. Ludicrous: to cause laughter due to its foolish or absurd nature. Indulgent: allowing oneself or orther to do whatever they want. The act of doing something that you enjoy but is thought of as unhealthy. Something enjoyed as a special pleasure. Menial: a person doing menial work (specifically a domestic servant). Submissive. Amend: improve. Alter. To put right. Exasperate: aggravate. Enrage. Incredulous: Skeptical. Insinuation: provoking doubt. gaining favor or winning confidence by artful means. Ubiquitous: widespread. Obsequious: obedient (through admiration). Compliant. Perpetuate: continuing or enduring forever. Contend: compete. Argue. Wayward: disobedient. Unpredictable. Voracious: excessively eager. Having a huge appetite. Ravenous. Ravenous: greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification. Inexorable: relentless. Polemics: an aggressive attack on or a refutation of the opinions. Relent: to become less harsh. Give in. Elusive: hard to comprehend. hard to isolate or identify. Tending to evade grasp . Asinine as-uh-nahyn: stupid. Reticent: reserved. Reluctant. Accolades: award. Expression of praise.

Laudatory: containing or expressing praise Obliterate: to remove all traces of. Stodgy: heavy, dull, uninteresting. Provision:a supply or stock of something needed. Plaintiff: someone who starts the lawsuit Exorbitant: exceeding the bounds of custom. Eluded: to escape by speed or trickery. Or to escape the understanding or appreciation. Meander: to wander. Renege: go back on ones words. Impudence: brazen. Shamless. Finesse fi-ness: extreme delicacy. Skil in handling a highly sensitive situation. Extricate: to liberate. To free from entanglement. Posthumously pos-chuh-muh s: arising or continuing after ones death. Published after the death of an author. Born after the death of a father. Cosmopolitan: free from local, provincial or national ideas or prejudice. Belonging to the world. not just one part of the world. Reverence: great respect tinged with awe. A gesture indicative of deep respect (bow) Venerate: to regard to treat with great reverence. Abdicate: to give up throne or right of power. Convene: to come together for a public purpose. Oratory: skill in public speaking. Caricatures: image or pictures that exaggerates defects of the person. Emanate: to flow out. To emit. Occident: Europe and America. (the west) Valor: bravery. Boldness in facing great danger Denude: to make bare or naked. Exuberant: abounding in vitality. Extremely joyous and vigorous. Petulant: sudden movement of impatience or annoyance. Impatient irritation. Abutt: to be adjacent. Undermine: to injure or destroy by insidious activity Beguile bih-gahyl: to influence with trickery. Mislead. Prosaically: dull, matter-of-fact. Unimaginative.

Cursory: going over rapidly, Paying no attention to detail. Superficial. Irresolution: lack of resolution or decision. Conflate: merge. Delude: to mislead the judgement of. Deceive. Frivolous: lack of seriousness. Self indulgingly carefree. Consecrates: to make or declare sacred. To devote or dedicate to some purpose. Haphazard: lack of order or planning. Randomness. Evocative: to call up or produce. To elicit or draw forth. Absolve: to free from guilt or blame. Averse: have a strong feeling of opposition against. Despot: any tyrant or oppressor. Subjugate: to bring under complete control. Desiccation: to dry up. Topreserve food by drying up. Sessile: permanent attached. Not freely moving. Heretofore: before this time; until now. Heinous: hateful, odious Odious: deserving or causing hatred. Ire: intense anger. Wrath Epoch: a particular period of time marked by distinctive features or events. Benighted: morally or intellectually ignorant. Over taken by darkness or night. Chagrin: feeling of vexation marked by humiliation and disappointment. Vacillate: to waver in mind or opinion. Be indecisive. Rhapsodic: extravagantly enthusiastic. Tenable: capable of being held. Milieu: surrounding; especially of cultural or social nature. Encumbrances: something burdensome, useless. Adroit: cleverly skilled. Resourceful. Ordinance: law or rule Scrupulous skroo-pyuh-luh s: having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled. Or exact, careful and precise. Albeit: although. Even if. Dregs: least valuable part of anything.

Nadir ney-der: the lowest point. Abysmal: immeasurably deep or great. Sedition: rebellion or discontentment against a government. Alumin: some who has graduated or former student to a school. Oft: often Subvert: to overthrow; corrupt. Unequivocal: unambigious. Having only one meaning. Partialities: bias opinions or prejudice. Relinquish: to let go. Condemn: to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure. Myriad: very great or indefinite number of things. Laden: burden; loaded down. Extol: to praise highly. Proffer: offer; suggest. Persevere: to continue steadfastly. Naissance: an organization, an idea, a movement. Eclectic: selected from several sources Enamored: to fill or inflame with love. Microcosm: a little world. Fief: territory held as a fee. Realm: royal domain; kingdom. The special field of something (physics/ etc) Ascribe: to credit or assign. To attribute or to think of as belonging Palatable: acceptable. Or agreeable to the taste, mind, or feeling. Hence: therefore. For this reason. From now. Ratify: to confirm by expressing consent, approval or formal sanction. Subvert: to cause the downfall. To overthrow. To undermine the principle of. Contest: to fight for. Collude: to act together through a secret understanding especially with evil or hamrful intent. Elide: to supress or to omit. Douse: to plung into water. Or to drench. To extinguish. Transgress: to violate a law, command or moral code. To pass over or go beyond.

Complicit: choosing to be involved in illegal or questionable acts. Vernacular: using plain,everyday, ordinary language. Native or indigenous. Posit: to place or set. Forebode: to predict. Be an omen of. Colloquial: characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. Amenable: ready to answer, act, agree, or yield. Opento persuasion. Submissive. Ameliorate: to make or become better. More bearable. Relegation: to send or consign to an inferior position. To send into exile. Mercantile: commercial. Of or pertaining to trade. Tariffs: any duty or rate of duty in such a list or schedule. Revenue: income of a govt from taxation. the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income. Usurp: to seize and hold by force without legal rights. To use without authority or right. Concert: agreement of two or more individuals in a plan. Tentative: unsure, hesitant. Made or done as a trial or experiment. Ramification: to divide or spread out into branches. Extend into subdivisions. Euphemism: the substitution of a mild, indirect or vague expression for one thought to be harsh or offensive or blunt. Esoteric: understood and meant only by a selected few who have special knowledge or interest. Private/ secret/ confidential. Fruition: accomplishment. Realization. Attainment or anything desired. Substantiate: to affirm as having substance. Give body to. Strengthen. To establish by proof or competent evidence. Bullish: obstinate or stupid. Hopeful or optimistic. Procure: to obtain. To bring out. Perennial: lasting for an indefinitely long time. Lasting or continuing throughout the years. Discord: disagreement. Lack of concord or harmony. Modicum: moderate or small amount. Lambast: to beat or whip severely. To reprimand or berate harshly. Stringent: strict. Rigorously binding or extracting. Stalwart: strongly and stoutly built. Sturdy and robust. Strong and brave. Firm, steadfast, uncompromising. (eg.the media was known for its stalwart critic of the government.) Expropriate: to dispossess (a person) of ownership

Moreover: in addition to. Pastoral: country life. Rural. Proletariat: the poorest class. Tenure: the holding or possessing of anything. Holding of property. Diatribe: a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism Replete: abundantly supplied or provided. Stuffed or gorged with food and drink. Complete. Conviction: fixed or firm belief. The acting of convicting (declaring someone guilty) Harbinger: a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign. Juxtaposition: state of being close together; side by side. Exalt: to raise in rank, honor, power. To praise. To stimulate, as the imagination. Intuition: independent of any reasoning; keen and quick insight. Quality of having such direct perception or quick insight. Dire: causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible. Indicating trouble or misfortune. Urgent; desperate. Awash: covered. Cover with water. Jurisdiction: power. The right power to administer justice. Panoply: impressive array of display. Protective covering. Cordial: courteous and gracious. Sincere. Anything that invigorates or stimulates. Substantial: ample. Considerable amount. Solid character or quality; firm; strong. Wealthy or influential. Clement: merciful. Lenient. Compassionate. Pleasant (pertaining weather). Chauvinist: a person who believes one gender is superior to the other. a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory. Derision: mockery; ridicule. Vehement:ardent. Characterized by anger. Marked by great energy. Renunciation: an act of sacrificing as a right, title, person, or ambition. Multifaceted: having many phases or aspects. Debunk: to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated. Salubrious: healthful. Favorable to or promoting health. Commensalism: peaceful coexistence among individuals or groups having independent or different values or customs. Coalition: fusion. A temporary alliance between persons, affiliations, states.

Amalgam: mixture or combination. Exude: ooze out. To radiate. Foe: a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another Hackneyed: banal (devoid of freshenss or originality) Eccentric: irregular; odd; deviating from the norm. Injudicious: unwise; showing lack of judgment Prudent: wise in practical affairs. Provident Provident: having or showing foresight. Salable: suitable for sale. Proselyte: a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert. Infamy: extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful. Commendable: worthy of praise. Conciliate: to win over. To reconcile. Proponents:a person who puts forward a proposition. An advocate. Debacle: sudden downfall. Complete collapse or failure. Expenditure: to pay out something, especially funds. Poignant: pungent to the smell. affecting or moving the emotions. keen or strong in mental appeal. Keenly distressing to the feelings. Shortcoming: a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability. Explicit: clearly and fully expressed. Having sexual acts or nudity clearly depicted. Commemorate: to serve as a memorial or reminder of. Decimate: destroy a great number of. Hitherto: up to this time; until now Henceforward: from now on. Cacophony kuh-kof-uh-nee: a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds Forthcoming: about to come forth. Brevity: Briefness (in terms of expression) Undue: excessive. Improper. Not currently payable. Condone: to accept. Approve. Insurgent: surging. rebel. Interim in-ter-uhm: interval.

Marginal: minimal for requirement. Outer or lower levels. Inception: commencement. Act of instilling ideas into someones mind. Endemic: belonging or native to a particular people or country. restricted or peculiar to a locality or region; native or specifically native. Ascertain: make certain. Onerous: troublesome. Having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages. Launder: to wash clothes in water. To transfer illegal money through an outside party to conceal the truth. Nexus: connection/link. Bemoan: express great grief or distress over. To regard with displeasure, disapproval or regret. Illicit: unlawful (not necessarily illegal.) Rogue:scroundrel (dishonest person), scamp (a mischevious person) Attribute: an accidental inherited quality. an object closely associated with or belonging to a specific person, thing, or office Omniscient: having infinite awareness, understanding and insight. Possessed of universal or complete knowledge. Fiat: dictation. Inexorable: relentless. Impart: disclose Glean: to gather bit by bit. Predicate: imply. Base (usually followed by). Affirm. Attest: to affirm to be genuine. Connoisseur: expert (in relation to art).