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- amiable
- friendly, good-natured
- antiquated
- old-fashioned or outdated
- asterisk
- a star-shaped figure used chiefly to refer to a footnote
- Baccalaureate
- an academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete the undergraduate curriculum.
- broker (verb)
- to negotiate or arrange, especially an agreement or compromise
- buttonhole
- detain a person in conversation, as if by grasping the person’s outer garments.
- cohort
- a group of people having a statistical factor such as age or class membership in common.
- compensate
- to make satisfactory payment to offset an error.
- connotation
- a meaning or association implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning
- convene
- to come together for a public purpose
- declaim
- to deliver a formal recitation.
- efface
- to make oneself modestly or shyly inconspicuous.
- elocution
- the art of effective public speaking.
- eminence
- a position of great distinction or superiority.
- ensue
- to follow as a consequence or result.
- evince
- to show or demonstrate clearly.
- exocoriate
- to criticize strongly; to denounce.
- fissure
- a separation into subgroups or factions.
- illustrious
- notably outstanding because of rank or achievement.
- indignant
- feeling or showing anger or resentment, especially at something unjust or wrong.
- insidious
- working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner.
- lofty
- making a show of grandness
- loophole
- an ambiguity or omission in the text through which the intent of a statute, contract, or obligation may be evaded.
- meritocracy
- a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement.
- minuscule
- very sall; tiny
- oratory
- the art or practice of formal speaking in public.
- parse
- to examine closely, especially by breaking up into components
- peril
- serious and immediate danger
- prestigious
- having a high reputation; honored
- prodigious
- extraordinary or marvelous in bulk, quantity, or degree
- proponent
- one who argues in support of something; an advocate.
- punitive
- intending to inflict punishment.
- relegate
- to assign to an inferior place, position, or condition
- rescind
- to make void; to repeal
- revel
- to take great pleasure or delight
- rile
- to make angry
- subordinate
- to treat as of less value or importance
- trajectory
- a chosen or taken course or path
- valedictorian
- the student with the highest academic rank in a class who delivers the farewell statement or address at graduation.
- vitriolic
- bitterly critical
- albeit
- even though; although
- ambivalent
- feeling or showing a mixture of opposing feelings or attitudes
- arbitrary
- determined by chance or impulse, not by reason or necessity.
- ascendancy
- superiority or decisive advantage; domination
- aspire
- to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
- auteur
- an artist who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style.
- boutique
- a small, fashionable retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, accessories, or food.
- brash
- aggressively self-assertive.
- bulbous
- rounded or swollen in shape
- caveat
- an explanation given to prevent misinterpretation
- charisma
- a special charm or appeal that arouses loyalty or enthusiasm.
- condescend
- to assume an attitude of superiority
- couture
- the business of designing, making, and selling fashionable clothing
- deadpan
- marked by a blank or matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression.
- deviate
- to depart from the normal course or way
- diffusion
- the spread of cultural practices or innovations within a community or from one community to another.
- elusive
- difficult to define or describe
- extrapolate
- to estimate by projecting known information
- fixate
- to focus or concentrate one’s attention intently or obsessively
- fluctuate
- to vary irregularly
- formidable
- causing awe or wonder
- grimace
- a facial expression that usually expresses disgust, disapproval, or pain.
- hermeneutic
- interpretice; explanatory
- impressionistic
- based on imprecise notions or sensations, not expertise or fact
- innovate
- to create or introduce something new
- insouciant
- lighthearted lack of concern; nonchalance
- interpersonal
- involving relations between individual people
- laggard
- one that stays or falls behind; a straggler
- languid
- showing little or no spirit or animation
- obsolete
- no longer in use
- octabe
- a musical interval consisting of eight notes
- paradox
- a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.
- prototype
- an original model on which later models are patterned
- reprove
- to correct someone, usually gently or with kindly intent.
- resurgence
- a return of life, activity, or prominence; a renewal
- skeptical
- marked by or given to doubt; questioning
- soliciting
- to approach with a request or plea
- synthesize
- to combine to form a new, complex product
- tangent
- a suddent change of course; a digression
- translucent
- permitting the passage of light
- variegated
- distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified.
- vulcanize
- to improve the strength, resiliency, and odor of rubber by combining it with sulfur or other additives in the presence of heat and pressure.