| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adroitness | skill |
| Altruism | self-sacrifice |
| Arbitration | mediating between disputing sides |
| Archaic | old-fashioned |
| Aural | through the sense of hearing |
| Cognitions | mental knowledge |
| Discernment | judgment; |
| Disingenuous | crafty |
| Distension | swelling |
| Egotists | selfish people |
| Emancipators | those who set others free |
| Enigmas | puzzles |
| Erudition | learning; scholarly knowledge |
| Exemplars | excellent examples of |
| Exonerated | proved not guilty |
| Extirpation | destruction |
| Fawning | groveling; ‘sucking up’ to people |
| Finesse | skill |
| Fitful | intermittent; on and off; not continuous |
| Gestures | signals |
| Hilarity | great laughter |
| Husbandry | careful management of resources |
| Ignominy | shame |
| Ineptitude | lack of ability |
| Insipid | flavorless; bland |
| Intuitions | gut feelings |
| Invocation | prayer |
| Irony | something unexpected; use of words to convey opposite meaning |
| Lackadaisical | lazy |
| Lamentable | regrettable |
| Mandate | permission |
| Manifesto | statement of values |
| Modicum | tiny amount |
| Notoriety | infamy |
| Obsequious | groveling |
| Opulence | lavish display of wealth |
| Pathos | sadness; stirring the emotions |
| Plaudits | praise |
| Prospectus | brochure |
| Raze | knock down |
| Rectitude | uprightness |
| Reprimanded | scolded |
| Rudimentary | elementary; basic |
| Sarcasm | mockery |
| Soporific | sleep-inducing |
| Stipulated | insisted |
| Tactile | through the sense of touch |
| Tenacity | firmness of purpose |
| Versatility | ability to do many things |
| Vicarious | experienced indirectly; at secondhand |
