| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advocate | support |
| Ambiguous | vague |
| Animosity | hostility; hatred |
| Boorishness | rudeness; ill-mannered behavior |
| Censure | blame; criticize |
| Concord | agreement |
| Conflagration | big fire |
| Consecrated | dedicated; made holy |
| Consummate | supremely good |
| Contagious | passed on through touch; infectious |
| Cursory | superficial |
| Dalliance | non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something |
| Deleterious | harmful |
| Disparaging | critical |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Equitable | fair and equal |
| Eulogy | praise |
| Fastidious | very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness) |
| Fidelity | faithfulness; loyalty |
| Formidable | inspiring awe |
| Futile | useless; waste of time and effort |
| Futility | uselessness |
| Holistic | whole; entire (Holistic viewpoint = seeing things as a whole) |
| Idiosyncratic | quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual |
| Ineffable | can’t be expressed in words |
| Infelicity | unsuitability; inappropriateness |
| Integrity | honor; honesty |
| Intermittent | on and off; not continuous |
| Judicious | fair; wise |
| Legitimate | to make legal; give approval to |
| Mercenary | seeking money above all else |
| Meticulous | thorough; taking care of details |
| Petulant | sulky |
| Polarized | divided into two extremes |
| Pragmatism | practicality |
| Presumptive | presumed |
| Propensity | tendency; leaning’ predilection |
| Prosaic | ordinary |
| Quelled | suppressed |
| Regressive | moving backwards (literal or metaphoric) |
| Remiss | neglectful |
| Rhetoric | persuasive language |
| Sedulous | thorough; eager |
| Sermonized | gave moral lecture |
| Shroud | 1. a cover for dead body, 2. to cover |
| Steadfastness | loyalty; firmness of purpose |
| Temporize | put off; procrastinate |
| Treacly | too sweet; over sentimental |
| Vacillated | wavered; hesitated |
| Vindication | proving right |
| Vindictive | seeking revenge |
