| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberration | deviation; abnormality |
| Abstruse | difficult to comprehend |
| Affability | friendliness; cordiality |
| Affluence | wealth and status |
| Alleviation | making less severe |
| Amalgamation | mixture or joining of different components |
| Amassed | accumulated |
| Arcane | esoteric |
| Augmenting | increasing in size or number |
| Belied | contradicted |
| Benevolent | kindly |
| Callous | cruel and unfeeling |
| Candid | truthful; honest |
| Coalition | a union of two parts |
| Concordance | agreement |
| Conflagration | big fire |
| Copious | in large amounts |
| Dearth | shortage |
| Debacle | disaster |
| Disarming | charming; unthreatening |
| Disillusioned | freed from wrong ideas |
| Disparaging | criticizing |
| Embellished | decorated |
| Empathetic | understanding in an insightful way |
| Encompassed | included; surrounded |
| Endorsement | support; approval |
| Entourage | group of followers; retinue |
| Equanimity | peace of mind; balance; calm |
| Eradicating | wiping out; destroying |
| Esoteric | obscure |
| Exacerbated | made worse |
| Excised | cut out |
| Exotic | strange; foreign |
| Faction | section; group with common interests |
| Finagle | wheedle; wangle; trick |
| Grating | harsh; rasping |
| Gratuitous | free; unwarranted |
| Hackneyed | commonplace; over-used |
| Insightful | perceptive |
| Insolence | rudeness |
| Intrigued | interested and curious |
| Intuition | sixth sense; ‘gut feeling’ |
| Languid | lacking energy; weak |
| Lobby | 1. to try to persuade, 2. entrance hall |
| Lucid | clear |
| Marred | spoiled; ruined |
| Meager | small; scanty |
| Monotonous | dull; repetitive |
| Motley | varied; miscellaneous |
| Opting | choosing |
| Overhaul | renovate |
| Preclude | prevent |
| Precursors | forerunners |
| Purportedly | apparently claiming |
| Ratify | give official approval to |
| Resilience | strength; ability to withstand |
| Retraction | removal; ‘taking back’ |
| Sporadic | intermittent; on and off |
| Spurned | shunned; rejected |
| Substantiated | backed up; given supporting evidence |
| Supplant | replace |
| Truculence | stubbornness |
| Unequivocal | certain; cannot be disputed |
| Voluminous | large; bulky; extensive |
| Winnow | sift; separate good from bad |
