| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alacrity | speed and eagerness |
| Amiable | friendly; lovable |
| Apathetic | lacking energy or interest |
| Bypasses | avoids; finds a way around |
| Capricious | whimsical; changeable |
| Censures | blames |
| Conciliatory | seeking compromise |
| Convergence | coming together |
| Cumulative | building up |
| Deferment | putting off |
| Deliberation | careful thought |
| Delineates | outlines |
| Derelict | rundown; abandoned |
| Discrepancy | inconsistency |
| Embittered | full of bitter feelings |
| Encroaching | trespassing |
| Eradicate | wipe out |
| Exacerbates | makes worse |
| Exasperation | frustration and annoyance |
| Exorbitant | excessive |
| Flabbergasted | shocked; speechless |
| Foil for | person that shows another to advantage |
| Frugal | economical |
| Glacial | icy; unfriendly |
| Grimy | dirty |
| Inconsequential | unimportant |
| Indiscernible | not easy to see |
| Infusion | influx |
| Integrity | honesty |
| Jaded | tired; bored |
| Juxtaposition | placing two thing nest to each other |
| Lithe | flexible |
| Miffed | annoyed |
| Mitigator | moderator |
| Modicum | tiny amount |
| Negate | wipe out |
| Nondescript | having no special qualities; ordinary |
| Penurious | miserly |
| Phlegmatic | calm; imperturbable |
| Razing | cutting down |
| Recrimination | blame |
| Reprieve | let off (at least temporarily) |
| Rousing | stirring |
| Salvageable | can be saved |
| Scouring | cleaning thoroughly; thorough searching |
| Secluded | lonely; isolated |
| Solace | comfort |
| Squelch | suppress; crush |
| Stifling | suppressing |
| Surfeit | excess |
| Tangential | off the point; irrelevant |
| Temper | moderate |
| Tremulous | hesitant |
| Unyielding | not giving up |
| Vigilant | wary; watchful |
| Waning | declining |
| Warped | twisted; distorted |
| Wary | cautious |
| Wrath | anger |
