adulterate - to make impure by adding bogus ingredients.
debase - same as adulterate.
inoculate - inject an immunizing agent into.
nebulous - cloudy, hazy, confused.
exorbitant - excessive, inordinate, going beyond usual or proper bounds.
esoteric - understood by a select few. secret; mysterious.
disparity - essentially different, unequal.
addendum - something that is added. as in to the back of a book.
fetid - having an offensive stench.
fastidious - hard to please, over nice.
lambasting - whacking or pounding
insipid - dull, flavorless
impeccable - without fault or blemish, perfect.
tenure - The holding of something, as in property, office, etc.
transpire - emit, exhale or perspire, happen occur.
predisposition - innate tendency.
innate - existing in one from birth.
pernicious - Highly destructive.
perplexity - problem, puzzled, make confused.
simpatico - congenial.
conjugate - formed in a pair, coupled. inflection of verbs
effigy - a life size dummy or sculpture of a person.
inflammatory - serving to inflame. excite highly, make violent, aggravate.
paleolithic - pertaining to old stone age.
demitasse - small cup of black coffee.
demeanor - behavior
ironclad - armored
iridescent - glittering with changeable colors like a rainbow.
infirm - not in good health.
ingenuous - candid naive, free from guile. (gile)
sans - without.
ubiquitous - existing everywhere.
canny - wary, prudent.
cantankerous - perverse in disposition, ill natured.
persecute - harass, make suffer for divergent principals.
persnickety - excessively meticulous.
appease - satisfy an appetite or demand.
verbose -wordy.
reverent - respectful; devout.
irreverent - disrespectful
paradigm - a list of the inflected forms of a word.
inflect - turn from a direct course; bend.
guile - cunning.
cursory - hasty and superficial a glance
fortuitous - coming by chance, accidental.
uncanny - weird.
candor - sincerity. ( I appreciate your candor)
proverbial - well known.
axiom - universal proposition. easily proved.
protuberant - bulging out. prominent. (J- you know this one)
diabolic - devilish. (diabolical)
sequester - put aside. (sequestered)
ornery - of ugly disposition, hard to manage.
myopic - near sightedness.
ad hoc - relating exclusively to the subject in question.
judicious - exercising sound judgment; prudent.
consortium - society, association. (con sor sheum)
caveat - a warning, let the buyer beware. (cav e ot)
peruse - read attentively. (a quick perusal) (per ooz)
smug - self satisfied.
sanctum - a private retreat. (sanctumoneous)
quasi - seemingly or almost, not wholly genuine. (kwa zee or kway zie)
innocuous - harmless. (meant to be an innocuous statement)
reticent - silent or reserved.
abate - beat down, diminish, lessen.
abash - make ashamed dispirited.
interim - an intervening time. the meantime. (in the interim)
amicable - friendly, peaceful.
amiable - pleasing, loving, friendly.
confabulate - converse.
conundrum - riddle or hard question.
qualm - sudden sensation of nausea, twinge of conscience. (kwaum)
compunction - same as qualm. slight regret or prick of conscience.
quarrel - dispute.
preamble - a preface, opening remarks.
precarious - uncertain, insecure.
incessant - continuing without interruption.
umbrage - resentment.
deplorable - lamentable, calamitous
calamity - disaster, a great misfortune.
lam'entable - regrettable.
specious - apparently, deceptive. (spee cious)
vicarious - substituting for, or feeling in place of, another.
symbiotic - living together of two different species harmoniously.
pabulum - food, insipid thoughts. (pab ya lum)
belay - stop.
sycophant - a servile flatterer.
sybarite - a self indulgent, luxury loving person.
obsequious - fawning, servile, deferential. 
defunct - dead.
deference - submission to the judgement of another, respectful.
coquette - a flirt. (koe ket)
copious - abundant, plentiful. (koe pee ous)
disparage - discredit. (dis pair ij)
impious - profane, disrespectful, impiety. (im pee ous) 
impecunious - without money, poor. (im pah kyou nee ous)
regimental - being under strict and uniform control.
regalia - emblems, insignia or personal finery.
nabob - very rich man, esp. who�s $ comes from the far east. (nay bob)
myrmidon - one who obeys or follows without question or scruple.
impetuous - impulse, incentive.
apropos - to the purpose, in reference to. adv. (ap rah poe) 
effrontery - barefaced, impropriety, shamelesness, impudence
chutzpa - effrontery, gall (kuts pa)
impudence - gall, offensively forward in behavior, (impudent), insolent, saucy.
protean - readily assuming many shapes. (pro tee an)
protege - a person protected or aided by another. 
enamored - inflame with love, captivate
oblique - slanting, indirectly aimed or expressed. askew.
opaque - cloudy
propriety - fitness, rightness, correct behavior, decorum.
decorum - the standards of conduct approved by society, propriety.
prosaic - unromantic, commonplace. (pro za ik)
decorous - well behaved, proper.
auspice - flavoring influence; protection. a favorable circumstance.
preclude - impede, prevent.
diminutive - very small or tiny, a small thing or person.
lexicon - a dictionary, special vocabulary.
imminent - likely to occur soon; impending.
eminent - high in rank, office, worth; conspicuous, noteworthy.
gambit - any apparent sacrafice in expectation of later gain.
gam - school of whales.
extrapolate - project on the basis of known data; surmise.
permutation - any possible arrangement of any units in a group.
percipient - perceiving.
parnassus - a center of or inspiration for poetic or artistic work.
gallivant - seek pleasure frivolously; gad about.
gad - ramble about idly. gadabout, gadder-travels aimlessly. gadfly.


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