Word | Definition |
apposite | (adj) appropriate; suitable; apt |
augur | (n) a prophet or seer; (v) to redict, foreshadow |
bilk | (v) to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart |
charisma | (n) the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power |
debilitate | (v) to make weak or feeble |
execrable | (adj) utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior |
impinge | (v) to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon |
labyrinth | (n) a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation |
narcissism | (n) excessive self-love; absorption in oneself |
niggardly | (adj) stingy; meanly small or insufficient |
pastiche | (n) a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge |
precarious | (adj) very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky |
rapport | (n) a close and harmonious relationship |
utilitarian | (adj) stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desireable is determined purly by its usefulness |
vacuous | (adj) devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless |
vagary | (n) an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence or notion |
viable | (adj) capable of living or developing under normal circumstances |
xenophobia | (n) undue or unreasonable fear, hatred or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange |
zany | (adj) clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way; (n) one who plays the clown |
zealot | (n) a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower |