Term | Definition |
auspicious | promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success |
commotion | a loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos |
methodical | logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form |
penchant | a desire, a strong interest |
pensive | reflecting deep or profound thought |
punctillious | showing great attention to detail or correct behavior |
incessant | nonstop, continuing without pause or interruption |
prophetic | far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently |
indigneous | native to an area |
decorum | an orderly, manner-filled presence |
facade | the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, face an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. |
impulsive | acts without thinking |
proponent | someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause (opposite of against--con) |
console | to soothe or make feel better |
mediate | to bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement |
revelation | a revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea |
permeate | throughout, soaked penetrate |
ominous | threatening, foreboding |
errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds (an errant calf).... moving about aimlessly or irregularly (an errant breeze)
behaving wrongly (an errant child) |
rogue | a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel... a mischievous person |
resounding | impressively loud or booming....emphatic, unequivocal |
unabated | being at full strength or force |
adulation | obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise |
junket | trip, journey: such as a trip made by an official at public expense |
defiant | angry, stubborn, aggressively resisting |
compel | force or oblige (someone) to do something , urge, pressure |
despise | feel contempt or a deep repugnance for |
justify | show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for |
jeer | show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for |
retaliate | make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack , reciprocate, get back at |
infraction | a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules |
scion | a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft, a descendent |
prominent | well known, in the public eye |
relentless | tenacious, go getting, incredibly determined |
dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
vehement | intensely emotional, deeply felt, marked by forceful energy |