Term | Definition |
Cavort | (v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
Credence | (n.) belief, mental acceptance |
Decry | (v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
Dissemble | (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
Distraught | (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
Eulogy | (n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
Evince | (v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
Exhume | (v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
Feckless | (adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
Murky | (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
Nefarious | (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
Piquant | (adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
Primordial | (adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
Propinquity | (n.) nearness in place or time; kinship |
Substantive | (adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic |
Unwonted | (adj.) not usual or expected; not in character |
Utopian | (adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
Verbiage | (n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
Verdant | (adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement |
Viscous | (adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |