| term | definition |
| Ape | act of trying to imitate something and ending up with a negative/ humorous result |
| Dun | to insist on the payment of debt |
| Fop | a man who is too concerned about his looks/ clothes |
| Gad | move about or travel aimlessly |
| Hex | an evil spell |
| Ken | your understanding |
| Pox | bad luck |
| Sow | to plant a seed or a female pig |
| Vex | to annoy/ confuse |
| Vie | compete/contend |
| Pantheon | general term for a group of people regarded as most important in a certain field or era |
| Sacrilegious | behavior that is disrespectful toward things many consider sacred either literally or figuratively |
| Laity | people who are not members of the clergy |
| Credo | a formal statement of beliefs |
| Messianic | used to refer to zealous or overzealous belief in a cause or a leader |
| Incarnation | used for giving bodily form to something abstract |
| Venial | used by Roman Catholic church to describe a sin that is easily forgivable or minor |
| Conclave | any highly secret meeting |
| Sussurus | a soft rustling noise , a whisper , a murmur |
| Epitome | a typical representative example of something |
| holistic | an approach that emphasizes the overall quality of something |
| Striation | fancy word for a stripe ridge groove or furrow |
| stipulate | to express demand as part of an agreement; you specify exactly what's required |
| extant | a one word way to say still in existence |
| surfeit | idea of over muchness |
| superfluous | overflowing |
| plethora | excess |
| myriad | indefinite but huge amount |
| sate | the idea of being overly satisfied |
| exorbitant | something that exceeds all fair bounds |
| gratuitous | unwanted or unjustified |
| supernumerary | a person who is in excess of a required number |
| lagniappe | unexpected extra gift |
| dearth | not enough of something or there’s simply none of it |
| paucity | few |
| exigous | just barely enough for the purpose |
| eke | managing but with difficulty |
| stint | expresses the concept of restricting or limiting. OR a length of time spent on a particular task |
| scant | barely sufficient or in short supply |
| nominal | something that exists in name only: its minimal |
| meager | scanty in quantity or quality |
| titular | not possessing any real substance or referring to the title |
| Raconteur | a person who inspires laughter through verbal talents |
| Harlequin | clown recognizable by clothing of bright colored diamond shapes and a mask |
| Stooge | a person who helps a comedian tell jokes by giving them lines |
| Card | a person who isn't a clown but is just naturally amusing |
| Wag | an amateur clown |
| Wit | denotes the quality of being verbally clever |
| Mountebank | a clown who attracts a crowd so they can sell the crowd ineffective medicine |
| Droll | facial expressions or acts that are amusing in an odd way |
| Prankster | a clown who plays pranks |
