POS: adj

DEF: Deviating from the norm

Sentence: Homosexuality is an aberrant and unnatural lifestyle

POS: Noun

DEF: Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Sentence: The company approached their newest employee with alacrity and zeal.

POS: Noun

DEF: Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Sentence: The lab's aggresive behavior was a bit of an anomaly in the guide dog world

pos: noun

def: an expression of approval or praise

Sentence: The young girl's creative and thought provoking science fair project earned her much approbation from her peers

pos: verb

def: to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

sentence: I let him read my text messages in order to assuage his fears about me cheating on him.

pos: adj

def: daring and fearless; recklessly bold

sentence: It was audacious of the young man to ask Natalie Portman out.

pos: adj

def: inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

sentence: The homeless man's capricious behavior drove me to cross to the other side of the street

censure

pos: verb

def: to criticize severely

sentence: The policed officer was censured for pepper spraying the innocent by standers at a protest

pos: noun

def: trickery or subterfuge

Sentence: Dennis the Mennis' chicanery at the wedding was not appreciated

pos: noun

def: an informed and astutue judge in matters of taste; expert

sentence: the wine conoissuer was able to detect every detail of the wine, right down to the kind of barrel it was made in

pos: adj

def: conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

sentence: The siblings' discordant views on abortion made for an awkward thanksgiving dinner

pos: adj

def: fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

sentence: Hollywood seemed to be a culturally disparate city from the boy's hometown of Humboldt.

pos: adj

def: well-spoken; expressive; articulate

sentence: The king's speech was eloquent and to the point

pos: verb

def: to weaken; to reduce in vitality

sentence: Television had enervated th boy's mind to such a degree that he could no longer think for himself

pos: noun

def: dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

sentence: Intense ennui began to overcome me as I sat inside on the beautiful sunny day, studying for the GRE's

pos: verb

def: to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

def: Obama did not equivocate when stating that universal healthcare is something we all deserve

pos: verb

def: exonerate; to clear of blame

sentence: Thanks to DNA evidence, the men were exculpated of the crime

pos: adj

def: urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Sentence: The woman took exigent measures to ensure her baby would be safe with the sitter

pos: noun

def: intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

sentence: The democrat used a filibuster to prevent the republicans from passing a bill that would outlaw abortion

pos: adj

def: artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

sentence: His daughter got an ingenue role in the new play; the role fits her quite well.

pos:adj

def: accustomed to accepting something undesirable

sentence: The children in Darfur have been inured to violence

pos: adj

def: easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts

sentence: The four year old could be irascible at times, particularly when he did not get his way

pos: verb

def: to praise highly

sentence: the obituary lauded the man as a great father and husband

pos: noun

def: the quality if being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. forgiving

sentence: The general showed incredible magnanimity when he allowed the opposing side to surrender without murdering them all.

pos: adj

def: associated with war and the armed forces

sentence: his display of martial arts proved him to be a great warrior

pos: adj

def: of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary

sentence: We humans are bound to the mundane world, banned from the heavenly skies until death.

pos: adj

def: coming into being

sentence: Anti-abortionists were against the killing of nascent humans

pos: adj

def: vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

sentence: He spoke of nebulous concepts like quality of life

pos: adj

def: lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

sentence: The poet's prose seemed forced and obtuse in an attempt to be hip

pos: verb

def: to anticipate and make unneccesary

sentence: The venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains

pos: adj

def: troubling; burdensome

sentence: he found his duties increasingly onerous

pos: noun

def: a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature or art

sentence: The Scary Movie films were a good parody of other such films of the time

pos: adj

def: recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

sentence: the gladiolas were one of many perennial flowers in the man's garden

pos: adj

def: cursory; done without care or interest

sentence: In an attempt to seem like he cared about what she was saying, he gave a perfunctory nod.

pos: verb

def: to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

sentence: The cheerlead prattled on about her hair extensions

pos: noun

def: foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring

sentence: With extrodinary prescience, Sasha predicted that a cockatoo would fly threw her window and become her bird child (and it happened).

pos: verb

def: to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

sentence: He seemed to prevaricate when the reporters asked him pointed questions

pos: verb

def: to disprove; to succesfully argue against

sentence: Through strong counter evidence, the lawyer was able to refute the claims made against his client

pos: verb

def: to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

sentence: Women's rights activists aim to prevent women from being relegated to a lower status than men

pos: adj

def: concerned and attentive; eager

sentence: she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students

pos: adj

def: occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

sentence: His affection for his extremely awesome girlfriend seemed sporadic

pos: adj

def: not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

sentence: demand has grown in what was a fairly static market

pos: verb

def: to stun, baffle, or amaze

sentence: the magician stupefied the crowd when he made the elephant appear out of his hat

pos: adj

def: winding; twisting; excesively complicated

sentence: the mountain road was tortuous

pos: adj

def: fierce and cruel

sentence: The dictators days of truculent behavior were over when the protestors took over

pos: adj

def: having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

sentence: She a a voracious appetite for new hoop tricks

pos: verb

def: to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

sentence: The debater did not waver in his arguement about animal rights