Abrogate

(v)

To repeal, cancel, declare null and void; revoke

Ambient

(adj)

Completely surrounding, encompassing

 Asperity

(n)

Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness; harshness

Burnish

(v)

To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; buff

(n)

gloss, brightness, luster

Cabal

(n)

A small group working in secret

Delectable

(adj)

Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; scrumptious

(n)

An appealing or appetizing food or dish

Deprecate

(v)

To express mild disapproval; to belittle

Detritus

(n)

Loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction; debris

Ebullient

(adj)

Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling; exuberant

Eclectic

(adj)

Drawn from different sources; selective

(n)

One whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Flaccid

(adj)

Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness; flabby

Impecunious

(adj)

Having little or no money

Inexorable

(adj)

Inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

Moribund

(adj)

Dying, on the way out

Necromancer

(n)

One who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

Onerous

 (adj)

Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Rife

(adj)

Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

Rudiments

(n)

The parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything; basics

Sequester

(v)

To set apart, seperate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody; isolate

Winnow

(v)

To get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan

Aesthetic

(adj)

Pertataining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty; artistic

Defunct

(adj)

No longer in existence or functioning, dead; extinct

Discomfit

(v)

To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarass

Espouse

(v)

To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

Fetish

 (n)

An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Gregarious

(adj)

Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others; outgoing

 Hapless

(adj)

Marked by a persistent absence of good luck; unlucky

Impeccable

(adj)

Faultless, beyond criticism or blame

Importune

(v)

To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

Interpolate

(v)

To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Irreparable

(adj)

Incapable of being repaired or rectified

 Laconic

(adj)

Concise, using few words

Languish

(v)

To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droopl; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Mendacious

(adj)

Given to lying or deception; untrue

Nadir

(n)

The lowest point; rock bottom

Omnipresent

(adj)

Present in all places at all times

Perfunctory

(adj)

Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

Plaintive

(adj)

Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

Requite

(v)

To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

 Tantamount

(adj)

Equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect