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| abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
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| a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
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| To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice |
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| weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
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| Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
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| To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
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| To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
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| One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire |
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| Extremely strange, unusual |
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| To punish severely; criticize severely |
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| A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
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| To give or furnish condescendingly; to grant |
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| A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, ect., far in excess of reality |
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| stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation |
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| To change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform |
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| Not subject to change, constant |
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| To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
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| Very wicked, offensive, hateful |
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(N): One who rebels or rises against authority
(ADJ): Rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority |
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(N): A chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains
(V): To chain or shackle |
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| A position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
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| Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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| To mock, treat with contempt |
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| A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
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| To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
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| To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
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| Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary |
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| Fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
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| An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency |
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| A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of foregivness |
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| Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
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Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy
(N): Something that induces sleep |
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| To free from entanglements or difficulties |
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| Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
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| Not easily carried, handled, or managed |
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| Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness and flavor |
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| To predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs |
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| Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
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| Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
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(V): To whip, punish severely
(N): a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
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| A rule of conduct or action |
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(ADJ): Lasting only a short time, fleeting
(N): one who stays only a short time |
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| Beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome |
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| To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up on intensify |
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| incapable of being understood |
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| An original model after which similar things are patterned; a perfect or typical example |
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| To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought |
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| Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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| Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character |
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(ADJ): Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial
(N): a very, thin light cloth |
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| That which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality |
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| Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
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(N): Illegal traffic, smuggled goods
(ADJ): Illegal, prophibited |
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| Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap, shoddy, or inferior in quality or character |
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| Incapable of being changed or called back |
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| Persistent, showing industry and determination |
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| To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
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| To cut down, reduce in scope and cost |
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| Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly from illness, misfortunes, ect. |
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| To re-echo, resound; to be repeatedly reflected |
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| Peevish, complaining, fretful |
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| To disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
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| A natural inclination or bent toward |
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| Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
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| To make amends, atone, make up for |
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| To make easy, cause to progress faster |
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| To have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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| To assign or refer to (as a cause or source) |
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| Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential |
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| To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit |
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| To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
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| The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blen |
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(N): A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence
(V): to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action |
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| Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) |
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| To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
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| To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
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| A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character of behavior) |
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| Existing only in name, not real; to small to be considered or taken seriously |
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| Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
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| Thin, slender; of slight importance or significance, lacking a sounds basis, poorly supported. |
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| Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
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| Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
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| Resulting from or marked by lack attention; unintentional, accidental |
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| By virtue of holding a certain office |
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| To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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| Without experience; immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise |
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| To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shorcoming |
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| Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by other (sometimes used in a critical of derogatory sense) |
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| A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
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| To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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(N): Foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense
(V): To utter nonsense or childish twaddle |
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| To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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(V): To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
(N): An idea or thought that seems likely but lack definite proof |
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| Belonging to someone or something by its very nature; essential; inherent |
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(ADJ) Mysterious, magical, supernatural
(N) matters involving the supernatural |
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(V) to cause or bring about hastily, suddenly, or prematurely; to hurl down from a great height
(ADJ) acting with or characterized by excessive haste or impulsiveness |
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| Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy, peace, or prosperity |
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| To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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| Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling |
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| an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
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| to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
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| Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise |
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| a hint, indirect suggestion or reference (often used in a derogatory sense) |
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| a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| To draw forth, bring out from some source such as another person |
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| A gap, opening, break (in sense of having an element missing) |
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| to make easier or milder; to quiet, calm |
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| Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay |
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| To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| To make pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of |
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| Wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| a special right or privilege |
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| Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational, pale or sallow in color |
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| To rise above or beyond, exceed |
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(ADJ) pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward
(N) a person with a narrow point of view |
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| Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| Excessively smooth, oily, or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety |
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| Worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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