Words Ambivalence (noun) inability to make a choice caused by positive and negative feelings Auspicious (adj) promising success,

s, opportune, favorable Avert (verb) to turn away or aside; ward off; prevent Bolster (verb) to support; add to; uphold Clout (noun) a blow or hard hit Compendious (adj) containing the substance of a subject in brief form; concise Conscientious (adj) meticulous; careful; scrupulous Depreciate (verb) to reduce the value or price Disparaging (adj) tending to belittle or bring reproach upon Disseminate (verb) to scatter or spread wisely; broadcast; disperse Docile (adj) manageable; obedient Dogmatic (adj) asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner Eclectic (adj) made up of what is selected from different sources Embroil (verb) to bring into discord or conflict; complicate; throw into confusion Ennoble (verb) to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect Exacerbate (verb) to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; aggravate Expatriate (verb/noun) to banish or withdraw a person from their native country Hail (verb) to cheer; greet; to call out in order to attract attention Histrionics (noun) dramatic expression; theatricals; acting Idyllic (adj) charmingly simple or rustic Impudent (adj) shameless or brash; rude Inception (noun) beginning; start; commencement Indulgent (adj) lenient or permissive; tolerant Insidious (adj) intended to entrap; stealthily treacherous or deceitful Intransigence (noun) inflexibility; state of refusal or disagreement Invidious (adj) calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense Liberality (noun) generosity Litigious (adj) inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative

Meritocracy (noun) leadership by able and talented persons; system in which people advance Palliate (verb) to alleviate; try to cure or conceal an offense Preemptive (adj) preventive Premonition (noun) feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event; forewarning Raze (verb) to tear down; demolish Reprehensible (adj) deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy Reticent (adj) reserved; reluctant; restrained Salutary (adj) favorable to or promoting health; healthful; wholesome Sanguine (adj) cheerfully optimistic; hopeful; confident Self-effacement (noun) the act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility Sentimental (adj) tender; pertaining to emotions of love, pity, or nostalgia Spurious (adj) not genuine; counterfeit; untrue Stymie (verb) to hinder; block; thwart Sumptuous (adj) luxuriously fine or large; lavish; costly Vacillation (noun) state of indecision or irresolution Vanguard (noun) the forefront in any movement, field, or activity Wayward (adj) turned or turning away from what is right or proper; disobedient Wrench (verb) to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull or jerk Zenith (noun) the highest point or state; summit; apex