| Vocabulary Word | Definition | Second Definition |
| 1. engender | to bring into existence; give rise to | cause to exist |
| 2. vitiate | to reduce the value or impair the quality of | make impure |
| 3. pacify | to ease the anger or agitation of | calm someone down |
| 4. dearth | a scarce supply; a lack | lack |
| 5. indolence | being disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy | lazy |
| 6. marred | damaged, especially disfiguring damage | damaged or bruised |
| 7. indolent | disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy | lazy |
| 8. supercilious | feeling or showing haughty disdain | haughty |
| 9. squander | to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate | waste |
| 10. ardent | expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate | passionate |
| 11. beset | to trouble persistently; harass | harass |
| 12. countenance | appearance-especially the expression of the face | face |
| 13. cursory | performed with haste and scant attention to detail | hasty |
| 14. charisma | a rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm | magical attractiveness |
| 15. demagogue | a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace | rabble-rousing leader |
| 16. placate | to allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease | pacify |
| 17. indigenous | intrinsic; innate | native |
| 18. labyrinth | an intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one's way | maze |
| 19. exacerbate | to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate | make worse |
| 20. incense | to cause to be extremely angry; infuriate | make very angry |
| 21. daunt | to abate the courage of; discourage | make fearful |
| 22. rudimentary | of or relating to basic facts or principles; elementary | basic |
| 23. credulous | disposed to believe too readily; gullible | eager to believe |
| 24. lucid | easily understood; intelligible | easy to understand |
| 25. sacrosanct | regarded as sacred and inviolable | sacred |
| 26. docile | ready and willing to be taught; teachable | easily taught |
| 27. impartial | not partial or biased; unprejudiced | fair |
| 28. precedent | an act of instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances | earlier example |
| 29. figurative | based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical | based on figures of speech |
| 30. reiterate | to say or do again or repeatedly | say again |
| 31. prudent | careful in regard to one's own interest; provident | careful |
| 32. negligence | failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances; carelessness | carelessness |
| 33. innocuous | having no adverse effect; harmless | harmless |
| 34. lax | lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; careless | not diligent |
| 35. precipitate | to cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely | cause to happen abruptly |
| 36. equivocate | to avoid making an explicit statement | say confusing things |
| 37. assiduous | constant in application or attention; diligent | hard working |
| 38. aptitude | an inherent ability, as for learning; a talent | natural ability |
| 39. circumspect | heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent | cautious |
| 40. metamorphosis | a transformation, as by magic or sorcery | magical change in form |
| 41. substantive | not imaginary; actual; real | having substance |
| 42. nepotism | favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business | favoritism |
| 43. solicitous | marked by or given to anxious care and often hovering attentiveness | eager and attentive |
| 44. inclement | stormy; showing no clemency; unmerciful | bad, as in weather |
| 45. obscure | not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague | hard to understand |
| 46. jeopardy | risk of loss or injury; peril or danger | danger |
| 47. nebulous | acking definite form or limits; vague | vague |
| 48. diverse | differing one from another | varied |
| 49. stratum | a horizontal layer of material, especially one of several parallel layers | arranged one on top of another layer |
| 50. anarchy | absence of any form of political authority | lawlessness |
| 51. acrimonious | bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity, especially as it is exhibited in speech or behavior | harsh |
| 52. abstruse | difficult to understand; recondite | hard to understand |
| 53. elusive | difficult to define or describe | hard to pin down |
| 54. taciturn | habitually untalkative | naturally untalkative |
| 55. ephemeral | lasting for a markedly brief time | lasting very short time |
| 56. quantitative | of or relating to number or quantity | having to do with quantity |
| 57. relegate | to send to a place of exile; banish | banish |
| 58. conciliatory | to make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile | making peace |
| 59. appropriate | to take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission | take without permission |
| 60. concurrent | happening at the same time | parallel |
| 61. complicity | involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime | participation in wrongdoing |
| 62. lampoon | a broad satirical piece that uses ridicule to attack a person, a group or an institution | satirize |
| 63. reparation | the act or process of making amends | paying back |
| 64. parochial | narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial | narrow in point of views |
| 65. monolithic | something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity | massive and unyielding |
| 66. patriarch | a man who rules a family, or tribe | male head of family |
| 67. sensory | of or relating to the senses or sensation | having to do with the senses |
| 68. qualitative | of, relating to, or concerning quality | having to do with quality |
| 69. misanthropic | hating or mistrusting humankind | hating mankind |
| 70. felicity | great happiness; bliss | happiness |
| 71. obsequious | full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning | fawning |
| 72. equitable | marked by or having equity; just and impartial | fair |
| 73. expropriate | to deprive of possession officially | take property officially |
| 74. noxious | harmful to living things; injurious to health | harmful |
| 75. chivalrous | demonstrating the qualities idealized by knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women | gallant |