to depart clandestiny; to steal off and hide

deviating from the norm
(noun form: aberration)

eager and enthusiastic willingness

deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
(adj. form: anomalous)

an expression of approval or praise

strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)

inclined to change one´s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

trickery or subterfuge

an informed an astute judge in matters of taste; expert

complex or complicated

to undeceive; to set right

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form. equivocal)

very learned; scholarly (noum form: erudition)

exonerate; to clear of blame

urgent, pressing; requering immediate action or attention

improvised; done without preparation

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

to loudly attack or denounce

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

accustumed to accepting something undesirable

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)

clear; easily understood

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)

associated with war and armed forces

of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary

coming into being; in early development stages

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

harmful, injurious

lacking sharpness of intellect; nor clear or precise in thought or expression

to anticipate and make unnecessary

troubling; burdensome

a song or hymm of praise and thanksgiving

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or commic effect, esp. in literature and art

recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly

intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)

cursory; done without care or interest

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

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

acting with excessive haste or impulse

to cause or happen before antecipated or required

a disposition in favor of something; preference

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

to disprove; to successfully argue against

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

quite; reserved; relluctant to express thoughts and feelings

concerned and attentive; eager

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul

occurring only occasionally, or in sattered instances

to waste by spending or using irresponsably not moving, active, or in motion: at rest

to stun; baffle, or amaze

to block; to thwart

the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

a force that causes rotation

winding, twisting; excessively complicated

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

truthfulness, honesty

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

having an isatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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

to lessen in intensity or degree

an expression of praise

excessive praise; inense adoration

dealing with; appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

to make better or more tolerable

one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious)

a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic)

to grow rapidly or flourish

rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous)

an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical)

severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate)

a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

burning or stinging; causing corrosion

wary; cautions; sparing

appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant)

argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)

deserving blame (noun form: culpability)

smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

to question or oppose

intended to teach or instruct

cautions reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet)

free of bias or self-interest; impartial