List of Vocabulary

1. Imperceptible - –adjective
very slight, gradual, or subtle

2. Riposte - –noun
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke

3. Jostle - –verb (used with object)
to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.

4. Salacious - –adjective
lustful or lecherous.

5. Squalid - –adjective
foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.

6. Interminable - –adjective
incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.

7. Excrescence - –noun
an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.

8. Imprimatur - –noun
sanction or approval; support

9. Foofaraw - –noun
a great fuss or disturbance about something very insignificant.

10. Turbid - –adjective
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured

11. Sonorous - –adjective
giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place

12. Roseate - –adjective
tinged with rose; rosy

13. Moribund - –adjective
in a dying state; near death.

14. Surreptitious - –adjective
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine

15. Fervid -
a. heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
b. burning; glowing; intensely hot.
16. Inundated -
a. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
b. to overwhelm: inundated with letters of protest.

17. Gibbous -
a. Astronomy. (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
b. humpbacked.

18. Eleemosynary -
a. of or pertaining to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable.
b. derived from or provided by charity.
c. dependent on or supported by charity: an eleemosynary educational institution.

19. Nostrum -
a. a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
b. a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea.
c. a medicine made by the person who recommends it.
d. a patent medicine.

20. Ameliorate -
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.