| probative | The legal term probative describes something that tends to demonstrate or prove something. |
| anachronism | An anachronism is something that doesn't fit its time period, like if you say you'll "dial" your smartphone. |
| Savagery | Savagery is fierce or brutal violence. |
| dour | Dour describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent. |
| ingenue | young female character in literature or film who is wholesome and innocent. |
| doyenne | Are you a phenomenal baker, famous for your delicious homemade treats? Then you can call yourself the doyenne of cupcakes. A doyenne is an undisputed expert at something. |
| arabesque | classical position in ballet |
| alcove | secluded structure |
| decrepit | weak |
| beeline | direct |
| exalt | praise |
| affliction | distress |
| fiend | satan |
| pernicious | deadly |
| arraign | indictment |
| valediction | address made at or as a farewell. |
| vellum | paper made of skin |
| vermicorm | resembling worm |
| virago | a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman. |
| vitrify | convert (something) into glass or a glasslike substance, typically by exposure to heat. |
| veld | open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. |
| veridical | truthful |
| versification | making of verses |
| virtuosity | great skill |
| volubly | chatterbox |
| promulgated | To make known to the public; |
| reposed | The act of resting or the state of being at rest. |
| repudiate | renounce |
| intransigence | uncompromising;
refusal to change one's views or to agree about something. |
| empyrean | abode of gods |
| escapade | An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking. |
| jaunty | stylish |
| firmament | expanse of heavens |
| bulwark | A wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification; |
| venial | not seriously wrong |
| precepts | A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct. |
| reprobation | disapproval, |
| impertinence | rude |
| rota | list |
| garish | tastelessly showy |
| steerage | cheapest accommodations in a ship |
| dicey | involving with danger or risk |
| docents | If you’re a docent, you’re a teacher at a college or university. In most countries, you’d rank right below a professor. |
| patently | definitely |
| rile | disturb |
| qualm | uneasy |
| compunction | When you feel compunction you feel very, very sorry, usually for something you did to hurt someone or mess something up. When you feel no compunction, you're not at all sorry. |
| Promenade | Promenade is a fancy word for going out walking. If you like to stroll through town in a leisurely way, then you like to take promenades. |
| flounder | stagger |
| all of a dither | In a nervous, confused, or agitated state.
We were all of a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally.
The interviewer kept asking these really vague questions and got me all of a dither. |
| ostensibly | appearing as such |
| fend | If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself. |
| precipitously | extremely rapid |
