1. Overture - An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude; to present as an introduction or proposal; introduction, approach
2. Sanctimonious - Feigning piety or righteousness; of or practicing hypocrisy; self-righteous, hypocritical about one’s own holiness
3. Inanity - Something empty of meaning or sense; total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance
4. Vulgarian - A vulgar person, especially one who makes a conspicuous display of wealth; an unrefined, rude person; a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
5. Miscreant - An evildoer; a villain; an infidel; a heretic; evil, immoral; a villain
6. Wretched - So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; terrible, very bad; of very inferior quality; miserable
7. Epic - An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero; a literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats
8. Mendacious - Lying; untruthful; false; untrue; dishonest; given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth
9. Narrative - A narrated account; a story; the art, technique, or process of narrating; a recounting of past events
10. Appease - To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe; satisfy, pacify
11. Defiant - Marked by defiance; disobedient, disregardful
12. Raucous - Rough-sounding and harsh; boisterous and disorderly; rowdy; noisy; harsh and unpleasant
13. Meager - Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble
14. Flirtatious - Full of playful allure; provocative, teasing; given to flirting
15. Bumptious - Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy; self-assertive offensively self-assertive
16. Assertive - Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured
17. Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed
16. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
17. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless
18. Armageddon - The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world; a decisive or catastrophic conflict
19. Intrigue - A secret or underhand scheme; a plot; arouse curiosity
20. Gullible - Easily deceived or duped; easily imposed on or tricked; naive, trusting
21. Daguerreotype - An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate
22. Musket - A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century
22. Hieroglyphic - Of or relating to representation by drawings or pictures
23. Papyrus - The writing paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans
24. Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
25. Bust - A sculpture representing a person’s head, shoulders, and upper chest
26. Sacrilege - Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred; irreverence
27. Conscientious - Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled; thorough and assiduous; moral, upright; thorough, careful
28. Daft - Mad; crazy; foolish; stupid; scots; frolicsome
29. Reagent - A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances
30. Temerity - Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness; nerve, audacity; rash or presumptuous daring
31. Menial - Work pertaining to servants; work that is demeaning or insulting to the person performing it; lowly, low-status
32. Miscreant - A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel; something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil; a mean, worthless character in a story or play
33. Stultify - To render useless or ineffectual; cripple; to cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous; to allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible
34. Lambast - Censure severely or angrily; beat with a cane
35. Pique - A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride
36. Vociferous - Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry; loud, insistent
37. Pariah - An outcast; a member of a low caste or class
38. Raft - A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers; a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform
39. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay
40. Unrealizable - Impossible to achieve
41. Renegade - common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow; one who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter; one faithless to principle or party; an apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith
42. Ferocious - Extremely savage; fierce; marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme
43. Prolixity - Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision; boring verboseness
44. Mortify - To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness; to cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed; embarrass
45. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity; without spirit or bravery
46. Percipient - Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily; astute; characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
47. Anachronistic - Something that is out of place and time; erroneous in date
48. Fervor - Great warmth and intensity of emotion; intense heat; excitement, enthusiasm
49. Disinfectant - An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms 180. Terseness - Brief and to the point; effectively concise; brief, short
50. Hoarse - Rough or grating in sound; having or characterized by a husky, grating voice; raspy in voice
51. Effusive - Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing
52. Obliterate - To destroy all traces of; to wipe out, rub off, or erase; to remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation
53. Index - An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned; something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference
54. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
55. Nimble - Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft; dexterous, smart
56. Clumsyness - Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement; not agile; awkward; clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform
57. Partisan - A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea; one who supports and adheres to another; exhibiting bias; interested, factional
58. Recuperation - A return to normal health; gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury; recovery
59. Doldrums - A period of stagnation or slump; period of depression or unhappy listlessness; region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls; feeling or spell of dismally low spirits; depression
60. Cow - To frighten with threats or a show of force; browbeat, intimidate;
any of various chiefly domesticated mammals of the genus Bos, including cows, steers, bulls, and oxen, often raised for meat and dairy products
61. Lop - To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a whole
62. Fluvial - Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream. Produced by the action of a river or stream
63. Jejune - Not interesting; dull; lacking maturity; childish; lacking in nutrition
64. Indespensible - Not to be dispensed with; essential; obligatory; unavoidable; necessary
65. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
66. Vigilance - Alert watchfulness; carefulness
67. Enfeeble - To deprive of strength; make feeble; make very weak
68. Ethereal - Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible; highly refined; delicate; of the celestial spheres; heavenly; spiritual; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film
69. Laggard - One that lags; a straggler; hanging back or falling behind; dilatory; falling behind
70. Tarpaulin - Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture; a waterproof cloth, esp. one used in large sheets for covering anything exposed to the weather
71. Mottled - Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors; speckled
72. Vault - A room or compartment, often built of steel, for the safekeeping of valuables; a burial place or receptacle for human remains; to move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet; act of jumping
73. Allay - To reduce the intensity of; relieve; to calm or pacify; set to rest
74. Stature - The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position; achieved level; status; importance
75. Infinitude - The state or quality of being infinite; an immeasurably large quantity, number, or extent; an infinite quantity
76. Hellion - A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person
77. Lunge - A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword; a sudden forward movement or plunge; pounce; dive for
78. Garish - Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy. loud and flashy
79. Piquant - Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy. appealingly provocative: a piquant wit. charming, interesting, or attractive
