- Youthquake: a significant cultural, political or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people
- Emancipation: freeing; liberation; release
- Gumption: common sense; horse sense; initiative
- Uncouth: uncivilized; uncultured; unpolished
- Relegate: lower in rank/status; downgrade
- Treacherous: unfaithful; disloyal
- Melange: a varied mixture; medley; blend
- Frantically: in a confused and reckless manner
- Nuisance: irritant
- Culmination: the highest or the climatic point of something, especially as attained after a long time; pinnacle; highest point
- Malaise: unhappiness; melancholy
- Seclusion: the state of being private and away from the people
- Discombobulation: a state of mental uncertainty; bewilderment; bafflement
- Petrify: astonish; terrify; make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move
- Prevalence: commonness; generality; universality
- Dreaded: regarded with great fear; apprehend; fear; shudder
- Embellish: decorate; furnish; dress up
- Crapulence: illness due to overeating or drinking too much
- Palliative: (of a medicine) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition; soothing; alleviating; calming
- Byzantine: (of a system or situation) excessively complicated and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail; convoluted; tangled
- Ingenue: an innocent or unsophisticated young woman, especially in a play or film
- Lampoon: publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule; irony or sarcasm; mock; ridicule; satirize
- Profligacy: corruption
- Hackneyed: having been overused
- Immurement: captivity; imprisoned
- Coalition: alliance; union; partnership; affiliation
- Penurious: extremely poor; poverty-stricken
- Remunerative: financially rewarding; well paid
- Unsullied: not spoiled or made impure; spotless; impeccable
- Unpalatable: not pleasant to taste; unappetizing
- Panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases; universal remedy
- Elixir: a magical or medical potion; mixture; solution
- Orchestrated: plan secretly
- Eke: living with great difficulty
- Euthanasia: the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma; mercy killing; assisted suicide
- Audit: an official inspection of an Organization's Accounts, typically by an independent body; inspect; examine; scrutinize; investigate
- Political Asylum: the protection granted by a state to someone who has left his/her home country as a political refugee
- Eavesdrop: secretly listen to a conversation
- Rapscallion: con
- Unsullied: not spoiled or made impure; spotless; impeccable
- Mewling: crying
- Prima facie: based on the first impression
- Quasi: apparently but not really; supposedly
- Ostensibly: as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so
- Ethology: scientific and objective study of animal behavior
- Protem: temporary
- Ruffian: a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
- Ineluctable: inevitable
- Impious: non-religious; agnostic
- Xenophobic: racist; nationalist; jingoist
- Demeanor: conduct; behavior
- Incumbent: current; existing; present
- Anodyne: painkiller; analgesic; pain reliever
- Impeccable: faultless
- Apparition: spirit; ghost or ghostlike image of a person
- Abdicate: fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility)
- Cede: give up power or territory
- Relinquish: give up; renounce
- Pellucid: something that is easily understood; transparent; bright
- Intelligible: understandable; user-friendly
- Disburse: pay; spend
- Sultry: hot and humid
- Frigid: very cold in temperature
- Muggy: unpleasantly warm and humid
- Sticky: hot and humid
- Soggy: very wet and soft
- Treachery: betrayal of trust
- Filch: pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value)
- Smuggle: convey (someone or something) somewhere secretly and illicitly
- Vigilant: watchful
- Pillage: rob (a place) using violence, especially in a wartime
- Bequeath: leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
- Desecrate: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect
- Dawdle: waste time; be slow
- Loiter: walk slowly and with no apparent purpose
- Hasten: be quick to do something
- Mosey: walk or move in a leisurely manner
- Fuddle: confuse
- Nonplus: surprise and confuse
- Explicate: analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail
- Imminent: about to happen; expected
- Nigh: near
- Vacillation: inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision
- Steeliness: toughness; hardness
- Intransigence: inflexibility; refusal to change one's views or to agree about something
- Jeer: make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud noise
- Hoot: a shout expressing scorn or disapproval
- Flatter: lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests
- Privation: a state in which food and other essentials for well being are lacking
- Carnage: the killing of a large number of people
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Recap: 17 June 2019 - 23 June 2019
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