0.1 Vocabulary

• AMBIVALENT


  mixed feelings
• ANOMALY and ATYPICAL


  a deviation from the norm
• SARCASTIC and SARDONIC

  derisive mocking comments
• DEARTH and PAUCITY


  a scarcity or shortage
• PRATTLE


  to babble incessantly
• WRY

  dry humor
• UNCONVENTIONAL and UNORTHODOX


  not ordinary or typical
• PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS, EXACTING


  highly detailed
• AUDACIOUS


  very bold; daring
• INDIFFERENT and APATHETIC


  lack of interest or concern
• DIFFIDENT


  lacking self-confidence
• PRAGMATIC


  practical, sensible
• EVOCATION


  an imaginative recreation
• PRESUMPTUOUS


  overbearing; impertinently bold
• RECALCITRANT and OBDURATE


  very stubborn, defiant
• BOON


  a timely benefit
• BANE


  a source of harm
• CLANDESTINE and SURREPTITIOUS

  secretive; not aboveboard; covert
• AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS


  agreeable; friendly
• CONFOUNDED, PERPLEXED, MYSTIFIED

  puzzled; confused
• PRODIGIOUS


  enormous; massive
• AMBIGUOUS


  unclear; not definitive
• REPROACH and CENSURE


  to scold; rebuke
• NOSTALGIA


  a sentimental longing for the past
• CONJECTURE and SUPPOSITION

  an inference
• OBSOLETE


  no longer in use
• AUSPICIOUS


  very favorable
• MOROSE and DESPONDENT


  very depressed
• IMPASSE


  failure to reach an agreement
• ANACHRONISM


  not in the proper time period
• BELIE


  to give a false impression
• MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE


  to ease; relieve; lessen
• COVET


  to strongly desire; to crave
• ANTITHESIS and ANTIPODAL


  direct opposite
• PROTOTYPE


  an original model
• ALOOF


  detached; reserved
• TRITE, HACKNEYED, PEDESTRIAN, PLATITUDINOUS, BANAL


  commonplace
• ANTECEDENT and FORERUNNER

  a preceding event
• PLAUSIBLE

  believable
• IMPLAUSIBLE


  not believable