All terms in this list:

affinity: A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

Affront: An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

allude: To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion

capricious: Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim

detrimental: Causing damage or harm.

elixir: A liquid which is believed to cure all ills and gives eternal life.

erudition: profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship

imbue: to fill the mind of; inspire

imperiously: haughtily; arrogantly; domineeringly

incongruity: An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.

odious: Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

penitent: Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

pretentious: Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction

prodigal: given to extravagant or reckless spending; wasteful

prodigious: very great; huge; vast

repudiate: to refuse to accept; to reject

reticent: Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

rudiment: A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).

sagacious: Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.

transpire: To happen.

abhorrence: Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

auspicious: with signs of success; favorable; prosperous

avarice: a desire for wealth; greed for wealth or money

bereft: left desolate and alone

contrition: sorrow for one's sins or guilt; penitence

credence: Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.

feigned: put on false appearance of; make believe; pretend

frugal: avoiding waste

gait: Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

infallible: Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.

ludicrous: Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.

manacle: A shackle, consisting of a pair of joined rings, to restrict the free movement of the hands.

manifest: apparent to the eye or to the mind; plain; clear

remonstrate: To oppose by protest or present objection.

sanguine: naturally cheerful or hopeful

supersede: Take the place of.

superfluous: in excess of what is required or sufficient

truculent: fierce; savage; violent

vacillate: to waver in mind or opinion

whimsical: Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.