All terms in this list:

antibody: a substance produced by the body to fight disease

decorum: Appropriate social behavior; propriety

deign: To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.

despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

divulge: To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

eclectic: Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous

embargo: A ban on trade with another country.

To impose an embargo on a document.

exult: to rejoice, be very happy

fallacy: Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

guerrilla: A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.

impertinent: insolent, ill-mannered

irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)

introspection: A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.

jaunty: Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

jovial: cheerful and friendly

laconic: Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

participle: A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. Participles can be combined with the auxiliary verbs have and be to form the perfect aspect, the progressive

phloem: A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

quandary: A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a pickle; a predicament.

quota: A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.

renegade: An outlaw or rebel.

repose: quietness, ease; peace, calmness

suffrage: A vote in deciding a particular question.

symbiosis: A relationship of mutual benefit

tariff: a schedule of rates, fees or prices

tumult: A riot or uprising.

undulate: To cause to resemble a wave

vacillate: To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

virtuoso: A person (especially a musician) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style

xylem: A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

marsupial: Any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala.