Vocabulary List #30: 5/11/98
| panacea | remedy for all diseases or troubles; cure-all |
| invidious | tending to cause discontent or envy |
| parley | to speak with another; conference; discussion |
| obtuse | slow in understanding or feeling; insensitive |
| sycophant | informer; self-seeking flatterer; parasite |
| amalgamate | to mix, so as to make the whole; to merge |
| calumny | a false or malicious statement to injure someone |
| compulsion | an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act |
| guttural | of or pertaining to the throat; produced in the throat; rasping |
| adroit | clever, sly; skillful in the use of hands |
| deride | to subject to bitter ridicule |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of; weaken |
| diminution | the act or process of decreasing |
| compilation | the act or process of collecting; something compiled |
| gargantuan | of enormous size or capacity; gigantic |
| kaleidoscope | a variety of changing patterns or scenes |
| libertine | a freethinker, especially in religious matters |
| effulgence | great brightness, luster, splendor |
| despondency | dejection; hopelessness |
| refulgent | radiant, brilliant; shining brightly |
| refractory | stubbornly disobedient; unmanageable |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend |
| posterity | descendants; all future generations |
| coalition | alliance of parties, persons, or states |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it, especially religiously |
| maudlin | weakly and effusively sentimental |
| jocund | marked by high spirits and mirth; merry |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of; belittle; play down |
| disputation | an oral defense of a thesis by formal logic |
| accolade | any award, honor, or laudatory notice |