Profundity- Having a profound or amazing quality

Stealth- Related to secretiveness (Usually a situation)

Furtive- Sly, Secretive (related to a person)

Jocular- Joking in manner

Surmise- To suppose/guess

Substantiate- To support with evidence

Colossal- Huge

Poignant- Sharp, straight to the point

Focal- Center

Promulgate- To make widely known

Abate- Reduce in amount

Obfuscate- To confuse or stump

Perspicacious- Shrewd, having insight

Aberration- Abnormality

Surreptitious- Secretive

Pontificate- To speak in a dogmatic/bossy manner

Penury- Poverty

War Terms: Hawk-and Dove- A dove is someone who believes in peace (a pacifist). A hawk is someone who

 

Amalgam- Mixture of different elements; alloy

Corrosion- Destruction by chemical action

Dichotomy- Split; divided in two parts (often contradictory)

Dispersion- Breaking up or scattering in various directions

Dregs- Sediment; worthless residue

Ferment- Breaking something down; civil unrest

Hermetic- Sealed airtight

Impermeable- Impervious; not permitting passage through

Innate- Inborn; possessed as an essential characteristic

Malleable- Capable of being shaped, formed; impressionable

Amalgam- Mixture of different elements; alloy

Patronize- Support; act superior toward; be a customer of

Philanthropy- The love of mankind; good deeds (often financial)

Prosperity- Good fortune; financial

Prototype- Original work used as a model by others

Puerveyor- Furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer

Subsidiary- Supplementary; subordinate; secondary

Potentate- Monarch; sovereign

Progenitor- Ancestor