1.

Panacea
the goddess of healing

2. aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm

3. abhor
find repugnant

4. acquiesce
agree or express agreement

5. alacrity
liveliness and eagerness

6. amiable
diffusing warmth and friendliness

7. appease
make peace with

8. arcane
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
9. avarice
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

10. brazen
unrestrained by convention or propriety

11. brusque
rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

12. cajole
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

13. callous
emotionally hardened

14. candor
the quality of being honest and straightforward

15. chide
scold or reprimand severely or angrily

16. circumspect
careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
17. clandestine
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

18. coerce
cause to do through pressure or necessity

19. coherent
marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

20. complacency
the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

21. confidant
someone to whom private matters are told

22. connive
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

23. cumulative
increasing by successive addition

24. debase
make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
25. decry
express strong disapproval of

26. deferential
showing courteous regard for people's feelings

27. demure
shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way

28. deride
treat or speak of with contempt

29. despot
a cruel and oppressive dictator

30. diligent
quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

31. elated
exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

32. eloquent
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
33. embezzle
appropriate fraudulently to one's own use

34. empathy
understanding and entering into another's feelings

35. enmity
a state of deep-seated ill-will

36. erudite
having or showing profound knowledge

37. extol
praise, glorify, or honor

38. fabricate
put together out of artificial or natural components

39. feral
wild and menacing

40. flabbergasted
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
41. forsake
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

42. fractious
easily irritated or annoyed

43. furtive
secret and sly or sordid

44. gluttony
habitual eating to excess

45. gratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted

46. haughty
having or showing arrogant superiority

47. hypocrisy
pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have

48. impeccable
without fault or error
49. impertinent
improperly forward or bold

50. implacable
incapable of being appeased or pacified

51. impudent
improperly forward or bold

52. incisive
demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

53. indolent
disinclined to work or exertion

54. inept
generally incompetent and ineffectual

55. infamy
a state of extreme dishonor

56. inhibit
limit the range or extent of
57. innate
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

58. insatiable
impossible to satisfy

59. insular
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island

60. intrepid
invulnerable to fear or intimidation

61. inveterate
habitual

62. jubilant
full of high-spirited delight

63. knell
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

64. lithe
moving and bending with ease
65. lurid
glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

66. maverick
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action

67. meticulous
marked by precise accordance with details

68. modicum
a small or moderate or token amount

69. morose
showing a brooding ill humor

70. myriad
a large indefinite number

71. nadir
the lowest point of anything

72. nominal
relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
73. novice
someone new to a field or activity

74. nuance
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

75. oblivious
lacking conscious awareness of

76. obsequious
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

77. obtuse
of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees

78. parody
a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

79. penchant
a strong liking

80. perusal
the act of examining or reading carefully
81. plethora
extreme excess

82. predilection
a predisposition in favor of something

83. quaint
attractively old-fashioned

84. rash
imprudently incurring risk

85. refurbish
improve the appearance or functionality of

86. repudiate
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

87. rife
excessively abundant

88. salient
conspicuous, prominent, or important
89. serendipity
good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

90. staid
characterized by dignity and propriety

91. superfluous
more than is needed, desired, or required

92. sycophant
a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage

93. taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative

94. truculent
defiantly aggressive

95. umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended

96. venerable
profoundly honored
97. vex
Disturb, especially by minor irritations

98. vociferous
Conspicuously and offensively loud

99. wanton
a lewd or lascivious person

100. zenith
the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir