Set 14

acquiesce

Accept something reluctantly but without protest.

adroit

Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

amend

Make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date.

animus

Hostility or ill feeling.

apologist

A person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial.

astringent

An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

collaborate

Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something.

competent

Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.

correlate

Have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.

deride

Express contempt for; ridicule.

dictate

Lay down authoritatively; prescribe.

discreet

Careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.

divorced

No longer married because the marriage has been legally dissolved.

elitist

exacting

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

flummoxed

Bewildered or perplexed.

fruitful

(of a tree, plant, or land) producing much fruit; fertile.

inborn

Existing from birth.

polymath

A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.

reticent

Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

stringent

(of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting.

subservient

Prepared to obey others unquestioningly.

surreptitious

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

tantalizing

Tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable.

tantamount

Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

torpor

A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

trenchant

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

umbrage

Offense or annoyance.

versatile

Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

wayward

Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior.