ADIEU

FAREWELL; A FAREWELL

ADVENT

AN ARRIVAL; A COMING INTO PLACE OR VIEW

APEX

THE HIGHEST POINT; TIP

ASSIMILATE

TO ABSORB FULLY OR MAKE ONE’S OWN; TO ADOPT AS

ONE’S OWN; TO ADAPT FULLY

BOGUS

FALSE, COUNTERFEIT

EXORBITANT

UNREASONABLY HIGH; EXCESSIVE

INTERIM

THE TIME BETWEEN; TEMPORARY, COMING

BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN TIME

INUNDATE

TO FLOOD, OVERFLOW; TO OVERWHELM BY NUMBERS OR

SIZE

MALIGN

TO SPEAK EVIL OF, SLANDER; EVIL

MEANDER

TO WANDER ABOUT, WIND ABOUT; A SHARP TURN OR

TWIST

METROPOLIS

A LARGE CITY; THE CHIEF CITY OF AN AREA

MOMENTOUS

VERY IMPORTANT

OBSTREPEROUS

NOISY, UNRULY, DISORDERLY

PENSIVE

THOUGHTFUL; MELANCHOLY

PERILOUS

DANGEROUS

SHODDY

OF POOR QUALITY; CHARACTERIZED BY INFERIOR

WORKMANSHIP

SPRIGHTLY

LIVELY, FULL OF LIFE; SPICY, FLAVORFUL

SURLY

ANGRY OR BAD-TEMPERED; RUDE

TIRADE

A LONG ANGRY SPEECH, USUALLY VERY CRITICAL

VAGRANT

AN IDLE WANDERER, TRAMP; WANDERING AIMLESSLY