n. increment

approval; praise; sanction; assent; consent

increase; profit; growth; addition

trust; belief; confidence; faith

fake show intended to deceive; deception; pretense; diversionary tactic

v. disconcert

to be sorry for; to feel remorse; to regret

to mock; to gibe; to scorn; to jeer

to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen

to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry

adj. blithe

happy; cheery; merry; carefree

joking in an awkward or improper manner; entertaining amusing

not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable

loud and noisy; demanding

v. ostracize

to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss

to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand

to banish; to exclude

to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome

adj. biased

timid; lacking self-confidence; shy

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked

obedient; willing to submit; accountable; agreeable; responsible

prejudiced; influenced; not neutral

v. prevaricate

to leave behind; to give something up

to ruin; to decay; to destroy

to encourage; to support

to speak equivocally or evasively; to lie; to deceive; to mislead; to embellish

adj. querulous

very short-lived; lasting only a short time; transitory

given to fault-finding and complaining; discontented

irrelevant; not related; not essential

bloody; murderous

v. expatriate

to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel

to make a mistake; to do something wrong; to misjudge

to pierce through with; to stick on; to pin down; to stab

to give a false idea of; to camouflage; to hide

v. nettle

to annoy; to irritate

to declare sacred; to dedicate; to bless

to make public; to reveal; to tell; to disclose

to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock

n. promontory

brief summary of the main ideas of a larger work; list of contents; inventory

piece of land jutting into a body of water; bluff

person skilled at telling stories

denouncement; condemnation