| Gratify | Give pleasure or satisfaction |
| Heed | Pay attention to, take notice of |
| Judicious | Done with good judgement or sense |
| Pertinent | relevant to a particular matter |
| Propriety | Decency, honesty, decorum |
| Scintillating | Sparkling, flashes of light, Brilliantly and excitingly clever |
| Sensational | Causing great public interest and excitement |
| Sophisticated | Having a great deal of worldly knowledge, developed to a high degree of complexity |
| Strife | Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues |
| Understate | describe or represent as being smaller or less good or important than it really is |
| Unscrupulous | Having or showing no moral principles, dishonest |
| Veracity | Conformity to facts, accuracy |
| Virulent | Extremely severe or harmful in effects |
| Volatile | Likely to change rapidly and unpredictably especially for the worse |
| Banish | Expel, get rid off |
| Bridle | Show one's resentment or anger |
| Comply | Act in accordance with a wish or command |
| Crestfallen | Sad and disappointed |
| Curtail | Reduce in extent or quantity, impose a restriction on |
| Elucidate | Make clear, explain |
| Evade | Escape or avoid, elude |
| Feckless | lacking initiative or strength of character |
| Fester | Become septic, suppurate, deteriorate physically or mentally |
| Immure | Enclose or confined, lock up |
| Improvise | Create and perform spontaneously or without preparation |
| Inhibit | Prevent or prohibit |
| Inscrutable | Impossible to understand, mysterious |
| Lionize | Treat as celebrity, give a lot of public attention |
| Monotonous | Dull, tedious, lack of variety |
| Premeditate | Think out or plan beforehand |
