Apposite (adj)Appropriate; suitable; apt

Syn: relevant, pertinent, material

Ant: irrelevant, immaterial, inappropriate

**appropriate

Augur (n) (v)(n) A prophet or seer; (v) to predict, foreshadow

Syn: (n)oracle; (v)bode

***I was in AWE at the ability of the augur to see future

Bilk (v)To defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart

Syn: dupe, cozen ***didn’t pay the bill

Charisma (n)The special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power

Syn: charm, mystique, appeal

**character

Debilitate (v)

To make weak or feeble

Syn: enervate, sap, exhaust, enfeeble

Ant: strengthen, fortify, invigorate

**need to rehabilitate

Execrable (adj)Utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior

Syn: odious, abominable, reprehensible

Ant: commendable, praiseworthy, meritorious

**terrible; excrement

Impinge (v)

To strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon

Syn: horn in, affect

**infringe upon

Labyrinth (n)

A bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation

Syn: tangle, mystery, enigma

Narcissism (n)

Excessive self-love; absorption in oneself

Syn: egotism, conceit, vanity

**Narcissus

Niggardly (adj)

Stingy; meanly small or insufficient

Syn: tightfisted, penny-pinching

Ant: generous, bountiful, magnanimous

***beggarly

Pastiche (n)A dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge

Syn: medley, patchwork, mélange, potpourri

**pasta dish with lots of stuff

Precarious (adj)Very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky

Syn: perilous, dubious, ticklish

Ant: secure, sage, sturdy, firm **dangerous

Rapport (n)

A close and harmonious relationship

Syn: bond, tie, affinity, understanding

**rap with people with whom you have good rapport

Utilitarian (adj)

Stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness

Syn: practical, functional, pragmatic

Ant: nonfunctional, ornamental, decorative

**utility, useful

Vacuous (adj)Devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence

Syn: inane, insipid, fatuous, void, empty

Ant: incisive, trenchant, perceptive, intelligent

**vacuum

Vagary (n)

An unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion

Syn: caprice, whim, quirk

Viable (adj)Capable of living or developing under normal circumstances

Syn: practicable, workable, feasible

Ant: impracticable, unworkable, unfeasible

**vida - life

Xenophobia (n)Undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange

Syn: provinciality, parochialism, chauvinism

**phobia – fear of x men - outsiders

Zany (adj) (n)(adj)Clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way; (n) one who plays the clown

**zany brainy, crazy

Zealot (n)A fanatical partisan; an ardent follower

Syn: fanatic, extremist

**overzealous