Augur
someone who predicts future events according to omens
delight in another person's misfortune
chauvinist
Impetuosity
impulsiveness
Jocund
cheerful and lighthearted
Abject
Deign
gnomic
related to short, wise, witty sayings
Cogent
forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
Dais
raised platform
omens
Interlocutor
(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
Frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
Conscientiously
thoughtfully and carefully
Temporal
relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal
Polity
Inchoate
not fully formed; disorganized
Pall
(v.) to lose in interest, attraction, or effectiveness; to become tiresome; (n.) a dark covering, something that conceals
Idiosyncratic
(adj.) peculiar to one person; highly individualized (I know you had trouble with the last test, but because your mistakes were highly idiosyncratic, I'm going to deny your request that the class be given a new test.)
Iconoclastic
Rapacity
(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder
Prithee
Propitious
before the fact
Poesy
idk how its different from polemic tbh
Repudiated
rejected
becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
