Verb vocabulary
Fluctuate
To be unstable; to rise and fall
Authenticity
The quality of being real; authentic
Adept
Having knowledge in a subject/being good at it
Pun
Ironically funny comedic play on words
Condone
To approve or otherwise permit
Apex
The highest point of something
Course
Rough, lacking refinement
Metaphor
Comparing two things creatively
Prohibit
To outlaw; make illegal
Subordinate
Someone lower in rank
Malleable
Hyperbole
Blowing things out of proportion for some poetic goal
Deplete
To slowly use up
Concensus
Overall agreement
Obsolete
No longer used; rare or uncommon
Oxymoron
Linking two opposite words into one (terribly awesome, horrifyingly beautiful, burning cold)
Lament
To feel sorrow or to mourn
Altercation
A noisy argument or confrontation
Conventional
abiding by accepting standards
Onomatopoeia
Words like smash, crack, and bam which imitate the sounds they represent