T.L.H.O.D VOCAB pt. 1

VERBS

100

TRANSGRESS

TO DO SOMETHING FORBIDDEN OR ILLEGAL, LIT. "STEP OVER [A BOUNDARY]"

p. 26

200

INVOKE

TO CALL OUT; CALL FORTH; SUMMON

p. 264

300

TRANSMUTE

TO CHANGE IN FORM, NATURE, OR SUBSTANCE

p. 12

400

ASSUAGE

TO APPEASE; TO LESSEN THE HARM OR INTENSITY OF SOMETHING

p. 267

500

INCRIMINATE

TO PROVE SOMEONE GUILTY

p. 113

NOUNS

100

PROVISIONS

NECESSARY FOOD OR SUPPLIES; alternately, ARRANGEMENTS

p. 201

200

AMBIENCE

MOOD; VIBE; ATMOSPHERE

p. 264

300

MACHINATION

A PLOT, SCHEME, DEVIOUS SHENANIGAN

p. 162

400

EXTRAPOLATION

AN EXTENSION OF A CURRENT TREND OR PATTERN TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION

p. xvii

500

TORPOR

A STATE OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INACTIVITY; LETHARGY

p. 117

NOUNS: PART II

100

PSEUDONYM

A FALSE NAME; AN ASSUMED NAME

p. 178

200

CANDOR

FORTHRIGHTNESS; FRANKNESS; LAID-BACK-NESS

p. 168

300

PERIPHERY

THE EDGE OR FRINGE OF SOMETHING, literally or figuratively

p. 217

400

IMPUDENCE

DISRESPECT; IRREVERENCE

p. 169

500

BLANDISHMENTS

FLATTERING OR FAWNING STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS

p. 159

ADJECTIVES

100

PARADOXICAL

CONTRADICTORY

p. xxii

200

FURTIVE

SECRETIVE; SNEAKY

p. 182

300

GENIAL

KIND; FRIENDLY; WARM

p. 129

400

INSIPID

VAPID; EMPTY; POINTLESS; BORING

p. 157

500

INDUBITABLE

WITHOUT A DOUBT (!)

p. 146

ADJECTIVES: THE NEXT GENERATION

100

PATRONIZING

CONDESCENDING; SPEAKING-DOWN-TO

p. 235

200

SCRUPULOUS

CAREFULLY PRINCIPLED; MORALLY CAUTIOUS; "MACHMIR"

p. 232

300

PEREMPTORY

SHORT AND CURT-- TO THE POINT OF BEING DISRESPECTFUL

p. 234

400

TACITURN

QUIET; SOFT-SPOKEN; HESITANT TO SPEAK

p. 266

500

UMBRAGEOUS

SHADOWY; MYSTERIOUS; GLOOMY

alternately, TAKING OFFENSE ("UMBRAGE")

p. 132