Noun
A very large video screen like those used in sports stadiums (= large areas of land with rows of seats and often no roof where people watch sports)
Jumbotron
Decisively end or reject something
Kibosh
Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully
Wily
The crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for
Embezzlement
(Esp. of something to your advantage) happening by chance
Fortuitous
A scar that grows bigger and more lumpy than the wound it is healing
Keloid
To reduce the bad effects of something
Palliate
Having or showing ideas that are different and unusual but not practical or likely to succeed
Quixotic
A soft gentle breeze
Zephyr
Not being careful or giving enough attention to people or things that are your responsibility
Negligent
An unorthodox or independent-minded person
Maverick
To speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand
Not active; moving or thinking slowly, especially as a result of being lazy or feeling that you want to sleep
Torpid
A difficult situation; a practical dilemma
Quandary
Unpleasant and likely to argue a lot
Trucluent
The time at which something is most powerful or successful.
Zenith
To talk continuously, especially informally about things that are not very important
Yack
(Especially of a person or their behavior) Sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way
Licentious
A typical example or pattern of something; a model.
Paradigm
seeming to be everywhere
Ubiquitous
The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
Calumny
To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
Vilify
Having strange or unusual habits, ways of behaving, or features
Idiosyncratic
The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
Serendipity
Noisy and difficult to control.
Obstreperous