1	provocative		_____	encouraging; inciting
2	bumpkin		_____	a group of attendants; a retinue
3	toady		_____	an entertainment producer or manager
4	culpable		_____	indicated but not expressed; implied silently
5	hortatory		_____	likely
6	penultimate		_____	a gradual increase in intensity, force, or volume
7	orotund		_____	a person who flatters for personal gain
8	blithe		_____	related to or resembling an ape or monkey
9	soporific		_____	beneficial; favorable
10	pervasive		_____	an unsophisticated, awkward person
11	benign		_____	tending to excite or stimulate
12	frenetic		_____	required; necessary
13	recrimination		_____	a chief butler or assistant
14	indecorous		_____	unnecessarily wordy or evasive language
15	corroborate		_____	a deviation or error in speech, manners, or deeds
16	majordomo		_____	to strengthen by adding evidence
17	untenable		_____	deserving blame or condemnation; guilty
18	perambulate		_____	indirect; roundabout
19	veneer		_____	emitting light
20	timorous		_____	tending to induce sleep
21	luminous		_____	to plunder or pillage
22	circuitous		_____	a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse
23	perquisite		_____	lacking good taste; improper
24	probity		_____	next to last
25	polemical		_____	a deliberately misleading story
26	tacit		_____	permeating; spreading throughout
27	largesse		_____	generosity
28	indolent		_____	to walk about; to stroll
29	circumlocution		_____	the history of a word; the study of word origins
30	depredate		_____	lazy
31	canard		_____	carefree and lighthearted
32	wont		_____	vague bodily or emotional discomfort or uneasiness
33	etymology		_____	impossible to defend or justify
34	cortege		_____	a defensive wall or embankment
35	solecism		_____	relating to ordinary people
36	demotic		_____	a counteraccusation
37	simian		_____	uncompromising; refusing to moderate
38	impresario		_____	a tip or payment in addition to regular wages; perks
39	requisite		_____	wildy excited
40	bulwark		_____	full and rich in sound (in speech)
41	malaise		_____	relating to controversy or argument
42	disingenuous		_____	integrity; respectability
43	crescendo		_____	insincere; calculating
44	intransigent		_____	timid
45	dogged		_____	unrelenting; persistent