Fatuous

(adj.) silly, foolish (He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.)

Blandish

(v.) to coax by using flattery (Rachel's assistant tried to _______ her into accepting the deal.)

Deleterious

(adj.) harmful

Effrontery

(n.) impudence, nerve, insolence (When I told my aunt that she was boring, my mother scolded me for my ______.)

Grandiloquence

(n.) lofty, pompous language (The student thought her _________________ would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.)

Ignominious

(adj.) humiliating, disgracing (It was really _________ to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room.)

Latent

(adj.) hidden, but capable of being exposed (Sigmund's dream represented his _______ paranoid obsession with other people's shoes.)

Maelstrom

(n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

Abjure

(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President ______ the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)

Cacophony

(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound (The elementary school orchestra created a ________ at the recital.)

Harangue

1. (n.) a ranting speech; 2. (v.) to give such a speech

Munificence

(n.) generosity in giving (The royal family's _________ made everyone else in their country rich.)