| Words | Meanings |
| Erudition | Learning, scholarly knowledge |
| Eulogy | praise |
| Extirpation | Destruction |
| Extol | Praise, glorify |
| Faction | Section, group with common interest |
| Reclusive | Solitary, avoid other people |
| Recrimination | Blame |
| Sermonize | Give moral lecture |
| Squelch | Suppress, crush |
| Fraudulent | Crooked, intended to cheat |