Abrogate - to abolish Adamant - inflexible Barbarism - wrong word use Colloquial - informal ; nonliterary Compatriot- a fellow country man ;landsman Defuse - to lessen danger Effrontery- extreme boldness audacity Egregious-blatant ;very bad Gambol- to playfully skip;leap Hemophilia - a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding Immunity -resistance ; impunity ; exemption Impale-to pierce to fix on a pointed instrument ; gore, harpoon, pierce shish kebab can be prepared by impaling meat and vegetables on a skewer. Knotty - abstruse, complex, intricate, recondite libertarian- one who favors absolute liberty and free will ; rake , debauchee anto- ascetic; recluse Mired - entangled; stuck noxious - harmful unwholesome ; baneful deleterious, detrimental, pernicious Palatable - tasty , savory Palliate- to ease pain Pallor-paleness Pernicious-very destructive or harmful deadly ; baneful;noxious Skulk- to move in a sneaky furtive or stealthy manner Tarry - to delay in coming or gong , to hunger; delay , late Tawdry - cheap and gaudy in appearance Temerity- audacity cheek chutzpah effrontery gall hardihood nerve Utopian - idealist , quixotic