Xenophobia: fear of foreigners
Abase: to humble, disgrace
Aggrandize: to increase in strength or power
Dilate: to expand
Stigma: mark of shame or disgrace
Mar: to taint or spoil
Decorous: proper, tasteful, or socially correct
Decorum: appropriate in behavior or conduct
Umbrage: offensive, take resentment
Numismatics: coin collecting
Iconoclast: one who does not follow traditionally practiced beliefs or doctrines
Chauvinists: one who holds prejudices that favor their group
Posit: to suggest
Impious: one who is not devout to religion
Apostate: one who renounces their religion
Axiom: self-evident truths
Peccadillo: a minor offense
Pare: to remove excess
Blithe: cheerful
Winsome: charming
Lament: to express sorrow
Profligate: corrupt
Dirge: funeral hymn or sorrowful speech
Maudlin: over sentimental
Burgeon: to grow and flourish
Contrite: repentant for a wrong
Dogma: strictly held beliefs, especially religious
Crescendo: increasing
Accretion: growing or increasing
Rarefy: to make thinner
Doctrinaire: rigidly devoted to a set of beliefs even if unpractical
Gregarious: outgoing
Seraphic: angelic
Turgid: bloated swelling
Elergy: a sorrowful poem
Opprobrium: public disgrace
Deface: to mar
Sully: to taint or mar
Mores: set of fixed customs
Bonhomie: a cheerful atmosphere
Sanguine: cheerful
Edify: to teach in morals and beliefs
Ethos: a set of beliefs
Propriety: behavior that follows social principals and customs
Lugubrious: sorrowful
Plebeian: commoner, crude
Boor: a crude person
Distend: to bloat or swell
Adulterate: to make impure
Acidulous: sour in taste or manner
Martinet: a disciplinary; one who rigidly follows rules
