viable- able to live
synopsis- summary
terra firma- solid ground
sanction- authorize
Russophobe- one who fears Russia
prognosis- medical forecast
polychrome- many-colored
philanthropy- love of mankind
perspicacity- insight
mobocracy- mob rule
gerontocracy- government of the old
magniloquence- great eloquence
kleptomaniac- pathological thief
joie de vivre- joy of living
in loco parentis- in place of parents
mundane- worldly
synthesis- combination
unequivocal- direct
nihilism- belief in nothing
audiophile- stereo buff
entomology- insect zoology
omnifarious- of all kinds
invidious- causing envy
deduction- reasoning down from principles
