| minutia | trivial detail |
| capsize | To overturn |
| frowzy | unkempt |
| peon | menial worker |
| ensnare | to catch |
| lavish | to give abundantly |
| finagle | to obtain |
| peripatetic | traveling on foot |
| lapse | to be no longer valid |
| excoriate | to tear |
| fluent | express oneself readily |
| charisma | personal appeal |
| regress | move backward |
| articulate | express oneself clearly |