1. nefarious (adj)

2. flagrantly wicked, evil, villainous

3. palpable (adj)

4. able to be touched or perceived, tangible

5. picayune (adj)

6. of relatively little value or worth

7. plagiarize (v)

8. to steal the work of another and pass it off as your own

9. prestidigitation
(n)

10. a sleight-of-hand artist or magician

11. sarcophagus
(n)

12. large coffin usually found in a tomb

13. scapegoat
(n)

14. one to whom others shift the blame

15. sycophant
(n)

16. one who is willing to demean himself by becoming a “yes-man”

17. syndrome
(n)

18. cluster of symptoms occurring together indicating a person has a particular disease

19. trivial
(adj)

20. found everywhere, common, insignificant