1. Worldly rather than spiritual. 2. Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body. “A secular book.”

1. Direct contrast; opposition. 2. The direct or exact opposite. “Hope is the antithesis of despair.”

A phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, for example, “wise fool” or “to make haste slowly.”

Stubborn, extremely willful, obstinate. “He became quite pervicacious in his old age.”

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression. The idiom of a particular trade or profession: “In the legal vernacular.”

 Additional items of dress or equipment, carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. The General dressed for battle in shining accoutrements.”

A typical example or pattern of something; a model. “The economic paradigm was flawed.”

the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee

the quality or state of being ravenous or insatiable

Vexatious adj. 1. Full of annoyance or distress; harassed. 2. Causing or creating vexation; annoying. “Her ex-husband put her in a vexatioussituation.”