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Exam VOCAB
English
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhorrent | utterly opposed |
| Acrophobia | fear of being at a great height |
| Admonish | caution |
| Agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| Ambrosial | delicious |
| Ameliorate | become better; make better; improve, enhance |
| Amoral | not moral |
| Amorphous | without definite form or shape |
| Anomaly | not normal |
| Atheism | godlessness; no belief in god |
| Atrophy | lack of growth, as from disuse or disease |
| Baffle | bewilder |
| Detriment | injury, damage, disadvantage |
| Dichotomy | cutting or division into two |
| Dystopia | imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful |
| Ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm |
| Effrontery | nerve; boldness |
| Empathy | complete understanding of another’s feelings |
| Endogenous | produced from within, due to internal causes |
| Ephemeral | short |
| Esoteric | not easily understandable |
| Euphemism | good expression for a bad one |
| Exhort | advise strongly |
| Exogenous | produced from without, due to external causes |
| Exoteric | known externally, readily understandable |
| Forbearance | leniency; patience |
| Gall | irritate mentally; annoy |
| Gullible | easily deceived or cheated |
| Hamper | hinder, interfere with |
| Heterogeneous | differing in kind; dissimilar, varied |
| Homogeneous | of the same king; similar |
| Immerse | plunge or place into a liquid; absorb |
| Inane | lacking significance or sense; silly |
| Indemnify | compensate for loss; reimburse |
| Indolent | lazy; lethargic |
| Intact | untouched by anything that damages or diminishes, complete |
| Macrocosm | great world, universe |
| Microcosm | little world |
| Misanthropy | hatred of humanity |
| Misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| Misogyny | hatred of women |
| Nettlesome | literally full of nettles, irritating, annoying |
| Oblivious | not aware |
| Parsimonious | sparing in the spending on money; stingy |
| Peripheral | away from the central part; only slightly connected with what is essential |
| Prodigious | extraordinary in amount or size; enormous |
| Raze | demolish, destroy |
| Render | hand down officially |
| Reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive |
| Salutary | healthful |
| Scrutinize | examine very closely; inspect |
| Snub | insult |
| Spurn | reject |
| Subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation |
| Symbiosis | living together in mutually with two different organisms |
| Tepid | moderately warm; lukewarm |
| Tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled |
| Unwieldy | hard to handle because of size or weight, unmanageable |
| Unwittingly | unknowingly |
| Wane | decline |
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