| Question |
Answer |
| accretion |
n. growth in size or increase in amount |
| accure |
v. to accumulate; grow by additions |
| admonish |
v. to caution or reprimand |
| amalgamate |
v. to combine into a unified whole |
| apprise |
v. to inform |
| apropos |
adj. relevant |
| asperity |
n. severity; harshness; irritability |
| aspersion |
n. slander; false rumor |
| avarice |
n. greed |
| beatify |
v. to sanctify; to bless |
| blandishment |
n. flattery |
| brazen |
adj. bold; shameless (-) |
| burnish |
v. to polish |
| cacophonous |
adj. unpleasant or harsh sounding |
| cadge |
v. to beg; sponge |
| calumny |
n. false and malicious accusation; slander |
| invidious
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adj. likely to provoke ill will; offensive
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| cantankerous |
adj. irritable; ill-humored |
| capricious |
adj. fickle; likely to change; not constant |
| captious |
adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap |
| categorical |
adj. absolute; without exception |
| caucus |
n. a smaller group within an organization |
| caustic |
adj. sarcastically biting; burning |
| churlish |
adj. rude; boorish (insensitive) |
| clamor |
n. noisy outcry |
| cloister |
v. to confine; seclude (shut away from the world) |
| coalesce |
v. to cause to become one |
| codify |
v. to systematize |
| compendium |
n. brief, comprehensive summary |
| complacent |
adj. self-satisfied (-) |
| complaisant |
adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging |
| compliant |
adj. yielding |
| conciliatory |
adj. overcoming distrust |
| condone |
v. forgive; to overlook voluntarily |
| conjugal |
adj. pertaining(concern) to marriage agreement |
| contend |
v. to assert |
| contiguous |
adj. neighboring; touching; connecting |
| continence |
n. self-control; abstention from sexual activity |
| contumacious |
adj. disobedient; rebellious |
| convivial |
adj. sociable |
| craven |
adj. cowardly |
| credence |
n. acceptance or something as true |
| pathological |
adj. aberrant; departing from normal condition (mental / health)
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| defunct |
adj. no longer existing |
| delineate |
v. to represent or depict |
| demotic |
adj. pertaining to people |
| denigrate |
v. to slur someone's reputation |
| denizen |
n. inhabitant; a regular visitor |
| desultory |
adj. random; disconnected; rambling |
| deterrent |
n. something that discourages or hinders |
| dirge |
n. funeral hymn (song) |
| discretion |
n. quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one's own |
| disingeneous |
adj. crafty |
| disinterested |
adj. unprejudiced (non-biased); objective (based on observation) |
| dissident |
n. person who disagrees about beliefs, etc. |
| distrait |
adj. inattentive; preoccupied |
| divulge |
v. to make known something that is secret |
| dormant |
adj. inactive |
| ebullient |
adj. joyously unrestraint; enthusiastic; exhilarated |
| effete |
adj. exhausted; spoiled; depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent; pathetic |
| effrontery |
n. audacious; chameless boldness; presumptuousness |
| elicit |
v. to provoke; draw out |
| encomium |
n. a formal expression of praise |
| esoteric |
adj. hard to understand; known only to a few |
| etiology |
n. causes or origins |
| etymology |
n. origin and history of a word |
| eulogy |
n. high praise, especially of a person who has recently died |
| euphemism |
n. use of agreeable/inoffencive lang. in place of unpleasant/offensive lang. |
| evince |
v. to be an indication of; to show plainly |
| exacerbate |
v. to make worse; aggravate |
| execrable |
adj. detestable; abhorrent |
| exhort |
v. to urge by strong appeal |
| expatiate |
v. to speak or write at length |
| expiate |
v. to atone for |
| explicate |
v. to explain; interpret; clarify |
| expository |
adj. explanatory |
| extant |
adj. in existence; not lost |
| extrinsic |
adj. not inherent or essential |
| fallow |
adj. uncultivated |
| fatuous |
adj. foolishly self-satisfied |
| fawning |
adj. seeking favor by flattering |
| felicitous |
adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen |
| flout |
v. to treat scornfully (disrespectfully) |
| founder |
v. to sink; fail; collapse |
| froward |
adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient |
| fulminate |
v. to attack loudy; denouce |
| gambol |
v. to frolic; leap playfully |
| gauche |
adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy |
| glib |
adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand |
| grouse |
v. to complain |
| gullible |
adj. easily decieved |
| harrowing |
adj. terrifying; extremely distressing |
| imbroglio |
n. complicated situation; an entanglement |
| impassive |
adj. showing no emotion |
| impecunious |
adj. poor; having no money; ~indigence |
| implacable |
adj. inflexible; incapable of being pleased |
| impute |
v. to assign as a characteristic; relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to |
| inadvertently |
adv. Carelessly; unintentionally |
| inchoate |
adj. imperfectly formed or formulated |
| incongruity |
n. state of not fitting |
| indigence |
n. poverty; ~impecunious |
| insensible |
adj. unresponsive; unconscious |
| insinuate |
v. to imply; suggest; say indirectly |
| insouciant |
adj. indifferent; lacking concern or care |
| intransigence |
n. stubborness; refusal to compromise |
| inveigh |
v. to protest vehemently (strongly); disapprove |
| inveigle |
v. to win over by flattery or coaxing |
| labile |
adj. likely to change |
| latent |
adj. present but hidden; potential |
| limpid |
adj. clear; transparent |
| litany |
n. lengthy recitation; repetitive chant |
| loquacious |
adj. talkative |
| Machiavellian |
adj. crafty; double-dealing |
| menagerie |
n. a variety of animals kept together |
| mendacious |
adj. dishonest |
| meretricious |
adj. gaudy; specious; plausible but false |
| metriculous |
adj. very careful; fastidious (giving careful attention to detail) |
| mettlesome |
adj. full of courage and fortitude (strength of mind); spirited |
| minutia |
n. petty details |
| miscreant |
n. villain; criminal |
| mitigate |
v. alleviate; to cause to become less harsh, severe |
| monolithic |
adj. constituting a single, unified whole; solid and uniform |
| multifarious |
adj. diverse |
| nostrum |
n. medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed (doubtful) cure |
| nugatory |
adj. trifling; invalid |
| obdurate |
adj. stubborn |
| obsequious |
adj. overly submissive (inclined or willing to submit to wishes of others); not assertive |
| opprobrium |
n. disgrace; contempt |
| ostentatious |
adj. showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious |
| overweening |
adj. arrogant; presumptuous; overbearing |
| paleontology |
n. study of fossil remains to learn past geological eras |
| patois |
n. jargon (argot; cant); a regional dialect (argot); nonstandard speech |
| peremptory |
adj. imperative (unavoidable obligation(sth. to be done)); leaving no choice |
| perfidious |
adj. faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy |
| piquant |
adj. appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive |
| pique |
n. fleeting feeling of hurting pride |
| placate |
v. to lessen another's anger; appease; to pacify; [make s.n opposite to implacable] |
| propensity |
n. inclination; tendecy; penchant |
| propitiate |
v. to appease; win over |
| recondite |
adj. profound; abstruse |
| reproach |
v. to find fault with; blame |
| reverent |
adj. expressing deep respect; worshipful |
| sartorial |
adj. pertaining to tailors |
| scrutinize |
v. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification |
| sedition |
n. behavior prompting rebellion |
| sedulous |
adj. diligent |
| sentient |
adj. aware; conscious; able to percieve |
| sobriety |
n. seriousness |
| stipulate |
v. to specify as an essential condition |
| substantive |
adj. essential; substantial; pertaining to the substance |
| succor |
n. relief; help in time of distress or want |
| suffrage |
n. the right to vote |
| supplicant |
n. one who asks humbly (not prideful) and earnestly |
| tenet |
n. belief; doctrine |
| travail |
n. arduous work; tribulation; anguish |
| travesty |
n. parody; caricature |
| venal |
adj. bribable; corruptible; mercenary |
| vitiate |
v. to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; making inoperative |
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