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Kaplan top words 1

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abate to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
castigate to punish or criticize harshly
decorum appropriatenenss of behaviour or conduct; propriety
enervate to reduce in strength
fervid intensely emotional; feverish
gregarious outgoing, sociable
iconoclast one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
malinger to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
obdurate hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
paragon model of excellence or perfection
quiescent motionless
quiescent Many animals are _______ over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy.
rarefy to make thinner or sparser
rarefy Since the atmospher ___________ as altitudes increase, the air at the top of the very tall mountains is too thin to breathe.
soporific causing sleep or lethargy
soporific The movie proved to be so __________ that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.
tacit done without words
tacit Although not a word had been said, everyone in the room knew that a ________ agreement had been made about which course of action to take.
paragon She is the ___________ of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent, hardworking, and just.
obdurate The president was completely _________ on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind.
malinger A common way to avoid the draft was by _______ pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being taken by the Army.
iconoclast His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as an _______.
gregarious She was so __________ that when she found herself alone, she felt quite sad.
fervid The fans of Maria Callas were unusally _ doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.
enervate The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would _______ the regular army.
decorum The countess complained that the vulgar peasants lacked the _____ appropriate for the visit to the palace.
castigate Many Americans are amazed at how harshly the authorities in Singapore ____ perpetrators of what would be considered minor crimes in the United States.
abate As the hurricane's force _, the winds dropped and the sea became calm.
inchoate not fully formed; disorganized
inchoate The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an ___________ form in his earliest writing.
engender to produce, cause, or bring about
engender His fear and hatred of clowns was ______________ when he witnessed the death of his fater at the hands of a clown.
erudite learned, scholarly, bookish
erudite The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most _________, well-published individuals in the field.
desultory jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
desultory Dian had a _______ academic record; she had changed majors 12 times in three years.
abscond to leave secretly
abscond The patron ________ from the restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking out the back door.
capricious Queen Elizabeth I was quite ______ her courtiers could never be sure which of their number would catch her fancy.
deference respect, courtesy
deference The respectful young law clerk treated the Suprem Court Justice with the utmost ___________.
elegy a sorrowful poem or speech
elegy Although Thomas Gray's "_____ Written in a Country Churchyard" is about death and loss, it urges its readers to endure this life and to trust in spirituality.
florid excessively decorated or embellished
florid The palace had been decorated in a _ style; every surface had been carved and gilded.
guile deceit or trickery
guile Since he was not fast enought to catch the roadrunner on foot, the coyote resorted to ___ in an effort to trap his enemy.
implacable unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
implacable His rage at the betrayal was so great that he remained ______ for weeks.
laconic using few words
laconic She was a _____ poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible.
misanthrope a person who dislikes others
misanthrope The character Scrooge in A Christmas Carol is such a _ that even the sight of children singing makes him angry.
obsequious overly submissive and eager to please
obsequious The __ new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor's tie and agree with him on every issue.
pedant someone who shows off learning
pedant The graduate instructor's tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a _________.
repudiate to reject the validity of
repudiate The old woman's claim that she was Russian royalty was _ when DNA test showed she was of no relation to them.
specious deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
specious The student's __ excuse for being late sounded legitimate but was proved otherwise when her teacher called her home.
ameliorate to make better; to improve
ameliorate The doctor was able to __ the patient's suffering using painkillers.
chicanery deception by means of craft or guile
chicanery Dishonest used care sales people often use __ to sell bheir beat-up old cars.
disabuse to set right; to free from error
disabuse Galileo's observations ____ scholars of the notion that the sun revolved around the earth.
enigma a puzzle; a mystery
enigma Speaking in riddles and dressed in old robes, the artist gained a reputation as something of an __.
ephemeral lasting a short time
ephemeral The lives of mayflies seem __ to us, since the flies' average life span is a matter of hours.
euphemism use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distateful one
euphemism The funeral director preferred to use the _ spleeping instead of the word dead.
ingenuous showing innocence or childlike simplicity
ingenuous She was so _- that her friends feard that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.
obviate to prevent; to make unnecessary
obviate The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which __ the need for a bridge.
anachronism something out of place in time
anachronism The aged hippie used ___________ phrases like groovy and far out that had not been popular for years.
antipathy extreme dislike
antipathy the ___ between the French and the English regularly erupted into open warfare.
convoluted intricate and complicated
convoluted Although many people bought a "|A Brief History of Time", few could follow its ________ ideas and theories.
dilatory intended to delay
dilatory The congressman used ________ measures to delay the passage of the bill.
disparate fundamentally different; entirely unlike
disparate Although the twins appear to be identical physically, their personalities are _________.
equivocate to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
equivocate When faced with criticism of her policies, the politician _________ and left all parties thinking she agreed with them.
exculpate to clear from blame; prove innocent
exculpate The adversarial legal system is intended to convict those who are guilty and to _________ those who are innocent.
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