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Vocab 1-10 Final D:
Vocab Final (1-10)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate | To give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim. |
| Abet | To encourage or assist, especially in wrongdoing. |
| Abhor | To regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely. |
| Abject | a. Wretched, miserable;degrading, humiliating. b. Mean-spirited, base; despicable, contemptible. c. Complete and unrelieved. |
| Absolve | To clear of guilt. |
| Abstain | o refrain completely and voluntarily. |
| Academic | a. Pertaining to a college or other institution of learning; scholarly. b. Theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic. |
| Accede | a. To yield to; to agree to. b. To enter upon an office or dignity. |
| Acclimate | To get used to (usually an environment or situation). |
| Addiction | A habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of, or devotion to, something. |
| Adjourn | a. To close formally. b. To put off to another time; to move to another place. |
| Adverse | Hostile in purpose or effect; unfavorable. |
| Advocate | a. (v) To speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to. b. (n) A person who pleads in the interest of a cause or individual. |
| Aesthetic | Pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic. |
| Affable | Courteous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach. |
| Affectation | A pretentious display of manners of sentiments that are not genuine; a peculiar habit of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others. |
| Affluent | Prosperous, wealthy. |
| Agenda | A list or program of things to be done or acted upon. |
| Aggregate | a. (n) The total amount or sum total of the individual parts. b. (v) To gather or merge into a single whole; to amount to. c. (adj) Total, collective. |
| Agile | Swift and light in action, movement, or thought. |
| Alienate | To cause hostility or indifference where, love, friendliness, or interest formerly existed. |
| Allege | To claim that something is true but without offering any proof. |
| Allude | To refer to indirectly. |
| Ambience | The surrounding or pervading atmosphere; the tone and spirit of an environment. |
| Ambivalent | Wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, a thing, or a course of action. |
| Amnesty | An official pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses. |
| Anachronism | The misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; anything out of its proper time frame. |
| Anarchy | Absence of governmental authority; general political and social disorder. |
| Anathema | a. A curse or strong denunciation. b. The person or thing cursed; more generally, any object of intense dislike. |
| Anecdote | A brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing biographical or historical details. |
| Anomaly | A deviation from what is normal or expected. |
| Apathy | Lack of feeling, emotion, or interest. |
| Appall | To fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay. |
| Apprehend | a. To arrest or take custody. b. To perceive or understand the meaning of. c. To look forward to with fear or anxiety. |
| Arbitrary | a. Subject to or determined by one's judgment; random. b. Arrived at by an exercise of the will, personal preference, or whim, as opposed to being based on reason or justice. c. Given to willful decisions or demands; tyrannical or dictatorial. |
| Arbitrate | To act as an impartial judge in a dispute; to settle. |
| Array | a. (v) To line up; to dress up. b. (n) An imposing grouping; rich and beautiful attire. |
| Articulate | a. (v) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words. b. (adj) Expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language easily and fluently. |
| Askew | a. (adj & adv) Out of line or position; turned to one side. b. (adv) Disapprovingly; scornfully. |
| Assimilate | a. To absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own. b. To adapt fully or to make like. |
| Astute | Keen of mind and judgment, especially in practical manners; cunning. |
| Asylum | a. An institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless persons. b. Any place offering protection or security. c. Protection against a legal or social penalty. |
| Atone | To make up for or repent. |
| Atrocity | A savagely cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed; a monstrosity. |
| Atrophy | a. (n) A failure to develop normally; a progressive wasting away or decline. b. (v) To waste away. |
| Attrition | a. A gradual wearing down or weakening of resistance resulting from constant friction, pressure, or harassment. b. A gradual, often natural decrease in size, strength, or number as a result of resignation, retirement, death, or the like. |
| Auger | a. (n) Someone who can forecast the future by spotting various signs or indications of what is to come. b. (v) To predict or foretell through signs; to point to or be an omen of. |
| Augment | To make greater; to become greater. |
| Austere | Rigidly severe; severely simple or bare. |
| Authentic | Genuine, trustworthy. |
| Avarice | An excessive desire to acquire and possess wealth; a combination of greed and stinginess. |
| Avid | Extremely eager, anxious, or enthusiastic. |
| Badger | To tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments. |
| Baffle | a. To puzzle completely. b. To prevent from achieving a goal. |
| Banal | Made stale by constant use or repetition. |
| Belligerent | a. (adj) Warring, actually engaged in war; warlike or hostile. b. (n) A party (for example, a nation or organization) engaged in a war. |
| Benign | a. Gentle and kindly. b. Wholesome or favorable. |
| Bicker | To engage in petty quarreling. |
| Bizarre | Weird or fantastic. |
| Bland | a. Mild or gentle. (Wen used in this sense, the word is usually neutral in tone.) b. Lacking interest or liveliness; flat. (When used in this sense, the word is distinctly pejorative.) |
| Bleak | a. Desolate, windswept, and bare. b. Cold and gloomy; unpromising. |
| Blight | a. (v) To check or destroy the growth of. b. (n) Something that impairs growth or causes ruin. |
| Blithe | a. Merry and carefree. b. Overly unconcerned reckless. |
| Boisterous | Noisy and rowdy. |
| Bombastic | Pompous or inflated in language. |
| Boorish | Rude or unrefined. |
| Boycott | a. (v) To refuse to buy, use, or deal with as a way to protest (or force acceptance of) some form of behavior. b. (n) An instance of such treatment. |
| Brash | Overly bold, hasty, and thoughtless. |
| Bravado | A boastful or swaggering show of false bravery; false courage in general. |
| Brusque | Overly short or abrupt. |
| Bungle | To mismanage or make a mess of. |
| Bureaucracy | A complicated system of administrative agencies and officials; the officials themselves. |
| Buttress | a. (n) A support or reinforcement. b. (v) To support or reinforce. |
| Cajole | To persuade or obtain flattery or deceit. |
| Callous | Unfeeling or insensitive. |
| Calumny | A false statement deliberately made up to injure a person. |
| Candid | a. Fair and impartial. b. Frank or outspoken. c. Informal or unposed. |
| Cantankerous | Foul-tempered and quarrelsome. |
| Captious | a. Quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections; overly demanding or fussy. b. Intended to trap, confuse, or show up. |
| Catholic | a. Broad or widely inclusive. b. General or universal; worldwide. |
| Caustic | Able to dissolve or eat away by chemical action; sharp and biting |
| Censor | Anyone who acts as an arbiter of morals or viewing matter; to examine for and remove objectionable material |
| Censure | Open and strong criticism or disapproval; to criticize severely; to disapprove strongly |
| Chagrin | Irritation, embarrassment, or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration; to cause such a feeling |
| Charlatan | Anyone who claims to have skills or knowledge that he or she doesn't possess |
| Chronic | continuing over a long period of time or recurring often |
| Circuitous | Indirect or roundabout; long-winded |
| Circumspect | Cautious or prudent, especially in regard to the consequences of actions or statements; tactful |
| Circumvent | To get around or avoid, especially by trickery or deception |
| Clandestine | Concealed from view so as to hide one's purpose |
| Coerce | To force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, intimidation, or physical violence. |
| Cogent | Forceful and convincing; to the point. |
| Cohere | To hold or stick together; to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole. |
| Collaborate | a. To work together on some kind of joint project. (In this sense the tone of the word is neutral.) b. To cooperate with the enemy in some kind of treasonable activity (In this sense the tone of the word is definitely pejorative.) |
| Compatible | a. Capable of use with some other brand or model. b. Capable of living or getting along together. |
| Complacent | Overly self-satisfied; smug. |
| Concise | Saying a lot in a few words. |
| Condone | To overlook or disregard an offense, thereby implying forgiveness, acceptance, or possibly approval of it. |
| Confrontation | A face-to-face encounter, usually (but not always) suggesting a hostile or defiant attitude. |
| Conjecture | a. (n) A conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess. b. (v) To conclude from inadequate evidence; to guess. |
| ab, abs | away from, off |
| ced, ceed | go, yield |
| dic, dict | to say |
| ad | to, toward |
| an, a | not, without, opposed to |
| arch (k) | ruler |
| arch (tch) | of highest rank |
| voc, voke | call |
| auto | self, same |
| ag, act | act, drive |
| ize, ise | make or make into |
| ambi, amphi | both, around |
| be | thoroughly, completely |
| vert, vers | turn |
| circum | around, about |
| (s)ker | bend, turn |
| chron(o) | time |
| kratos | power |
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