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JRA Vocab 12
Vocab List 12 BNW
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abject (n. abjectness adv. abjectly) | adj. brought low in condition or status; being of the most contemptible kind (abject selfishness); being of the most miserable kind; wretched - Optimum, exceptional |
| callow (n. callowness adv. callowly) | adj. immature or inexperienced; (of a young bird) featherless, unfledged - Mature, experienced, sophisticated, wise |
| genial (n. geniality adv. genially) | adj. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial; favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm - Unpleasant, crude, unfavorable |
| vigilance (adj. vigilant adv. vigilantly) | n. alert watchfulness; state or quality of being watchful - Carelessness, recklessness, lack of attention |
| zealous (n. zeal/zealousness adv. zealously) | adj. ardently active, devoted, or diligent - Unimpassioned, aloof, indifferent, apathetic |
| optimum (adj. optimal) | n. the best of most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture, for the growth or reproduction of an organism; adj. best and most desirable - Least favorable point/degree |
| viscosity (adj. viscous adv. viscously) | n. the state or quality of being of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky, thick; resistance of a liquid to forces - Friction, stickiness |
| proliferate (n. proliferation adj. proliferated/ing) | v. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation; to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively - To minimize, to decrease, to contain |
| paradox (adj. paradoxical adv. paradoxically) | n. statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
| burgeon (adj. burgeoning) | v. to grow or develop quickly; to flourish - To shrink, to decrease |
| prodigious (n. prodigiousness adv. prodigiously) | adj. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.; wonderful or marvelous - Diminutive, uninspiring, lackluster |
| viviparous (n. viviparousness adv. viviparously) | adj. bringing forth living young, rather than eggs, as most mammals |
| largesse (NEGATIVE CONNOTATION) | n. generous bestowal of gifts; the gift or gifts, usually of money, so bestowed - Stinginess, economy |
| vivacious (n. vivacity adv. vivaciously) | adj. lively and animated; frolicsome, spirited - Lethargic |
| decant (adj. decanted) | v. to pour (as a liquid, like wine) gently so as not to disturb sediment; to pour from one container to another |
| interminable (n. interminability adv. interminably) | adj. unending; monotonously or annoyingly continued; unceasing, having no limits - Finite, with limits, definitive |
| deft (n. deftness adv. deftly) | adj. dexterous, nimble, skillful - Inept, maladroit, unskilled |
| relish | v. to take pleasure in; n. liking or enjoyment of the taste of something pleasurable appreciation of anything; a liking - To loathe, to despise, to dislike |
| waggish (n. waggishness adv. waggishly) | adj. roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular, comical, droll - Boring, dull, humorless, introverted |
| duly | adv. in due manner; properly; fittingly; in due season, punctually - Unduly |
| ingenuous (n. ingenuousness adv. ingenuously) | adj. free from reserve or restraint; candid, sincere; innocent, naïve - Disingenuous |
| superfluous (n. superfluity adv. superfluously) | adj. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless - Succinct, terse, pithy, necessary, needed |
| postulate (adj. postulated) | v. to ask, demand, or claim (as truth); to assume without proof; n. something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof, esp. as basis for reasoning - To know with certainty |
| germinal (adv. germinally n. germinality) | adj. being in the earliest stages of development - Developed, mature, fledged |
| sententious (n. sententiousness adv. sententiously) | adj. abounding in aphorisms or maxims (like the Duke of Venice in Othello); self-righteous, given to excessive moralizing - Succinct, terse, pithy |
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