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English Sem 1 Final
Vocab Lists 1-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imprudent | Doing things without careful thought or judgment |
| Trepidation | A state of alarm, dread, or fear |
| Conducive | Tending to cause or bring about |
| Importune | To annoy with repeated and insistent requests |
| Gratuitous | Unfairly; unjustified |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word |
| Dubious | Doubtful; uncertain; questionable as to quality or validity |
| Precarious | Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability; based on uncertain or questionable premises |
| Unequivocal | Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding |
| Fastidious | Possessing or displaying careful attention to detail |
| Minutiae | A small, minor or trivial detail |
| Slovenly | Sloppy in dress or appearance |
| Unmindful | Failing to give due care or attention |
| Antithesis | The direct or exact opposite |
| Commensurate | Corresponding in size or degree |
| Disparity | The condition of fact of being unequal or different |
| Heterogeneous | Consisting of many different element or types |
| Tantamount | Equivalent in significance, effect or value. |
| Acrimonious | Bitter or sharp language or tone |
| Chastise | To punish or criticize severely |
| Debunk | To expose or make fun of a false claim or an exaggeration |
| Derogatory | Insulting; belittling |
| Disparage | To speak on in a disrespectful or slighting way |
| Harass | To irritate or torment repeatedly |
| Impugn | To attack or challenge as false or questionable |
| Innuendo | An indirect or subtle expression of something, usually negative |
| Invective | Abusive or strongly critical language |
| Vilify | To make vicious, insulting comments about someone or something |
| Autocratic | Ruling with unlimited power or authority |
| Sovereign | Self-governing; independent |
| Totalitarian | relating to a form of government with absolute and centralized control over every aspect of people's lives |
| Usurp | To take and hold power or rights by force without legal authority |
| Banter | An exchange of good-humored, playful remarks |
| Flippant | Humorous in a disrespectful way |
| Mirth | Happiness and merriment, especially expressed by laughter |
| Witticism | A clever remark or saying |
| Austerity | Severe and rigid restrictions, especially those brought about by difficult economic times |
| Indigent | Extremely poor, or lacking the basic necessities |
| Munificent | Generous in giving |
| Pecuniary | Having to do with money |
| Remunerate | To pay for goods provided; to compensate for |
| Solvent | Capable of meeting financial obligations |
| Aegis | Protection, sponsorship or guidance |
| Conciliatory | Intended to overcome distrust, animosity or conflict |
| Extricate | To free from difficulty or entanglement |
| Mitigate | To soften, lessen or moderate |
| Didactic | Intended to teach; overly moralistic; preachy |
| Edify | To instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement |
| Elucidate | To make clear or explain |
| Erudite | Possessing great knowledge and scholarship. |
| Esoteric | Understood only by an elite, scholarly, or exclusive group |
| Imbue | To inspire or influence thoroughly |
| Pedagogy | The art or profession of teaching. |
| Pedantic | Overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules |
| Disinterested | Free of bias or self-interest in an outcome |
| Emigrate | To leave one country or region and settle in another |
| Immigrate | To settle in a country or region where one is not native |
| Proceed | To go forward or onward |
| Assertive | Acting with confidence and force |
| Mellow | Relaxed and unhurried |
| Aggrandize | To make greater in power, influence,stature or reputation; to exaggerate. |
| Grandiose | Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur |
| Intemperate | Excessive; lacking moderation |
| Profligate | Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant |
| Demeanor | The way one behaves or presents oneself; one's manner |
| Mores | Accepted standards or customs of a social group or society |
| Wily | Cunning; full of trickery or intentions to deceive |
| Diminutive | Extremely small; (n) a nickname |
| Spoonerism | An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words |
| Apprehensive | Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy |
| Categorical | Without exception or qualification; absolute; done according to types; arranged by categories |
| Conclusive | Decisive; putting an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty |
| Indeterminate | Not capable of being determined or established; not precisely known; lacking clarity of precision; vague |
| Qualm | A sense of doubt or uneasiness about a course of action |
| Tentative | Uncertain; not fully worked out or agreed upon; provisional |
| Judicious | Having or exhibiting good, sound judgment |
| Meticulous | Extremely careful and precise |
| Deviate | To depart or turn aside from a path, direction, or course of action |
| Nuance | A subtle or slight degree or difference |
| Despot | A ruler with absolute power |
| Droll | Amusingly odd |
| Facetious | Playfully joking, not meant to be taken seriously |
| Hilarity | Great merriment, or extreme amusement |
| Ludicrous | Ridiculous; laughably absurd |
| Whimsical | Playful or unpredictable |
| Depreciate | To decrease or cause to decrease in value or price |
| Mediate | To help opposing sides reach an agreement |
| Patronize | To treat as inferior; a customer of an establishment like a store or restaurant |
| Indoctrinate | To instruct or impart certain principles or ideology |
| Pundit | A person of great learning about a particular topic. |
| Deprivation | The state of lacking or doing without something; loss |
| Brazen | Extremely bold; seamlessly rude or defiant |
| Docile | Easily manageable or teachable |
| Strident | Loud, harsh, grating or shrill |
| Unabashed | Not embarrassed; composed |
| Opulence | Wealth, affluence ; Great abundance, often to excess; lavish |
| Beguile | To charm; to delight; to deceive skillfully |
| Benevolent | Wishing to do good; kindly; characterized by helpful intentions |
| Decorum | Appropriateness of behavior; propriety |
| Feral | Wild and untamed; savage |
| Unseemly | Unfitting and inappropriate; grossly improper |
| Acronym | A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series (NASA, ARF) |
| Affix | To attach something; (n) a prefix or suffix |
| Coinage | The invention of new words; an invented word or phrase; metal currency |
| Colloquial | Typical of informal language usage; conversational |
| Oxymoron | An expression that contains contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp, free gift, educated guess, live recording) |
| Palindrome | A word or expression that is spelled the same backward and forward (rotor, stats, radar, deed, race car, rats live on no evil star) |
| Portmanteau Word | A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two words (smog, spork, e-mail, breathalyzer, infomercial) |
| Vacillate | To swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another; to sway or hesitate in choice of actions or opinions |
| Diligence | Steady effort or persistent hard work |
| Finicky | Difficult to please |
| Analogy | A comparison highlighting a similarity between otherwise dissimilar things |
| Congruence | Agreement, harmony or correspondence |
| Homogeneous | Similar in kind or nature |
| Autonomy | Independence; self-governance |
| Caste | A social class separated from others by profession, wealth, or hereditary rank. |
| Feudal | Relating to a system in which people were given protection and the use of land in return for loyalty, payments and services to a lord |
| Hegemony | Dominances, especially that of a country, region, or group over others |
| Oligarchy | Government by a few, especially by a small faction of people or families. |
| Caricature | a representation in which distinctive traits are exaggerated or distorted for comic effect |
| Equity | The value of a business or property minus debt owed (b) Fairness; justice |
| Frugal | Thrifty; careful or strict in avoiding unnecessary spending |
| Recession | A general decline in business activity |
| Amends | Something done to make up for wrong, an injury or a mistake |
| Renovate | To restore something to an earlier condition by repairing or remodeling |
| Affect | To influence; to change. n- Feeling or emotion, especially shown in facial expressions or body language |
| Effect | n- A result. v- To bring about |
| Depredation | damage, destruction or loss |
| Uninterested | Having no interest or concern in a matter. |
| Precede | To come before |
| Complaisant | Wanting to please; willing to do whatever pleases others. |
| Flamboyant | Showy, flashy, vivid or dramatic |
| Intrepid | Having unwavering courage |
| Pacific | Of a peaceful nature |
| Exorbitance | Extreme, unreasonable expense or price; beyond reasonable or proper limits. |
| Multifarious | Having great variety; diverse |
| Satiate | To fully satisfy an appetite or a desire |
| Surfeit | An excessive amount |
| Ignoble | Mean, unethical or dishonorable; not noble in character |
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