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Vocabulary for MAT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to put an end to; to decrease in amount, number, or degree |
| aberration | deviation from the normal or usual |
| abeyance | a condition of suspended activity |
| abjure | to renounce (give up or put aside voluntarily) solemnly, esp. by formal declaration |
| abrogate | to revoke, annul, or rescind |
| acumen | mental keenness and acuteness; discernment |
| adumbrate | to foretell, foreshadow, or prophesy vaguely |
| affable | agreeable and good-natured |
| ambivalent | indecisive due to conflicting feelings about a person or action |
| aphoristic | obvious or well-known, as regarding a general truth |
| apprise | to acquaint, notify, or instruct |
| ardent | characterized by warmth of feeling; fervid; zealous |
| asperity | (n) roughness or bitterness, esp. regarding temper |
| assail | to attack violently |
| assay | a test or analysis to determine characteristics, esp. of a metal |
| audacious | daring or adventurous |
| belie | to mislead or misrepresent |
| beneficent | producing good by acts of kindness |
| berate | to scold harshly; upbraid; censure |
| bereft | deprived of; lacking |
| blandishment | speech or action intended to flatter, coax, or cajole |
| blithe | lightheartedly joyful or cheerful |
| bombast | pretentious, wordy speech or writing |
| cadge | to sponge off of (another person); freeload; mooch |
| capricious | acting impulsively and whimsically (without care) |
| captious | inclined to find fault |
| chary | cautious; circumspect |
| cloistered | secluded; hidden away from the world |
| cogent | persuasive or compelling |
| cogitate | to ponder or contemplate |
| comely | good-looking; attractive |
| commiserate | to feel or express pity for another |
| complaisant | eager to please; obliging |
| conscript | to select or enroll by compulsion, esp. for military service |
| consign | to transfer goods to another for subsequent sale |
| contravene | to act contrary to |
| contrite | repentant; regretful |
| temperance | showing moderation and restraint when indulging in appetites and passions |
| temporize | to gain time by delaying with evasiveness or indecisiveness |
| tout | to solicit support for by praising or boasting about |
| unstinting | unrestricted or unlimited in quantity, amount, or degree, esp. regarding devotion or charity |
| untenable | indefensible, esp. an argument; unreasonable; unsupportable |
| vacillate | to waver in opinion or decision |
| vagary | an unpredictable, erratic, or whimsical idea or occurrence; caprice |
| vanquish | to conquer or subdue by superior force |
| vex | to annoy, anger, or provoke; abrade; perturb |
| vitiate | to impair the quality of; mar; degrade |
| waft | to drift or float over water or through the air |
| wield | to exercise or use, esp. a weapon or instrument; to gain control over |
| discomfit | to thwart or frustrate |
| disinter | to dig up (unearth); exhume |
| doctrinaire | merely theoretical, without regard to practical considerations; dogmatic or authoritarian |
| dote | to pamper adoringly and attentively; coddle |
| duplicity | deception by pretending |
| effusive | gushing; characterized by unrestrained uttering (talking) |
| elucidate | to clarify by illustration, explanation, or interpretation |
| enamored | in love; infatuated (having a crush); smitten |
| encomium | high or glowing praise; acclaim |
| entreat | to ask earnestly or urgently; beseech; implore |
| equable | even-tempered; characterized by a lack of unpleasant extremes |
| equanimity | composure (dignified calmness) |
| equivocate | to dodge or evade (a question or issue) through the use of ambiguous or misleading language; prevaricate |
| errant | going astray, esp. doing wrong |
| expostulate | to reason with a person, esp. in order to dissuade (persuade against); remonstrate |
| extant | still in existence; not destroyed |
| extemporaneous | not planned ahead of time; impromptu; spontaneous |
| extenuate | to treat as less serious or important than is apparent; mitigate |
| fawn | to show affection (as a dog for its master); to court favor in a cringing or flattering manner |
| feckless | worthless or meaningless; ineffectual or weak |
| feign | to intentionally give a false appearance |
| felicitous | aptly expressed; possessing the ability to express in a suitable, fitting manner |
| flagging | characterized by a decline in spirit, interest, or attention |
| furtive | sneaky or sly; stealthy; surreptitious |
| germane | pertinent; relevant |
| gist | the main point of a matter |
| glean | to collect (pick up) patiently — little by little; garner; cull |
| goad | to urge; spur; prod |
| gratuitous | given or done freely, without compensation |
| grudging | reluctant to give |
| harrow | to torment or torture; vex |
| impart | to make known; to transmit, esp. information |
| impede | to interfere with the progress of; hinder; obstruct; hamper |
| impend | to hover or hang threateningly; loom |
| imperious | domineering or overbearing; commanding or lordly |
| impugn | to call into question; to oppose as false; gainsay |
| incise | to cut into |
| incursion | sudden, temporary invasion; raid; attack |
| inimical | adverse or unfavorable; hostile or unfriendly |
| inimitable | without peer or match; not capable of being imitated |
| iniquitous | wicked or immoral |
| innocuous | harmless; benign; inoffensive |
| insipid | uninteresting; flavorless; flat; stale |
| insolent | showing disrespect or contempt through behavior or language |
| intractable | not easily controlled; obstinate |
| inveigle | to entice or win over by ingenuity or flattery |
| inviolate | not violated; unprofaned |
| ire | anger; wrath |
| jibe | to be in agreement or accord |
| lassitude | weariness or fatigue; languor |
| loll | to lounge; loaf; laze |
| lucid | clear-minded; easily understood; bright or shiny |
| macerate | to cause to waste away; to soften and break apart by moistening |
| malinger | to pretend to be ill so as to avoid duty |
| meretricious | gaudy; tawdry; flashy |
| nascent | coming into existence; beginning to grow |
| obsequious | humbly or overly attentive, as to a person in authority; fawning; sycophantic |
| occlude | to obstruct, shut in, or close up |
| onerous | oppressive or burdensome |
| ossified | turned to bone; fossilized |
| ostracize | to exclude from a group by common consent |
| palpable | evident; obvious; manifest |
| panegyric | an oration or writing of praise for a person (esp. a eulogy) or thing |
| parsimonious | excessively frugal or sparing; miserly |
| peripatetic | walking or traveling about; itinerant |
| parry | to evade, dodge, or ward off (as in fencing) |
| pedantic | making an excessive show of learning; overly concerned with rules and details; didactic |
| peruse | to examine or study; scrutinize |
| pied | having patches of two or more colors; particolored |
| pithy | full of substance, vigor, and meaning (as in a pithy observation or remark), usually concise and to-the-point |
| poignant | deeply affecting (moving) the emotions; keenly distressing |
| placate | to quiet or calm; appease; pacify |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful; lugubrious |
| pliant | bending or yielding readily; easily influenced; compliant; acquiescent |
| pragmatic | emphasizing practicality and realistic consequences |
| precept | a direction (instruction) given as a rule or principle of conduct; maxim; axiom |
| probity | integrity; uprightness; honesty |
| proclivity | natural inclination of tendency; bent; disposition |
| prodigious | extraordinary, esp. in size or amount; wonderful or marvelous |
| prolix | tediously long and wordy in speech or writing |
| propriety | conformity to established standards of proper behavior or manners |
| protract | to draw out or lengthen in time; prolong |
| rail | to complain or denounce vehemently |
| raze | to tear down; demolish; level to the ground |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; rebellious; refractory |
| rectitude | moral virtue or strength |
| recumbent | lying down; prone; prostrate; supine |
| regale | to give lavish pleasure to; delight; amuse |
| relegate | to send or assign to a particular class, position or condition (especially an inferior one) |
| repine | to be fretfully (agitatedly) discontent |
| repugnant | repulsive; offensive; revolting |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly or brightly |
| sate | to fully satisfy an appetite or desire; satiate |
| seemly | fitting or proper with respect to propriety and good taste |
| sere | dry; withered |
| sinecure | omfortable job or position requiring little work |
| slake | to satisfy thirst or desire |
| sodden | soaked or drenched |
| soporific | causing sleepiness; sleepy or drowsy |
| sordid | dirty or filthy; morally shameful; meanly selfish |
| spurious | not genuine or authentic; bogus; counterfeit |
| spurn | to reject with disdain; shun |
| stanch | to stop the flow of |
| stygian | devilish; diabolical |
| tacit | silent; understood without being openly expressed; implicit |
| temperance | showing moderation and restraint when indulging in appetites and passions |
| temporize | to gain time by delaying with evasiveness or indecisiveness |
| tout | to solicit support for by praising or boasting about |
| unstinting | unrestricted or unlimited in quantity, amount, or degree, esp. regarding devotion or charity |
| untenable | indefensible, esp. an argument; unreasonable; unsupportable |
| vacillate | to waver in opinion or decision |
| vagary | an unpredictable, erratic, or whimsical idea or occurrence; caprice |
| vanquish | to conquer or subdue by superior force |
| vex | to annoy, anger, or provoke; abrade; perturb |
| vitiate | to impair the quality of; mar; degrade |
| waft | to drift or float over water or through the air |
| wield | to exercise or use, esp. a weapon or instrument; to gain control over |
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