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GRE vocab last min.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abjure | renounce upon oath, disavow |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking, temperate |
| adjuration | solemn urging |
| affected | artificial, pretended, assumed in order to impress |
| affidavit | written statement under oath |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness, eagerness |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment |
| amalgamate | combine, unite in one body |
| anathema | solmn curse |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying |
| aplomb | assurance, poise |
| apocrythal | spurious, not authentic |
| appurtenances | subordinate posessions |
| argot | slang |
| ascendancy | controlling influence |
| asperity | sharpness of temper |
| aspersion | slanderous remark |
| astringent | binding |
| atavism | resemblance to remote anscestors rather than parents |
| attrition | gradual decrease in numbers |
| augury | omen, prophecy |
| aver | assert confidently or declare |
| avid | greedy |
| badinage | teasing conversation |
| baleful | threatening |
| ballast | heavy substance used to add stability or weight |
| barrister | counselor at law |
| besmirch | soil, defile |
| bowdlerize | expurgate? Expell |
| brook | tolerate, endure |
| bucolic | rustic, pastoral |
| bulwark | earthwork or other strong defense |
| cadence | rhythmic rise and fall |
| calumny | malicious misrepresentation, slander |
| canard | frankness, open honesty |
| cant | insincere expressions of piety |
| capacious | spacious |
| capitulate | surrender |
| captious | faultfinding |
| carapace | shell covering the back |
| castigation | punishment |
| catechism | book for religious instruction |
| cavil | make privolous objections |
| chaffing | bantering |
| chary | cautious |
| clairvoyant | having foresight |
| cognate | related linguistically |
| collation | light meal |
| collusion | conspiring in a fraudulent scheme |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| comity | courtesy |
| commensurate | corresponding in extent |
| comport | bear one's self, behave |
| compunction | remorse |
| concatenate | link as in a chain |
| conclave | private meeting |
| concomitant | that which accompanies |
| condign | appropriate, deserved |
| conflate | meld or fuse, confuse, combine into one |
| consequential | pompous, selfimportant |
| consign | deliver officially, entrust, set apart |
| constituent | supporter |
| construe | explain, interpret |
| consummate | wholly without flaw, supremely skilled, complete and utter |
| contumacious | disobedient, resisting authority |
| contusion | bruise |
| conversant | familiar with |
| concicial | festive, gay |
| corrugated | wrinkled, ridged |
| countermand | cancel, revoke |
| covenant | agreement |
| cozen | cheat, swindle |
| cull | pick out, reject |
| cynosure | object or general attention |
| debacle | sudden downfall |
| debauch | corrupt, seduce from virtue |
| deciduous | falling off |
| deferance | courteous regard for another's wish |
| defray | provide for the payment of |
| demagogue | person who appeals to people's prejudice, false leader |
| demur | objection, protest |
| deplore | regret |
| deprecate | express disapproval of, protest against, belittle |
| depredation | plundering |
| descry | catch sight of |
| desiccate | dry up |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| desultory | aimless, haphazard, digressing at danrom |
| detraction | slandering, aspersion |
| dialectical | relating to the art of debate, mutual or reciiprocal |
| dictum | authoritative and wighty statement |
| diffidence | shyness |
| dilatory | tending to delay, intentionally delaying |
| disabuse | correct a false impression, undeceive |
| discomfit | put to rout, defeat, disconcert |
| disconsolate | sad |
| disquisition | formal sustematic inquiry |
| dissemble | disquise, pretend |
| dissimulate | pretend, conceal by feining |
| distrait | inattentive, distracted |
| divest | strip, deprive |
| dolorous | sorrowful |
| dotage | senility |
| duress | forcible restraint |
| edify | instruct, correct morally |
| effete | lacking vigor |
| effigy | dummy |
| effluvium | noxious smell |
| effrontery | impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve |
| ellipsis | omission of words from a text |
| elucidate | explain, enlighten |
| emetic | sustance causing vomiting |
| emolument | salary, compensation |
| encomiastic | praising, eulogistic |
| encomium | high praise, eulogy |
| endue | provide with some quality, endow |
| engender | cause, produce |
| enjoin | command, order, forbid |
| epaulet | ornament worn on the shoulder |
| epigram | witty thought or saying |
| equable | tranquil, steady, uniform |
| errant | wandering |
| estimable | workth of esteem |
| evince | show clearly |
| excoriate | scold with biting harshness, strip the skin off |
| execrable | very bad |
| execrate | curse, express abhorrence for |
| exegesis | explanation, esp for biblical passages |
| exiguous | small, minute |
| expatiate | talk at length |
| expiate | make amends for |
| explicate | explain, interpret, clarify |
| expository | explanatory, serving to explain |
| expostulation | protest |
| expunge | cancel, remove |
| extemporaneous | not planned impromtu |
| extenuate | weaken, mitigate |
| extirpate | root up |
| extradition | surrender of prisoner by one state to another |
| facetious | joking, humorous |
| factitious | sham, artificial |
| factotum | handyman |
| fallacious | false, misleading |
| fastidious | difficult to please, squeamish |
| fatuous | brainless, inane, foolish, smug |
| febrile | feverish |
| feckless | feeble and ineffective, careless and irresponsible |
| fell | cruel, deadly |
| feral | not domestic, wild |
| fiat | command, authorization |
| flout | reject, mock, show contempt for |
| foible | weakness, slight fault |
| foist | insert improperly, palm off |
| foment | stir up, instigate |
| forbearance | patience |
| forswear | renounce, abandon |
| forthright | straightforward |
| fractious | unruly, disobedient, irritable |
| fritter | waste |
| froward | stubbornly contrary, obstinantly disobedient |
| fugitive | fleeting or transitory, roving |
| fulminate | denounce thunderously, explode |
| fulsome | disgustingly excessive |
| functionary | official |
| gainsay | deny |
| gamut | entire range |
| garner | gather, store up |
| garrulous | loquacious, wordy, talkative |
| germane | pertinent, bearing upon the case at hand |
| gibe | mock |
| glutinous | sticky, viscous |
| gratis | free |
| grouse | complain, fuss |
| gull | hoodwink, trick |
| hackneyed | commonplace, trite |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful |
| hale | healthy |
| hegemony | dominance, especially of one nation over others |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion so as to be airtight, obscure and mysterious, occult |
| hoary | white with age |
| homily | semon, serious warning |
| hortatory | encouraging, exhortive |
| hubris | arrogance, excessive self conceit |
| ignobloe | unworthy, not noble |
| ignominy | deep disgrace, shame or dishonr |
| imbibe | drink in |
| immolate | offer as a sacrifice |
| immure | shut up in confinement, imprison |
| impalpable | imperceptible, intangible |
| impassive | without feleing, stoical |
| impecunious | without money |
| impenitent | not repentant |
| imperious | domineering, haughty |
| impetuous | violent, rash, hasty |
| impolitic | not wise |
| importunate | urging, demanding |
| importune | beg persistently |
| imprecation | curse |
| improvident | thriftless |
| imprudent | lacking caution |
| impugn | dispute or contradict |
| impuissance | powerlessness, feebleness |
| impunity | freedom from punishment or harm |
| impute | attribute, ascribe |
| inalienable | not to be taken away, nontransferable |
| inane | silly, senseless |
| inchoate | recently begun, rudimentary, elementary |
| incipient | beginning, in an early stage |
| inclement | stormy, unkind |
| incontinent | lacking self restraint |
| inculcate | teach |
| incursion | temporary invasion |
| indelible | not able to be eased |
| indemnify | make secure against loss, compensate for loss |
| indices | signs, indications |
| indigence | poverty |
| indigent | poor, destitute |
| indite | write, compose |
| indubitable | unable to be doubted |
| inductive | pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general |
| inenriated | habitually drunk, |
| ineffable | unutterable, cannot be expressed with speech |
| ineffectual | not effective, weak |
| ineluctable | irresistible, not to be escaped |
| inexorable | relentless, unyielding |
| infraction | violation |
| ingratiate | become popular with |
| inimical | unfriendly, hostile, harmful, detrimental |
| inimitable | matchless, not able to be imitated |
| iniquitous | wicked, immoral |
| inordinate | unrestrained, excessive |
| inscrutable | impenetrable, mysterious |
| insipid | lacking in flavor, dull |
| insolvent | brankrupt, lacking money to pay |
| insouciant | indifferent, without concern or care |
| insularity | narrow mindedness, isolation |
| insuperable | unbeatable |
| interdict | prohibit, forbid |
| interloper | intruder |
| interminable | endless |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| intimate | hint |
| intractable | unruly, stubbon, unyielding |
| intransigence | refusal of any compromise, stubbornness |
| inundate | overwhelm, flood, submerge |
| inured | accustomed, hardened |
| invalidate | weaken, destroy |
| invective | abuse |
| inveigh | denounce |
| inveigle | lead astry, wheedle |
| inveterate | deeprooted, habitual |
| invidious | designed to create ill will or envy |
| isthmus | narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land |
| itinerant | wandering, traveling |
| jingoist | extremely aggressive and militant patriot, warlike chauvinist |
| junket | trip, esp one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense |
| junta | group of persons joined in political intrigue |
| ken | range of knowledge |
| labile | likely to change, unstable |
| lachrymose | producing tears |
| lackadaisical | lacking purpose or zest, halfhearted, languid |
| laconic | brief and to the point |
| lambaste | beat, thrash verbally or physically |
| larder | pantry, place where food is kept |
| largess | generous gift |
| lassitude | languor, weariness |
| latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| libel | defamatory statement, act of writing something that smears a person's character |
| libertine | decauched person |
| lien | legal claim on a property |
| ligneous | like wood |
| limn | draw, outline, describe |
| limpid | clear |
| litany | supplicatory prayer |
| litigation | lawsuit |
| litotes | understatement for emphasis |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| macerate | soften by soaking in liquid, waste away' |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots |
| maculated | spotted, stained |
| madrigal | pastoral song |
| maelstorm | whirlpool |
| magnate | person of prominence or influence |
| magniloquent | boastful, pompous |
| maladroit | clumsy, bungling |
| malapropism | comic misuse of a word |
| malediction | curse |
| malefactor | evildoer, criminal |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing |
| malingerer | one who feigns illness to escape duty |
| malodorous | foul smelling |
| mannered | affected, not natural |
| manumit | emancipate, free from bondage |
| marshal | put in order |
| martial | warlike |
| masticate | chew |
| maudlin | effusively sentimental |
| mawkish | mushy and gushy |
| mealymouthed | indirect in speech, hypocritical, evasive |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing, melodious |
| mendacious | lying |
| mendicant | beggar |
| mercurial | capricious, changing, fickle |
| meretricious | flashy, tawdry |
| mete | measure, distribute |
| meteoric | swift, momentarily brilliant |
| mettle | courage, spirit |
| milieu | environment, means of expression |
| militate | work against |
| minatory | menacing, threatening |
| minutiae | petty details |
| mire | entangle, stick in swampy ground |
| misadventure | ill luck, mischance |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| misapprehension | error, misunderstanding |
| missive | letter |
| modicum | limited quantity |
| mollycoddle | pamper, indulge excessively |
| moratorium | legal delay of payment |
| mordant | biting, sarcastic, stinging |
| mores | conventions, moral standards, customs |
| mote | small speck |
| mountebank | charlatan, boastful pretender |
| mulct | defraud a person of something |
| multifarious | varied, greatly diversified |
| munificent | very generous |
| mutability | ability to change in form, fickleness |
| myopic | nearsighted, lacking foresight |
| myraid | very large number |
| nadir | lowest point |
| nascent | incipient, coming into being |
| natty | neatly or smartly dressed |
| neologism | new or newly coined word or phrase |
| nepotism | favortism |
| nettle | annoy, vex |
| nicety | precision, minute distinction |
| niggardly | meanly stingy, parsimonious |
| niggle | spend too much time on minor points, carp |
| noisome | foul smelling, unwholesome |
| nominal | in name only, trifling |
| nonplus | bring to a half by confusion, perplex |
| nostrum | questionable medicine |
| nubile | marriageable |
| nugatory | futile, worthless |
| numismatist | person who collects coins |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obeisance | bow |
| obfuscate | confuse, muddle |
| oblique | indirect, slanting |
| obloquy | slander, disgrace, infamy |
| obsequious | slavishly attentive, servile |
| obsequy | funeral ceremony |
| obstreperous | boisterous, noisy |
| obviate | make unnecessary, get rid of |
| occlude | shut, close |
| odious | hateful, vile |
| odium | detestation, hatefulness, disrepute |
| officious | meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering one's services |
| onerous | burdensome |
| onus | burden, responsibility |
| opprobrium | infamy, vilification |
| oratorio | dramatic poem set to music |
| ordination | ceremony conferring holy orders |
| ornithologist | scientific student of birds |
| ostensible | apparent, professed, pretended |
| outstrip | surpass, outdo |
| palimpsest | parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased |
| palpable | tangible, easily perceptible |
| paltry | trifling, petty, insignificant |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| pariah | social outcast |
| parlance | language, idiom |
| paroxysm | fit or attack of pain or laughter or rage |
| partisan | one sided, prejudiced, committed to a party |
| pastiche | imitation of another's sthyle in musiocal composition or in writing |
| patina | green crust on old bronze works, tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| patois | local or provinvial dialect |
| patrician | noble, aristocratic |
| paucity | scarcity |
| peccadillo | slight offense |
| pecuniary | pertaining to money |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| pedagogy | teaching, art of education |
| pedant | scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities |
| pedantic | showing off learning, bookish |
| pedestrian | ordinary, unimaginative |
| pejorative | negative in connotation, having a belittling effect |
| pellucid | transparent, limpid, easy to understand |
| penchant | strong inclination, liking |
| penumbra | partial shadow |
| peregination | journey |
| peremptory | demanding and leaving no choice |
| perfidious | treacherous, disloyal |
| perfunctory | superficial, not thorough, lacking interest |
| perigee | point of moon's orbit when it is nearest to earth |
| perpatetic | walking about, moving |
| perjury | false testimony while under oath |
| pernicious | very destructive |
| perpration | conclusion of an oration |
| perquisite | any gain above stipulated salary |
| perspicacious | having insight, penetrating, astute |
| perspicuity | clearness of expression, freedom from ambiguity |
| perspicuous | painly expressed |
| pert | impertinent, forward |
| pertinacious | stubborn, persistant |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| pestilential | causing plague, baneful |
| petulant | touchy, peevish |
| pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition, selfrighteous, hypocritical |
| philatelist | stamp collector |
| philistine | narrow minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain |
| philology | study of language |
| phlegmatic | calm, not easily disturbed |
| piecemeal | one part at a time, gradually |
| pillory | punish by placing in a wooden frame, subject to criticism and ridicule |
| pinion | restrain |
| piquant | pleasantly tart tasting, stimulating |
| piscatorial | pertaining to fishing |
| platitude | trite remark, commonplace statement |
| plenary | complete, full |
| pluck | courage |
| plumb | examine critically in order to understand, measure depth, vertical |
| plutocracy | society ruled by the wealthy |
| polemical | aggressive in verbal attack, disputatious |
| politic | expedient, prudent, well devised |
| polity | form of government of nation or state |
| polyglot | speaking several languages |
| pontifical | pertaining to a bishop or pope, pompous or pretentious |
| portend | foretell, presage |
| portent | sign, omen, forewarning |
| posterity | descendants, future generations |
| potentate | monarc h, sovereign |
| poultice | soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body |
| practicable | feasible |
| precept | practical rule guiding conduct |
| precipitate | rash, premature, hasty, sudden, throw headlong, hasten |
| precipitous | steep, overhasty |
| preclude | make impossible, eliminate |
| predilection | partiality, preference |
| preeminent | outstanding, superior |
| preempt | head off, forestall by actinf fist, appropriate for oneself, supplant |
| prefactory | introductory |
| prelate | church dignitary |
| premise | assumption, postulate |
| premonitory | serving to warn |
| preponderance | superiority of power or quantity |
| presage | foretell |
| prescience | ability to foretell the future |
| prevaricate | lie |
| primogeniture | seniority by birth |
| privation | hardship, want |
| probity | uprightness, incorruptibility |
| proclivity | inclination, natural tendency |
| prodigal | wasteful, reckless with money |
| prodigious | marvelous, enormous |
| profligate | diffipated, wasteful, wildly immoral |
| prognosticate | predict |
| prolixity | tedious wordiness, verbosity |
| promiscusous | mixed indiscriminately, haphazard, irregular |
| promontory | headland |
| promulgate | proclaim a doctrine or law, make known by official publication |
| propensity | natural inclination |
| prophylactic | used to prevent disease |
| propinquity | nearness, kinship |
| propitiate | appease |
| propitious | favorable, fortunate, advantageous |
| propound | put forth for analysis |
| propulsive | driving forward |
| prosaid | dull and unimaginative, matter of fact, factual |
| proscenium | part of stage in front of curtain |
| proscribe | ostracize, branish, outlaw |
| proselytize | induce someone to convert to a religion or belief |
| prosody | the art of versification |
| protean | versatile, able to take on many forms |
| protract | prolong |
| proturberance | protrusion, bulge |
| provenance | origin or source of something |
| provender | dry food, fodder |
| privident | displaying foresight, thrifty, preparing for emergencies |
| provisional | tentative |
| proviso | stipulation |
| proxy | authorized agent |
| prurient | having or causing lustful thoughts and desires |
| puerile | childish |
| pugilist | boxer |
| pugnacity | combativeness, disposition to fight |
| puissant | powerful, strong, potent |
| pulchritude | beauty, comeliness |
| punctilious | stressing niceties of conduct or form, minutely attentive to fine points |
| pundit | authority on a subject, learned personm exoert |
| punitive | punishing |
| purchase | firm grasp or footing |
| purport | intention, meaning |
| purported | alleged, claimed, reputed or rumored |
| purveyor | furnisher of foodstuffs, caterer |
| pusillanimous | cowardly, fainthearted |
| putative | supposed, reputed |
| quaff | drink with relish |
| qualified | limited, restricted |
| quandary | dilemma |
| quarry | victim, object of a hunt |
| quash | subdue, crush, squash |
| quay | dock, landing place |
| quibble | minor objection or complint |
| quiscent | at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment |
| quip | taunt |
| quisling | traitor who aids invadors |
| quixotic | idealistic but impratical |
| quizzical | teasing, bantering, mocking |
| quorum | number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| quotidian | daily, commonplace, customary |
| raiment | clothing |
| rakish | stylish, sporty |
| rampart | defensive mound of earth |
| ramshackle | rickety, falling apart |
| rancor | bitterness, hatred |
| rankle | irritate, fester |
| rapacious | excessively grasping, plundering |
| rapport | emotional closeness, harmony |
| rarefied | mede less dense |
| ratiocination | reasoning, act of drawing conclusion from premises |
| ravel | rall apart into tangles, unravel or untwist, entangle |
| rebus | puzzle in which pictures stand for words |
| recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority, unruly |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime |
| recondite | abstruse, profound, secret |
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble |
| recriminaton | countercharges |
| recumbent | reclining, lying down completely or in part |
| redolent | fragrant, odorous, suggestive of an odor |
| redoubtable | formidable, causing fear |
| redress | remedy, compensation |
| refectory | dining hall |
| refractory | stubborn, unmanageable |
| refulgent | brightly shining, gleaming |
| regale | entertain |
| rejoinder | retort, comeback, reply |
| relegate | banish to an inferior position |
| remiss | negligent |
| remonstrance | protest, objection |
| remunerative | compensating, rewarding |
| renege | deny, go back on |
| repartee | clever reply |
| repast | meal, feast, banquet |
| repine | fret, complain |
| replete | filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed, abundantly supplied |
| repository | storehouse |
| reprieve | temporary stay |
| reprisal | retaliation |
| reprise | repeat performance |
| reprobate | person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency |
| reprobation | severe disapproval |
| reprove | censure, rebuke |
| repudiate | disown, disavow |
| repugnance | loathing |
| requite | repay, revenge |
| residue | balance |
| respite | interval of relief, time for rest, delay in punishment |
| resplendent | dazzling, glorious, brilliant |
| restitution | reparation |
| restive | restlessly impatient, obstinately resisting control |
| resumption | taking up again, recommencement |
| reticent | reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence |
| retinue | following, attendants |
| retiring | shy, modest |
| retrench | cut down, economize |
| retroactive | taking effect before its enactment or imposition |
| reverie | daydream, musing |
| revile | attack with abusive language, vilify |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner |
| ribald | wanton, profane |
| rife | abundant, current |
| rigor | severity |
| rile | irritate, muddy, vex |
| roil | to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment, to disturb |
| rostrum | platform for speech making, pulpit |
| rote | repetition |
| rout | stampede, drive out |
| rue | mourn, regret, lament |
| runic | mysterious, set down in an ancient alphabet |
| rusticate | banish to the country, dwell in the country |
| saccharine | cloyingly sweet |
| sacrosanct | most sacred, inviolable |
| sagacious | perceptive, shrewd, having insight |
| salacious | lascivious, lustful |
| salient | prominent |
| sallow | yellow, sickly in color |
| salutary | tending to improve, beneficial, wholesome |
| sanctimonious | displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness |
| sanguine | cheerful, hopeful |
| sap | diminish, undermine |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| savant | scholar |
| scintilla | shread, least bit |
| scad | great quantity |
| scotch | stamp out, thwart, hinder |
| scruple | fret about, hesitate, for ethical reasons |
| scurrilous | obscene, indecent |
| scurvy | despicable, contemptible |
| scuttle | sink |
| seamy | sordid, unwholesome |
| secession | withdrawl |
| secrete | hide away or cache, produce and release a substance into an organism |
| sedition | resistance to authority, insubordination |
| sedulous | diligent |
| seemly | proper, appropriate |
| seine | net for catching fish |
| sententious | terse, concise, aphoristic |
| sere | parched, dry |
| shunt | turn aside, divert, sidetrack |
| shyster | lawyer using questionable methods |
| sibylline | phophetic, oracular |
| sidereal | relating to the stars |
| simper | smirk, smile affectedly |
| sinecure | well paid position with little responsibility |
| sinuous | winding, bending in and out, not morally honest |
| skinflint | stingy person, miser |
| skulduggery | dishonest behavior |
| slag | residue from smelting metal, dross, waste matter |
| slake | quench, sate |
| sleeper | something originally of little value or importance athat in time becomes very valuable |
| slovenly | untidy, careless in work habits |
| sluice | artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water |
| sojourn | temporary stay |
| solace | comfort in trouble |
| solder | repair or make whole by using a metal alloy |
| solecism | construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically |
| solicitous | worried, concerned |
| solstice | point at which the sun is farthest from the equator |
| solvent | able to pay all debts |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| somnolent | half asleep |
| sonorous | resonant |
| sophist | teacher of philosophy, quibbler, employer of fallacious reasoning |
| sophistry | seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning |
| sophomoric | immature, half baked, like a sophomore |
| soporific | sleep causing, marked by sleepiness |
| spat | squabble, minor dispute |
| spate | sudden flood |
| specious | seemingly reasonable for incorrect, misleading |
| spoonerism | accidental transposition of sounds in successive words |
| spry | vigorously active, nimble |
| spurious | false, counterfeit, forged, illogical |
| staid | sober, sedate |
| stalwart | strong, brawny, steadfast |
| stanch | check flow of blood |
| statute | law enacted by the legislature |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stilted | bombastic, stiffly pompous |
| stint | be thrifty, set limits, supply, allotted amount, assigned portion of work |
| stipple | paint or draw with dots |
| stipulate | make express conditions, specify |
| stodgy | stuffy, boringly conservative |
| stolid | dull, impassive |
| stricture | critical comments, severe and adverse criticism |
| strident | loud and harsh, insistent |
| stringent | binding, rigid |
| stultify | cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent, frustrate or hinder |
| stygian | gloomy, hellish, deathly |
| stymie | present an obstacle, stump |
| sauvity | urbanity, polish |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| subjective | occurring or taking place within the mind, unreal |
| subjugate | conquer, bring under control |
| suborn | persuade to act unlawfully |
| subpeona | writ summoning a witness to appear |
| subsidiary | subordinate, secondary |
| substantiate | establish by evidence, verify, support |
| subsume | include, encompass |
| subversive | tending to overthrow, destructive |
| succor | aid, assist, comfort |
| sumptuous | lavish, rich |
| sunder | separate, part |
| sundry | various, several |
| superannuated | retired or disqualified because of age |
| supercilious | arrogant, condescending, patronizing |
| supererogatory | superfluous, more than needed or demanded |
| supernumerary | person or thing in excess of what is necessary, extra |
| supine | lying on back |
| supplant | replace, usurp |
| suppliant | entreating, beseeching |
| supplicate | petition humbly, pray to grant a favor |
| supposititisou | assumed, counterfeit, hypothetical |
| surfeit | satiate, stuff, indulge to excess in anything |
| surmount | overcome |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |
| sycophant | servile flatterer, bootlicker, yes man |
| syllogism | logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion, deceptive or specious argument |
| sylvan | pertaining to the woods, rustic |
| synoptic | providing a general overview, summary |
| tacit | understood, not put into words |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |
| tautological | needlessly repetitious |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy |
| teetotalism | practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drink |
| temerity | boldness, rashness |
| tempestuous | stormy, impassioned, violent |
| temporize | act evasively to gain time, avoid committing oneself |
| tenatious | holding fast |
| tenacity | firmness, persistence |
| tendentious | having an aim, biased, designed to further a cause |
| tender | offer, extend |
| tenet | doctrine, dogma |
| tenuous | thin, rare, slim |
| tepid | lukewarm |
| testator | maker of a will |
| thrall | slave, bondage |
| throttle | strangle |
| tiller | handle used to move boat's rudder |
| timorous | fearful, demonstrating fear |
| tipple | drink frequently |
| titter | nervous laugh |
| titular | having the title of an office without the obligations |
| tome | large volume |
| torpor | lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy |
| torrid | passionate, hot or scorching |
| tortuous | winding, full of curves |
| touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of fold alloys, criterion |
| tout | publicize, praise excessively |
| tract | pamphlet, a region of indefinite size |
| tractable | docile, easily managed |
| traduce | expose to slander |
| transcendent | surpassing, exceeding ordinary limits, superior |
| transfigure | transform outwardly, usually for th ebetter, change in form or aspect |
| transgression | violation of a law, sin |
| transpire | be revealed, happen |
| transport | strong emotion |
| travail | painful physical or mental labor, drudgery, torment |
| traverse | go through or across |
| travesty | harshly distorted imitation, parody, debased likeness |
| tremulous | trembling, wavering |
| trenchant | forceful and vigorous, cutting |
| tribulation | distress, suffering |
| troth | pledge of good faith especially in betrothal |
| truculence | aggressiveness, ferocity |
| tryst | meeting |
| turbid | muddy, having the sediment |
| tureen | deep dish for serving soup |
| turncoat | traitor |
| turpitude | depravity |
| tutelary | protective, pertaining to a guardianship |
| tyro | beginning, novice |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere, omnipresent |
| umbrage | resentment, anger, sense of injury or insult |
| unassailable | not subject to question, not open to attack |
| unassuaged | unsatisfied, not soothed |
| uncanny | strange, mysterious |
| unconscionable | unscupulous, excessive |
| uncouth | outlandish, clumsy, boorish |
| unction | the act of anointing with oil |
| unctuous | oily, bland, insincerely suave |
| undermine | weaken, sap |
| unequivocal | plain, obvious |
| unfrock | to strip a priest or minister of church authority |
| unguent | ointment |
| unmitigated | unrelieved or immoderate, absolute |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous, not blatant |
| unprepossessing | unattractive |
| untenable | indefensible, not able to be maintained |
| untoward | unfortunate or unlucky, adverse, unexpected |
| untrammeled | without limits or restrictions, unrestrained |
| unwitting | unintentional, not knowing |
| unwonted | unaccustomed |
| upbraid | severely scold, reprimand |
| uproarious | marked by commotion, extremely funny, very noisy |
| upshot | outcome |
| urbane | suave, refined, elegant |
| usury | lending money at illegal rates of interest |
| uxorious | excessively devoted to one's wife |
| vagary | caprice, whim |
| vainglorious | boastful, excessively conceited |
| valedictory | pertaining to farewell |
| vanguard | forerunners, advance forces |
| vapid | dull and unimaginative, insipid and flavorless |
| vaunted | boasted, bragged,highly publicized |
| venal | capable of being bribed |
| venial | forgivable, trivial |
| veracious | truthful |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| verdant | green, lush in vegetation |
| verdigris | green coating on copper that has been exposed to the weather |
| verisimilar | probable or likely, having the appearance of truth |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth, likelihood |
| veritable | actual, being truly so, not false or imaginary |
| verity | quality of being true, lasting truth or principle |
| vernal | pertaining to spring |
| verve | enthusiasm, liveliness |
| viand | food |
| vicissitude | change of fortune |
| victuals | food |
| vilify | slander |
| vindictive | out for revenge, malicious |
| visceral | felt in one's inner organs |
| viscid | adhesive, gluey |
| vitiate | spoil the effect of, make inoperative |
| vitreous | pertaining to or resembling glass |
| vitriolic | corrosive, sarcastic |
| vituperative | abusive, scolding |
| vivacious | lively or animated, sprightly |
| vivisection | act of dissecting living animals |
| vociferous | clamorous, noisy |
| volition | act of making a conscious choice |
| voluble | fluent, glib, talkative |
| vouchsafe | guarantee |
| waffle | speak equivovally about an issue |
| waggish | mischievous, humorous, tricky |
| wangle | wiggle out, fake |
| warranted | justified, authorized |
| warranty | assurance by seller |
| warren | tunnels in which rabbits live, crowded conditions in which people live |
| wastrel | profligate |
| wax | increase, grow |
| welter | turmoil, bewildering jumble, wallow |
| whit | smallest speck, shred, tiny bit |
| whorl | ring of leaves around stem |
| winnow | sift, separate good parts from bad |
| winsome | agreeable, gracious, engaging |
| witticism | witty saying, wisecrack |
| wont | custom, habitual procedure |
| writ | written command issued by a court |
| wry | twisted, humourous twist |
| yen | longing, urge |
| yoke | join together, unite |
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