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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABHOR (v.) | to strongly detest or dislike |
| ABSTEMIOUS (adj.) | sparing in food and drink |
| ABSTRACT (adj.) | theoretical, not concrete |
| ACQUIESCE (v.) | to agree with, to go along with |
| ADVERSARY (n.) | opponent or enemy |
| ADVOCATE (v. / n.) | to support / a supporter |
| ALLEVIATE (v.) | to relieve, to lessen |
| AMBIGUOUS (adj.) | unclear in meaning |
| AMBIVALENT (adj.) | torn between two conflicting emotions |
| AMORPHOUS (adj.) | lacking a definite shape or form |
| ANACHRONISTIC (adj.) | obsolete, outdated |
| ANECDOTE (n.) | a short story intended to instruct or amuse |
| ARBITRARY (adj.) | random, by chance |
| ARCHAIC (adj.) | outdated, obsolete, ancient |
| ARTICULATE (adj.) | skillful in the use of language, well |
| ASCENDANCY (n.) | the state of rising or ascending; domination |
| ASSENT (n. / v.) | agreement / to agree or consent |
| ASSIDUOUS (adj.) | hard working, diligent |
| ASTUTE (adj.) | smart, perceptive |
| AUGMENT (v.) | to increase in size, to swell |
| AUSPICIOUS (adj.) | favorable, fortunate, boding well for the future |
| AUSTERE (adj.) | stark, severely simple |
| AUTOCRATIC (adj.) | having total power, dictatorial |
| AUTONOMY (n.) | independence |
| AVARICIOUS (adj.) | greedy |
| AVUNCULAR (adj.) | having the qualities of an uncle |
| BEHEMOTH (n.) | something that is huge, gigantic |
| BENEFACTOR (n.) | one who provides financial support |
| BENEVOLENT (adj.) | kind, good |
| CANTANKEROUS (adj.) | ornery, agitated, mean |
| CASTIGATE (v.) | to scold severely, berate |
| CAUSTIC (adj.) | biting, scornful |
| CLICHE (n.) | an overused saying or expression |
| COLLOQUIAL (adj.) | pertaining to everyday language or speech |
| COMMEMORATE (v.) | to honor the memory of |
| COMPLACENT (adj.) | peaceful, easygoing |
| CONDONE (v.) | to allow something to happen, to give approval to a questionable act |
| CONFLAGRATION (n.) | a huge fire |
| CRYPTIC (adj.) | secretive, hidden, hard to understand |
| DEFINITIVE (adj.) | defining; held up as the ultimate example of something |
| DELINEATE (v.) | to mark with a line (or lines) |
| DESECRATE (v.) | to violate, to make impure, to defile |
| DESTITUTE (adj.) | extremely poor, poverty stricken |
| DETERRENT (n.) | something that prevents something from happening |
| DETRIMENTAL (adj.) | harmful |
| DEVIOUS (adj.) | tricky, crafty, unprincipled |
| DIATRIBE (n.) | a lengthy and accusatory speech |
| DIGRESS (v.) | to turn away from the main point, to get off track |
| DILATORY (adj.) | tending to delay |
| DIMINUTION (n.) | a decrease or diminishing |
| DISDAIN (v.) | contempt or scorn; bitter dislike |
| DIVERGE (v.) | to split or move apart |
| DOFF (v.) | to take off an item of clothing |
| DON (v.) | to put on an item of clothing |
| DRACONIAN (adj.) | extremely harsh, severe, oppressive |
| EBULLIENT (adj.) | extremely joyful |
| EDIFY (v.) | to instruct, to educate |
| EGREGIOUS (adj.) | extremely bad or mistaken |
| ELOQUENT (adj.) | well spoken, marked by expressive and persuasive speech |
| ELUSIVE (adj.) | hard to capture or grasp |
| EMISSARY (n.) | agent or messenger |
| ERUDITION (n.) | deep learning, scholarship |
| ESCHEW (v.) | to avoid |
| ETYMOLOGY (n.) | the study of word origins |
| EUPHEMISM (n.) | a pleasant way of saying something unpleasant |
| EVANESCENT (adj.) | vanishing quickly, fleeting |
| EXALTED (adj.) | holding a high position, greatly respected |
| EXEMPLARY (adj.) | serving as a good example |
| EXONERATE (v.) | to free from blame |
| EXPATRIATE (n.) | someone who leaves their native land to settle elsewhere |
| EXPEDITE (v.) | to quicken, hasten |
| EXTRANEOUS (adj.) | extra and unnecessary |
| EXTRICATE (v.) | to extract, free, disentangle, remove |
| FACILITATE (v.) | to make easier |
| FALLOW (adj.) | barren, uncultivated |
| FEASIBLE (adj.) | doable, possible, able to be accomplished |
| FLORID (adj.) | flowery |
| FOOLHARDY (adj.) | daring in a foolish way |
| FRIVOLOUS (adj.) | lacking in importance or seriousness |
| FURTIVE (adj.) | sneaky, hidden, stealthy |
| GERMANE (adj.) | pertinent, related to the point at hand |
| GLUTTON (n.) | habitual overeater |
| GRANDIOSE (adj.) | overly grand |
| GREGARIOUS (adj.) | sociable |
| GULLIBLE (adj.) | unquestioning, easily fooled |
| HIERARCHY (n.) | power structure |
| HYPERBOLE (n.) | exaggeration, overstatement |
| IDIOSYNCRASY (n.) | odd personality trait, quirk |
| IDOLATRY (n.) | worship of false idol(s) |
| IMMUTABLE (adj.) | unable to change or be changed |
| INCONGRUOUS (adj.) | not congruent, dissimilar |
| INCORRIGIBLE (adj.) | not able to be corrected, beyond redemption |
| INDIFFERENT (adj.) | making no difference, not caring one way or the other |
| INDOMITABLE (adj.) | unable to be defeated |
| INGENIOUS (adj.) | pertaining to a genius; very clever |
| INGENUOUS (adj.) | genuine, honest, open |
| INHERENT (adj.) | natural, innate; pertaining to the essential nature of something |
| INNOVATION (n.) | new development |
| INSURMOUNTABLE (adj.) | unable to be overcome |
| INTRACTABLE (adj.) | extremely stubborn, not able to be solved |
| INTREPID (adj.) | brave, fearless, lacking trepidation |
| INVOKE (v.) | to call upon |
| JOVIAL (adj.) | good natured, merry, given to joking |
| KINETIC (adj.) | pertaining to motion |
| LACONIC (adj.) | sparing in words |
| LAUD (v.) | to praise |
| LISTLESS (adj.) | lacking energy |
| LOQUACIOUS (adj.) | talkative |
| MALICE (n.) | evil intent |
| MELLIFLUOUS (adj.) | smoothflowing |
| MENDICANT (adj. / n.) | extremely poor and given to begging / a beggar |
| METICULOUS (adj.) | paying very close attention to detail |
| MISER (n.) | a person who is extremely stingy or cheap |
| MITIGATE (v.) | to lessen or moderate the severity of something |
| MNEMONIC (adj.) | pertaining to memory |
| MOLLIFY (v.) | to soothe, soften, pacify |
| MOROSE (adj.) | sad, gloomy |
| MYOPIC (adj.) | near sighted, lacking foresight |
| NOXIOUS (adj.) | harmful |
| NURTURE (v.) | to care for, to raise |
| OPAQUE (adj.) | impossible to see through |
| OPTIMISTIC (adj.) | having a positive outlook |
| PARSIMONY (n.) | stinginess, cheapness |
| PECUNIARY (adj.) | pertaining to money |
| PENURY (n.) | poverty |
| PERFIDIOUS (adj.) | treacherous, disloyal |
| PERPETUAL (adj.) | continuous, without end |
| PESSIMISM (n.) | a gloomy or negative outlook |
| PHILANTHROPIST (n.) | a person who donates large sums of money to charitable causes |
| PIECEMEAL (adj. / adv.) | bit by bit / in a gradual way |
| PINE (v.) | to miss, to long for, to yearn for |
| PLATITUDE (n.) | overused saying, trite remark |
| POSTERITY (n.) | future generations |
| POTENTATE (n.) | ruler, monarch, very powerful person |
| PRECOCIOUS (adj.) | characterized by early |
| development, advanced at an early age | |
| PRIVATION (n.) | a condition or result of deprivation or loss |
| PRODIGAL (adj.) | wasteful; reckless with money |
| PROFLIGATE (adj.) | reckless in spending |
| PROFOUND (adj.) | deep, deeply moving |
| PROPENSITY (n.) | tendency |
| PROTEGE (n.) | a person who is groomed for a position |
| PROVINCIAL (adj.) | pertaining to a province; narrow |
| PRUDENT (adj.) | wise, marked by good judgment |
| PUGNACIOUS (adj.) | combative, tending to fight |
| QUIESCENT (adj.) | quiet, dormant, temporarily inactive |
| RACONTEUR (n.) | a person who tells witty and amusing stories |
| RAMIFICATION (n.) | a branching out; a consequence of a problematic situation |
| RANCID (adj.) | foul, putrid, disgusting |
| RANCOR (n.) | anger, ill will |
| REBUFF (v.) | to snub, beat back |
| RECTIFY (v.) | to fix, correct |
| RECTITUDE (n.) | uprightness, moral virtue |
| REDOLENT (adj.) | fragrant, scented |
| REMEDIAL (adj.) | pertaining to a remedy |
| REMISS (adj.) | at fault, negligent |
| REMUNERATIVE (adj.) | resulting in monetary gain, profitable |
| REPARATIONS (n.) | money to be paid for injury or damage |
| REPLETE (adj.) | full of or filled with |
| REPRIMAND (v. / n.) | blame |
| REPROACH (n.) | blame, disapproval |
| RESCIND (v.) | to take back, recall, nullify, repeal |
| RESPITE (n.) | a brief break or rest |
| REVILE (v.) | to hate or detest |
| RHETORIC (n.) | skillful use of language, or just language in general |
| RIBALD (adj.) | vulgarly humorous, lewd, crude |
| ROBUST (adj.) | strong, hearty, vigorous |
| SCANT (adj.) | minimal |
| SCRUTINIZE (v.) | to examine closely (visually) |
| SEEMLY (adj.) | proper, suitable |
| SERPENTINE (adj.) | serpentlike, snake |
| SLUGGISH (adj.) | slow moving, hard to arouse |
| SOPHOMORIC (adj.) | of or pertaining to a sophomore; wise and foolish at the same time |
| STAID (adj.) | bland, boring |
| STRIDENT (adj.) | loud, harsh, shrill |
| SUBSIDIZE (v.) | to assist financially |
| SUBTLE (adj.) | not overt, nuanced, subject to fine distinctions |
| SUPERCILIOUS (adj.) | haughty, arrogant, overly proud |
| SUPERFLUOUS (adj.) | unnecessary, extraneous |
| SURREPTITIOUS (adj.) | secretive, stealthy |
| SYCOPHANT (n.) | brown |
| TACITURN (adj.) | quiet, reserved |
| TEMPETUOUS (adj.) | of or pertaining to a tempest or storm |
| TENACIOUS (adj.) | unyielding, forceful |
| TENET (n.) | a key belief or principle |
| TENTATIVE (adj.) | possible but subject to change, not definite |
| THEOLOGY (n.) | the study of religion |
| TIMOROUS (adj.) | timid, fearful |
| TIRADE (n.) | a lengthy and abusive verbal attack |
| TORPOR (n.) | lack of energy, listlessness |
| TRANSCEND (v.) | to surpass, go beyond |
| TRITE (adj.) | overused, unoriginal |
| TRUNCATE (v.) | to shorten, reduce |
| UTOPIA (n.) | a perfect place |
| VENERATE (v.) | to hold in high regard, to greatly respect, to revere |
| VERACITY (n.) | truthfulness |
| VERBOSE (adj.) | wordy |
| VERDANT (adj.) | lush with greenery |
| VILIFY (v.) | to make into or portray as a villain |
| VIRULENT (adj.) | poisonous, toxic |
| VOLATILE (adj.) | explosive; tending to evaporate quickly |
| WARY (adj.) | cautious |
| WANE (v.) | to decrease, diminish |
| WHIMSICAL (adj.) | fickle, changeable, moody |
| WISTFUL (adj.) | filled with regret and longing |
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