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Hart Vocabulary
Mrs Castillos' Freshman vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| astute | wise; shrewd; keen |
| arbitrary | randomly chosen; tyrannical |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| exemplary | serving as a model; outstanding |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant |
| florid | ruddy; reddish; flowery |
| benevolent | generous; charitable |
| compliance | readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements |
| lampoon | ridicule |
| relegate | banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| guile | deceit; wiliness; cunning |
| deprecate | express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| nurture | nourish; educate; foster |
| recluse | hermit; loner |
| laud | praise |
| lethargic | drowsy; dull |
| censure | blame; criticize |
| conciliatory | reconciling; soothing |
| irreproachable | blameless; impeccable |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency; different |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; non-representational |
| advocate | urge; plead for |
| soporific | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness |
| reticence | reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence |
| magnanimous | generous; great-hearted |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; domination |
| articulate | effective; distinct |
| apocryphal | untrue; made up |
| anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| cajole | coax; wheedle |
| scrupulous | conscientious; extremely thorough |
| sanction | approve; ratify |
| acquiesce | assent; agree without protesting |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion |
| fastidious | difficult to please; squeamish |
| adversary | opponent |
| ponderous | weighty; unwieldy |
| censorious | critical |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple |
| exhaustive | thoroughly; comprehensive |
| exonerate | acquit |
| bequeath | leave to someone by a will; hand down |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| haughtiness | pride; arrogance |
| vilify | slander |
| unkempt | disheveled; uncared for in appearance |
| pragmatic | practical; concerned with practical worth or impact of something |
| rebuff | snub; beat back |
| terse | concise; abrupt; pithy |
| profound | deep; not superficial; complete |
| concise | brief and compact |
| cursory | casual; hastily done |
| daunt | intimidate; frighten |
| credulity | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete |
| criterion | standard used in judging |
| cryptic | mysterious; hidden; secret |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from disparate sources |
| efface | rub out |
| disparity | difference; condition of inequality |
| instigate | urge; start; provoke |
| elaboration | addition of details; intricacy |
| eloquence | expressiveness; persuasive speech |
| duplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy |
| implication | something hinted at or suggested |
| extol | praise; glorify |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| philanthropist | lover of mankind; doer of good |
| perfunctory | superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care or enthusiasm |
| pervasive | pervading; spread throughout every part |
| brevity | conciseness |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| peripheral | marginal; outer |
| hypocritical | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving |
| hackneyed | commonplace; trite |
| flagrant | conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous |
| fanaticism | excessive zeal |
| elusive | evasive; baffling; hard to grasp |
| mitigate | appease; moderate |
| engender | cause; produce |
| emulate | imitate; rival |
| enigma | puzzle; mystery |
| esoteric | hard to understand; known only to a chosen few |
| gravity | seriousness |
| beguile | mislead or delude; pass time |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes |
| affirmation | positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath |
| adulation | flattery; admiration |
| expedient | suitable; practical |
| emaciated | thin and wasted |
| enervate | weaken |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
| embellish | adorn; ornament |
| intractable | unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
| insipid | lacking in flavor; dull |
| levity | lack of seriousness; lightness |
| dogmatic | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| divergent | differing; deviating |
| disperse | scatter |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| disparage | belittle |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| disinclination | unwillingness |
| indelible | not able to be erased |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| indolent | lazy |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| delineate | portray |
| piety | religious devotion; godliness |
| depose | dethrone; remove from office |
| diminution | lessening; reduction in size |
| lurid | wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome |
| innocuous | harmless |
| proximity | nearness |
| precocious | advanced in development |
| profusion | overabundance; lavish expenditure |
| pacifist | one opposed to force; antimilitarist |
| notoriety | disrepute; ill fame |
| inception | start; beginning |
| distend | expand; swell out |
| implicit | understood but not stated |
| disdain | view with scorn or contempt |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful |
| profane | violate; desecrate; treat unworthily |
| satirical | mocking |
| servile | slavish; cringing |
| incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to questions |
| quandary | dilemma |
| ingenious | clever; resourceful |
| indict | charge |
| ostentatious | showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention |
| venerate | revere |
| surreptitious | secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous; not blatant |
| succinct | brief; terse; compact |
| stagnant | motionless; stale; dull |
| torpor | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
| virtuoso | highly skilled artist |
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