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English Vocab ALL
Final's study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous |
| ambivalent | having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to the course of action |
| angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt |
| arrogant | overbearing assuming; insolently proud |
| aversion | strong disinclination, disliking |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| disdain | intense dislike |
| disparage | too degrade |
| disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank or degree |
| embellish | to decorate or to make beautiful with ornamentation |
| engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| innocuous | harmless, producing no injury |
| insipid | boring and stupid |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow |
| laud | to praise, to extol |
| obscure | difficult to see, vague |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow |
| reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to speak |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| serene | calm, placid |
| subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed, an overflow |
| taciturn | quiet, not verbose |
| antithesis | a direct opposite, a contrast |
| ascend | to move upward, to rise from a lower station |
| austere | strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic |
| autonomous | independent, self-contained |
| banal | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed |
| benign | not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial |
| capricious | changing, suddenly fickle |
| dawdle | to waste time, to spend time idly, |
| defamation | act of harming or ruining another's reputation |
| esoteric | understood by only a select few |
| exacerbate | to aggravate, to irritate |
| extol | to praise, to glorify |
| fastidious | reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme |
| furtive | secret in an underhanded way, stealthy |
| gregarious | sociable and outgoing |
| hypocrite | one who is insincere or decietful |
| innate | existing from birth, inborn |
| lethargic | sluggish |
| melancholy | depressing of spirits |
| opaque | not transparent |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity |
| reprove | to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| tranquil | peaceful, calm |
| venerate | to honor, to revere |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| affable | friendly, courteous, amiable |
| audacity | excessive boldness |
| contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant |
| credulous | believing on site evidence, gullible |
| depravity | moral corruption a wicked or perverse act |
| deprecate | to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval |
| didactic | instructive, designed to teach |
| dormant | inactive, sleeping |
| enigmatic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling |
| erudite | scholarly |
| exotic | foreign, unfamiliar |
| fuse | to mix or to join |
| immutable | unchanging |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed or improved |
| loathe | to detest |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile |
| nullify | to cause not to be in effect, to negate |
| pacifistic | opposed to war or use of force |
| pretentious | making an extravagant outward show, self-important |
| prologue | introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work, introductory action |
| recant | to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or believe, revoke |
| servile | overly submissive |
| trepidation | fear, trembling, agiation |
| vilify | to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against |
| aesthetic | relating to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | apart, indifferent |
| archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
| assuage | to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
| belie | to contradict to give a false impression |
| contentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate, | to weaken, to enfeeble |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife |
| dissemination | the act of spreading widely; scattering |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
| euphemism | substitution of an offensive term for one that is inoffensive |
| gluttonous | greedy for food and drink |
| mundane | ordinary, commonplace |
| ominous | threatening |
| petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self importance, bombastic |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| trivia | insignificant matters |
| verbose | wordy, very talkative |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; hateful |
| volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |
| acrimonious | caustic |
| ameliorate | to make better, to relieve, to improve |
| amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggesting, tractable, malleable |
| amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form |
| buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
| cajole | to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
| efface | to erase, to wear away |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| ferocity | savagery |
| flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
| haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
| impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
| indolence | laziness |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious |
| languid | slow, sluggish, listless weak |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| oblique | slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading |
| opulence | wealth, affluence, abundance |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing |
| perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest |
| antiquated | obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable |
| arable | fit for plowing, tillable |
| ascendancy | domination; growing power |
| atrophy | to waste away, to wither |
| clandestine | secret |
| conciliate | to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship |
| cursory | superficial, casual, hastily done |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| garrulous | talkative, rambling |
| impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| levity | excessive frivolity, flippancy |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
| paradoxical | something that appears false or contradictory |
| perjury | false testimony under oath |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity |
| sycophant | a self-serving flatterer, a brown noser |
| vacillating | changing, fluctuating |
| vivid | bright, distinct, and clear |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe |
| accolade | praise, an award |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury |
| bequeath | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will |
| charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible |
| expunge | to remove, to erase |
| guile | deceitfulness, duplicity |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| insularity | qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness or opinion |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
| poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert, watchful |
| voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |
| acquiesce | to give in, to comply |
| affinity | a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship |
| blasphemous | irreverent, profane |
| buttress | a support or prop |
| circumspect | careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent |
| corroboration | confirmation |
| deplete | to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value |
| despotic | ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical |
| emaciated | very thin, wasting away |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment and not on theory |
| extraneous | not essential or vital |
| fallow | inactive, plowed but not sowed |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| irascible | irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross |
| laconic | using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| maganimity | having a lofty, generous and courageous spirit |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| proliferation | an increase in number, multiplication |
| scrupulous | very principled, very careful and conscientious |
| sublime | exalted, noble, uplifting |
| surreptitious | secret, clandestine, stealthy |
| veracity | devotion to the truth |
| zeal | enthusiasm, fevor |
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