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Vocab
For exam!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| asbtemious | moderate |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend |
| accolade | Commendation |
| acerbic | bitter |
| acrimonious | sarcastic |
| acuity | Sharpness |
| acute | perceptive |
| adherent | supporter |
| adjunct | attachment |
| admonish | caution |
| adroit | skillful |
| adulation | excessive flattery |
| adulterate | pollute |
| advocate | support |
| aesthete | person who cultivates beauty or art |
| aggrandize | amplify |
| alacrity | speed |
| altruistic | charitable |
| ambivalence | doubt |
| ambulatory | able to walk |
| ameliorate | make better |
| amiable | friendly |
| amorphous | without structure |
| animate | energise |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| antediluvian | ancient |
| antipathy | dislike |
| apathy | lack of concern |
| aperture | gap |
| apocryphal | false |
| apotheosis | canonization |
| appease | satisfy |
| approbatory | expressing approval |
| arable | suitable for cultivation |
| arrogant | feeling superior to other people |
| ascetic | strict |
| assuage | ease |
| atrophy | degenerate |
| audacity | boldness |
| authoritarian | person who likes dictator |
| avarice | extreme desire for wealth |
| aviary | large enclosure confining birds |
| avouch | Guarantee |
| avow | declare |
| baleful | evil |
| balm | ointment for pain |
| banal | ordinary |
| bane | curse |
| barbarity | inhuman act |
| barren | infertile |
| befuddle | confuse |
| belated | overdue |
| beleaguer | surround |
| belittle | tease |
| bemoan | express pain |
| bemused | preoccupied by a thought |
| bilk | defraud |
| blandishment | enticement |
| bliss | happiness |
| blithe | Happy |
| boisterous | Noisy |
| boorish | rude |
| brevity | briefness |
| broach | mention |
| buttress | support |
| cacophonous | harsh |
| callow | immature |
| candid | open |
| carouse | drink to excess |
| cease | stop |
| celerity | speed |
| censorious | critical |
| charlatan | fraud |
| chary | careful |
| chasten | punish |
| cherubic | sweet |
| chimerical | playful |
| chronic | typical |
| churlish | selfish |
| circuitous | roundabout |
| clamour | loud noise or complaint |
| clandestine | secret |
| clemency | mercy |
| cloister | religious place |
| coagulate | clot |
| coalesce | combine |
| coddle | spoil |
| coercion | force |
| cognate | related by blood |
| commensurate | of same size |
| compile | collect data |
| concomitant | occuring with someone else |
| concordance | agreement |
| confluence | union |
| confound | confuse |
| conglomerate | firm |
| conjugal | matrimonial |
| constrict | block |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| contrite | apologetic |
| conundrum | puzzle |
| convoke | assemble |
| copious | ample |
| corpulence | obesity |
| coterie | small group of people who share interests |
| crass | vulgar |
| credulous | naive |
| ctenoid | comblike |
| cuboid | having the shape of a cube |
| curmudgeon | cantankerous person |
| daub | blur |
| dawdle | procrastinate |
| dearth | shortage |
| debased | degenerate |
| decipher | translate |
| declivity | downward slope |
| decorum | polite behaviour |
| delectable | delicious |
| deleterious | destructive |
| delineate | outline |
| delusion | hallucination |
| demagouge | opportunist |
| denounce | reprove |
| depravity | corruption |
| deprecatory | disapproving |
| desecrate | defile |
| desist | stop |
| desolate | alone |
| despoil | rob |
| despot | dictator |
| diatribe | extreme |
| didactic | academic |
| diffidence | self doubt |
| dilatory | lazy |
| diligent | studious |
| diminution | decrease |
| disaffected | dissatisfied |
| disapprobiation | dislike |
| disband | disperse |
| discontent | unhappy |
| discursive | rambling |
| dishearten | depress |
| disinterment | removal of a body from a grave |
| disoblige | offend |
| disparge | abuse |
| dispassionate | calm |
| disputatious | quarrelsome |
| dissemble | mask |
| dissension | conflict |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| dissuade | hinder |
| distend | stretch |
| dither | turmoil |
| divination | forecast |
| dolt | fool |
| dubious | uncertain |
| duplicity | fraud |
| edify | educate |
| efface | cancel |
| effervescent | volatile |
| effigy | image |
| effrontery | nerve |
| egregious | glaring |
| elegiac | sad |
| elucidate | define |
| emanate | emit |
| emasculate | deprive of strength |
| embroil | involve |
| emcee | master of ceremonies |
| empathize | understand |
| emulate | try to equal |
| enervate | exhaust |
| engender | generate |
| enigmatic | mysterious |
| enmesh | involve |
| ennui | boredom |
| enthral | thrill |
| entrench | secure |
| ephemeral | temporary |
| epicure | person devoted to luxurious living |
| epithet | word used to describe a person |
| equillibrium | balance |
| equivocate | dodge |
| erudition | learning |
| escapade | unusual behaviour |
| esoteric | confidential |
| espouse | support |
| etheral | airy |
| eulogy | speech giving great tribute |
| euphonic | agreeable to the ear |
| evanscent | brief |
| exigent | urgent |
| exonerate | free from responsibility |
| exorcise | cast out evil spirits |
| expatriate | send into exile |
| expedite | speed up matters |
| expunge | erase |
| expurgate | delete |
| extemporaneous | spontaneous |
| extol | praise |
| extradite | transfer a person to another jurisdiction for possible prosecution for an alleged offense |
| extricate | remove |
| fallible | faulty |
| fallow | idle |
| fastidious | exacting |
| fathom | measure |
| fatuous | silly |
| fecund | fruitful |
| felicity | bliss |
| fetid | foul |
| fetter | restrict |
| fickle | erratic |
| fledgling | young person |
| flippant | light |
| florid | ruddy |
| flout | scorn |
| foible | weakness |
| forswear | forsake |
| fulsome | excessive |
| fume | gas |
| furtive | secretive |
| gambol | play |
| garble | confuse |
| garish | excessive |
| garner | collect |
| giddy | silly |
| goad | pressure |
| grandiloquence | welling language |
| grisly | scary |
| grovel | cringe |
| guile | cunning |
| guzzle | consume to excess |
| hackneyed | common |
| haggle | make a deal |
| hallow | make holy |
| hamper | frustrate |
| harbour | secure |
| hardy | sturdy |
| haughty | arrogant |
| hearten | encourage |
| hedge | surround |
| hedonism | excess |
| herald | announce |
| hiatus | gap |
| hilarity | enjoyment |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors |
| hoary | frosted |
| hyperbole | enhancement |
| iconoclasm | attack on traditional ideas |
| ignoramus | fool |
| immutable | unchanging |
| impecunious | poor |
| imperturbable | calm |
| impervious | airtight |
| impetuous | rash |
| impregnable | invulnerable |
| impromptu | spontaneous |
| improvident | rash |
| impugn | attack |
| inauspicious | unfavourable |
| inaudible | hard to hear |
| incipient | developing |
| incisive | broad in scope |
| incoherent | illogical |
| incongruous | inconsistent |
| incorrigible | incapable of reform |
| indecorous | inappropriate |
| indefatigable | persistent |
| indolence | sloth |
| inebriation | drunkeness |
| ingenuous | genuine |
| inimical | harmful |
| innocuous | dull |
| inscruptable | mysterious |
| insipid | dull |
| insolvent | bankrupt |
| intercede | negotiate |
| intonate | speak with particular tone |
| intractable | disobedient |
| intrinsic | natural |
| inveigh | abuse |
| inveterate | habitual |
| irascible | touchy |
| issue | discharge |
| jettison | eliminate |
| jollity | merriment |
| judicious | logical |
| juncture | joint |
| juxtapose | place side by side |
| kinetic | dynamic |
| kitsch | art of a pretentious but shallow nature |
| kiosk | a small structure used as a newsstand |
| knave | a dishonest |
| knotty | tangled |
| knoll | mound |
| kudos | credit for an achievement |
| labyrinth | network |
| lachrymose | tearful |
| laconic | concise |
| lamentation | moan |
| lampoon | mock |
| languish | decline |
| largess | gift |
| lassitude | fatigue |
| laudable | admirable |
| laxity | idleness |
| levity | lightness |
| linger | remain |
| lithe | flexible |
| loutish | idiotic |
| ludicrous | silly |
| lurid | horrifying |
| maladroit | unskilled |
| malapropism | inappropriate use of a word |
| malevolent | venomous |
| malinger | feign illness to escape work |
| marred | damaged |
| maudlin | overemotional |
| meander | twist |
| mendicant | beggar |
| meticulous | bravery |
| mince | chop |
| mire | mud |
| moribund | failing |
| motley | mixed |
| multifarious | multiple |
| mundane | boring |
| munificent | generous |
| nadir | lowest point |
| naive | childlike |
| nascent | beginning |
| nebulous | unclear |
| needle | provoke |
| nefarious | evil |
| nemesis | just punishment |
| neologism | newly coined phrase |
| noisome | noxious to health |
| noxious | harmful |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obsequious | servile |
| obviate | make unnecessary |
| odious | revolting |
| officious | meddlesome |
| opaque | dark |
| optimum | ideal |
| opulent | plentiful |
| ostentatious | showy |
| ostracize | isolate |
| palpable | noticeable |
| paltry | minor |
| panegyric | public compliment |
| paragon | model of excellence |
| pariah | misfit |
| parochial | restricted |
| parsimony | unusually excessive frugality |
| partisan | fan |
| pastiche | hodgepodge |
| paucity | shortage |
| peccadillo | small sin |
| pedantic | stuffy |
| peevish | irritable |
| pejorative | negative |
| percipient | able to perceive or see things as they actually are |
| perfidy | deliberate breach of faith |
| peripheral | outer |
| perspicacious | keen |
| philistine | barbarian |
| pique | irritate |
| pithy | brief |
| placid | sincere |
| plaintive | sad |
| platitude | trivial remark |
| plaudit | enthusiastic expression |
| pliable | flexible |
| poignant | intense |
| polemical | controversial |
| polyphony | music with two or more melodies blended together |
| porous | having holes |
| posthumous | arising after someone's death |
| potable | drinkable |
| prattle | gab |
| precocious | showing prematurement |
| precursor | forerunner |
| prescient | showing foresight |
| primeval | belonging to a primitive age |
| primordial | belonging to a primitive age |
| proclivity | tendency |
| procrastinate | postpone |
| prodigious | impressive |
| proficient | expert |
| progeny | offspring |
| prolific | fertile |
| prosaic | common |
| protean | taking many forms |
| protract | elongate |
| prudent | careful |
| puerile | childish |
| pugilism | eagerness to fight |
| pulchritude | beauty |
| pulverize | smash |
| quagmire | marsh |
| quandry | dilemma |
| querulous | testy |
| quibble | argue |
| quixotic | Romantic |
| rabid | sick |
| ramble | roam |
| rancorous | hostile |
| rarefy | makei thin |
| raucous | harsh |
| raze | level |
| reactionary | opposing progress |
| recalcitrant | disobedient |
| recant | take back |
| reconciliation | settlement |
| redundant | unnecessary |
| refractory | unmanagebale |
| refurbish | remodel |
| regimen | system |
| remedial | corrective |
| remuneration | wages |
| rend | rip |
| reprobate | degenerate |
| repudiate | disclaim |
| rescind | cancel |
| resilient | elastic |
| resonant | ringing |
| resplendent | intense |
| restive | nervous |
| restrospection | contemplation of past things |
| reverent | worshipful |
| ribald | lewd |
| rudiment | beginning |
| ruffian | cruel person |
| ruminate | think about |
| saccharine | sugary |
| savant | scholar |
| scanty | scarce |
| scoff | mock |
| sequester | isolate |
| soporific | hypnotic |
| spurious | false |
| spurn | defy |
| squalor | severe poverty |
| stratagem | plot |
| strident | harsh |
| strife | turmoil |
| stultify | inhibit |
| supercillious | proud |
| surfiet | excess |
| surly | rude |
| surreptitious | covert |
| svelte | slim |
| sybarite | someone devoted to luxury |
| sycophant | flatterer |
| taciturn | shy |
| tantamount | equivalent |
| taper | thin |
| tawdry | loud |
| temerity | audacity |
| tensile | ductile |
| tenuous | thin |
| tirade | angry speech |
| torpor | lethargy |
| trepidation | anxiety |
| truant | absent |
| turgid | swollen |
| turpitude | baseness |
| undulate | move in a wavy manner |
| unfathomable | puzzling |
| unkempt | messy |
| unscathed | unhurt |
| unweildy | awkward |
| upbraid | scold |
| upshot | end |
| vacillate | waver |
| variegated | multicoloured |
| vehement | intense |
| venerate | admire |
| veracity | truth |
| verbose | wordy |
| verdant | leafy |
| viable | living |
| vigilance | care |
| vilify | defame |
| virulent | toxic |
| vitriolic | caustic |
| vociferous | vocal |
| voluble | verbose |
| voluminous | huge |
| voracious | starving |
| vouchsafe | grant |
| wan | pale |
| waver | fluctuate |
| whet | sharpen |
| wistful | sad |
| woe | grief |
| writhe | twist |
| xenophobe | one who dislikes strangers |
| yeoman | ordinary person |
| yore | time long past |
| yowl | cry or howl |
| zealot | enthusiast |
| zenith | peak |
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