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Vocab Group #1
June 15 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aberration | the act of deviating from the normal or usual |
| Abstruse | hard to understand; recondite; esoteric |
| Aquiesce | to agree or comply without protest |
| Acrimonious | caustic; stinging; bitter |
| Admonish | to caution, advise, reprove, or scold |
| Anomoly | a deviation from the norm; and odd or peculiar contition or state |
| Antithesis | the direct opposite |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful authorship or authenticity; false, spurious |
| Arduous | laborious, strenuous, difficult |
| Assiduous | diligent, persevering |
| Auspicious | propitious, favorable, fortunate |
| Aver | to assert or affirm with confidence |
| Cajole | to persuade by flattery or promises; to coax, to wheedle |
| Capitulate | to give up or surrender |
| Chimera | a grotesque monster; a horrible imaginary creature |
| Clairvoyant | able to see what is not ordinarily visible |
| Brevity | Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing |
| Concise | using few words in speaking or writing |
| Laconic | using few words in speech |
| Pithy | brief and full of meaning and substance; concise |
| Quiescent | quiet; still; inactive |
| Reticent | not talking much; reserved |
| Succinct | clearly and briefly stated; concise |
| Taciturn | silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed |
| Terse | using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness |
| Bombastic | using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others |
| Circumlocution | speaking in circles; roundabout speech |
| Colloquial | pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
| Diffuse | spread out; not concise; wordy |
| Digress | to wander away from the subject or topic spoken about |
| Eloquence | Artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings |
| Garrulous | Talkative; loquacious |
| Grandiloquent | using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
| Loquacious | very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
| Prattle | to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
| Ramble | To talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction |
| Rant | To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave |
| Rhetorical | Relation to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; in sincere in expression |
| Verbose | using too many words; wordy; long-winded |
| Voluble | talking a great deal with ease; glib |
| Arrogant | overbearing; proud; haughty |
| Braggart | one who boasts a great deal |
| Complacent | self-satisfied; smug |
| Contemptuous | lacking respect; scornful |
| Disdainful | full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof |
| Egotistical | excessively self-absorbed; very conceited |
| Haughty | having great pride in oneself and dislike for others |
| Insolent | boldly disrespectful in speech or behaviour; rude |
| Narcissistic | having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone |
| Ostentatious | Having to do with showing off; pretentious |
| Presumptuous | too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds |
| Pretentious | claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand |
| Supercilious | looking down on others; proud and scornful |
| Swagger | to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner |
| Banal | dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed |
| Cliché | an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse |
| Derivative | unoriginal; taken from something already existing |
| Hackneyed | made commonplace by overuse; trite |
| Insipid | lacking flavor or taste; unexciting |
| Lackluster | lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring |
| Mundane | commonplace; ordinary |
| Platitude | quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original |
| Prosaic | dull; commonplace |
| Trite | unoriginal and stale due to overuse |
| Vapid | lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale |
| Acme | the highest point or stage |
| Apex | the highest or culminating point |
| Apogee | the farthest or highest point |
| Peak | the highest level or greatest degree |
| Pinnacle | the highest point of development or achievement |
| Summit | top, apex; especially the highest point; peak |
| Zenith | culminating point : acme <at the zenith of his powers> |
| Abyss | intellectual or moral depths |
| Chasm | a marked division, separation, or difference |
| Nadir | the lowest point |
| Adept | skilled; competent |
| Inept | unskilled; incompetent |
| Amity | friendship; trust |
| Enmity | hatted; bitter feeling |
| Approbation | approval |
| Opprobium | shameful disgrace |
| Avert | turn away |
| Divert | amuse; entertain |
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