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vocab by ankit
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Equivocal/Equivocate/Equivocation | Ambiguous, open to two interpretations |
| Tractable (Intractable) | Obedient, yielding |
| Placate (Implacable) | To soothe or pacify |
| Miser | Person who is extremely stingy |
| Engender | To produce, cause, bring out |
| Dogma(tic)(tism(tist) | Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated |
| Garrulous (Garrulity) | Very talkative |
| Homogeneous (Homogenize) | Composed of identical parts |
| Laconic | Using few words |
| Quiescence (Quiescent) | Inactivity, stillness |
| Anomalous | Irregular or deviating from the norm |
| Venerate (ion) | To respect |
| Assuage | To make less severe, ease, relieve |
| Misanthrope (-ic) | Person who hates human beings |
| Digress(ive) | To turn aside; to stray from the main point |
| Corroborate (ion) | To confirm, verify |
| Buttress | To reinforce or support |
| Antipathy | Dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion |
| Disabuse | To free from error or misconception |
| Feigned (Unfeigned) | Pretended |
| Banal(ity) | Trite and overly commom |
| Desiccate (ion) | To dry completely, dehydrate |
| Diatribe | Bitter verbal attack |
| Pedant(ic)(ry) | Uninspired, boring academic |
| Guile(less) | Trickery, deception |
| Eulogy (-ize) | High praise, often in public |
| Fawn(ing) | To flatter excessively, seek the favor of |
| Aberrant/aberration | Different from the usual or normal |
| Heresy/Heretic(al) | An act opposed to established religious orthodoxy |
| Obdurate | Stubborn |
| Prevaricate(-ion) | To lie, evade the truth |
| Embellish(ment) | To ornament; make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement |
| Pragmatic/Pragmatism | Practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals |
| Precipitate | To cause to happen; to throw down from a height |
| Proximity | Nearness |
| Profundity | Depth (usually depth of thought) |
| Sanction | Permission, support; law; penalty |
| Ameliorate (-ion) | To make better, improve |
| Anachronism/Anachronistic | Something chronologically inapporapriate |
| Vindictive | Spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving |
| Propitiate | To win over, appease |
| Aver | To declare to be true, affirm |
| Burgeon(-ing) | To sprout or flourish |
| Commensurate | Proportional |
| Mitigate/Mitigation | To soften, or make milder |
| Culpability | Guilt, responsibility for wrong |
| Spacious(ness) | Having a false appearance of truth; showy |
| Turpitude | Inherent baseness, depravity |
| Diffident/Diffidence | Shy, lacking confidence |
| Repudiate | To reject as having no authority |
| Discrete | Individually distinct; consisting of unconnected elements |
| Obviate | To make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent |
| Dissemble | To pretend, disguise one’s motives |
| Implacable | Inflexible, incapable of being pleased |
| Emulate | To copy, imitate |
| Complaisance/Complaisant | Disposition to please or comply |
| Enervate | To weaken, sap strength from |
| Latency | The condition of being present but hidden |
| Erudite (ition) | Learned, scholarly |
| Espouse | To support or advocate, to marry |
| Florid(ness) | Gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed |
| Occlude | To shut, block |
| Harangue | A ranting writing or speech, lecture |
| Hieroglyph(ic) | Pictorial character |
| Iconoclast | One who attacks traditional beliefs |
| Impervious | Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
| Efficacy/Efficacious | Effectiveness, efficiency |
| Inchoate | Imperfectly formed or formulated |
| Loquacity/loquacious | Talkative |
| Irascible (-ility) | Easily angered |
| Ephemeral | Momentary, transient, fleeting |
| Laudable (-tory) | Deserving of praise |
| Insipid | Bland, lacking flavour; lacking excitement |
| Magnanimity/Magnanimous | Generosity |
| Precarious(ly) | Uncertain |
| Endemic | Belonging to a particular area; inherent |
| Mollify | To calm or make less severe |
| Rarefy/Rarefaction | To make thinner, purer, or more refined |
| Disinterest(ed)(edness) | Unbiased; not interested |
| Foster | To nourish, cultivate, promote |
| Perennial | Present throughout the years; persistent |
| Malevolent | Ill-willed; causing evil or harm to others |
| Defer(ence) | To show respect or politeness in a submissive way |
| Precursory(y) | Forerunner, predecessor |
| Lucid | Clear and easily understood |
| Probity | Honesty, high-mindedness |
| Abscond | To depart secretly and hide |
| Propensity | Inclination, tendency |
| Audacious | Bold, daring, fearless |
| Wheedle | To influence or entice by flattery |
| Prudent | Careful, cautious |
| Mundane | Worldly; commonplace |
| Diffuse | Widely spread out |
| Aggrandize | To make larger or greater in power |
| Decimate | To reduce drastically; to destroy a large part of |
| Succinct | Terse, brief, concise |
| Enigma(tic) | A puzzle, something inexplicable |
| Unfettered | Free, unrestrained |
| Ascetic | Self-denying, abstinent, austere |
| Self-denying, abstinent, austere |
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