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Daily List of Words
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| formidable | difficult to deal with |
| precocious | intelligence or skills achieved far head of normal develpmental schedules (mental or physical develpmental, too)raconteur (n) |
| parlay | to exploit successfully; to increase or otherwise transform something into much greater value |
| empirical (adj) | based on experience or personal observation |
| lucifugous (adj) | avoiding light |
| debauchery | corruption of fidelity |
| culminate | to reach its highest point of altitude |
| singe (n) | burning of surface |
| seethe (v) | to be a state of ebullition and violence |
| rectilinear | characterized by straight lines |
| efface | to cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out |
| phatic (adj) | of, relating to, or being speech used for social or emotive purposes rather than for communiating information |
| flippant (adj) | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| reminisce | to indulge in the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences |
| fathom | come to understand |
| hobbledehoy (n) | an awkward, gawky young fellow |
| exodus | mass departure, migration, emigration, flight, evacuation |
| flout | disobey, break, ignore, defy |
| plaintive (adj) | expressive of suffering or woe; melancholy |
| Brobdingnagian (adj) | gigantic; enormous |
| salient | most important, outstanding, prominent |
| implacable | not able to be placated or appeased; adamant; immovable |
| nihilistic | someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief |
| derelict | person without a home, job, or property; abandoned |
| iniquitous | wicked or sinful; morally objectionable |
| incentive | a postive motivational influence, often monetary; program designed to recognize and reward |
| retaliation | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
| replete (adj) | filled abundantly |
| jactation (n) | a restless tossing of the body; shaking |
| debauchery | indulgence in sensual pleasures; orgy; scandalous activities without inhibition |
| inhibition | the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |
| exigency | urgent |
| futile | producing to result or effect; useless; not successful |
| tactful | able to deal with people in a sensitive manner |
| feign | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| scintillate (v) | to emit sparks |
| farrago [fuh | RAH |
| jejune (adj) | lacking nutritive value; devoide of significance or interest; dull |
| wend (v) | to pursue or direct (one's way) |
| gaudy | tastelessly showy |
| arch (adj) | cunning; crafty; sly |
| rue (v) | to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place impotence (n) |
| defiler | one who defiles; one who corrupts or violates |
| vulnerose | full of wounds; wounded |
| bona fides [fye | deez] (n) |
| vulpine (adj) | foxy or crafty |
| hector (v) | to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure |
| laconic (adj) | using or involving a minimum use of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| zenith (n) | the highest point reached in the heavens; apex |
| auxiliary (adj) | offering or providing help |
| futile | useless |
| vindicate | to prove something right |
| reconcile | to reach an agreement |
| soupcon (soop | sawn) (n) |
| avarice | greedy, instatiable d esire for wealth |
| spurious (adj) | lacking authenticity or validity |
| degage (adj) | unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style |
| myriad | a variety or great many |
| efficacy | efficiency |
| conglomerate | large corporation |
| vehemently | with great emotion, usually anger |
| tacit | unvoiced, unspoken, or implied |
| pundit | a source of opinion |
| paradigm | a standard or method of operation |
| galore | in a abundance; in plentiful amounts |
| cachinnate (v) [cac kuh nate] | to laugh loudly or immoderately |
| fallacy (n) | an error in fact or logic |
| bilocation (n) | the state of being or the ability to be in two places at the same time |
| incorrigible (adj) | impossible to manage to reform |
| anacoluthia (n) | lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence |
| kith (n) | acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like |
| fulcrum | prop or support |
| couchant (adj) | lying down; crouching; reclining |
| impute (v) | to credit or give responsibility to; to attribute |
| schlep (v) | to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously |
| orthoepy [awr | thoh |
| lupine (adj) | savage; ravenous; predatory |
| languid (adj.) | without energy; slow; sluggish; listless |
| virulence | poisonousness; malignancy |
| gormandize (v) | to eat greedily or ravenously |
| upbraided | scold |
| surly | irritable |
| perfunctory | routine |
| contrived | unnatural |
| insolent | marked by casual disrespect |
| jargon | unintelligible language |
| foudroyant (adj) | sudden and overwhelming in effect |
| intrepid | fearless and resolute |
| ruction | a disturbance, quarrel, or row |
| strenuous (adj) | requiring energy and strength |
| succumb | consent reluctantly |
| incunabulum (n) | earliest stages or first traces of anything |
| liminal (adj) | of or relating to a sensory threshold |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| premorse | pertaining to the end of something irregularly shortened, as if bitten or broken off |
| stultiloquy | foolish talk; silly discourse; babbling |
| rhapsodize (v) | to talk with extravagant enthusiasm |
| koan (n) | a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating |
| visage | the human face; appearance of the face |
| divulge (v) | to reveal |
| fantod (n) | a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness |
| consummate (v) | to complete, finish, or perfect |
| detachment | withdrawal; avoiding emotional involvement |
| indignation | a feeling of righteous anger |
| indict | accuse of a crime |
| emancipation | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child |
| opprobrium | defamy; shame |
| mojo (n) | personal magnetism; charm |
| discomfit (v) | to frustrate, thwart, or embarrass |
| twee (adj) | affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quant |
| yeuk (n) [yook] | an itching sensation |
| minim (n) | least quantity of anything |
| reciprocate (v) | to make a return for something |
| tarry (v) | to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn |
| mutable (adj) | likely to change |
| spatchcock (v) | to insert or interweave, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner |
| refurbish | to fix up |
| prognosticate | to forcast or predict |
| preamble (n) | an introductory statement |
| blithe (adj) | carefree and lighthearted |
| declaim | speak in a dramatic way |
| matutinal (v) | morning, early |
| osmosis | sleep with a book under the head and know the stuff |
| cavalier | knight |
| resplendent | shining |
| carapace | shell; bony armor |
| shoehorn | squeeze |
| convention | customary pratice or usage |
| purports | gives the appearance of; seems |
| lagniappe [lan yap] | gift with a purpose |
| belie (v) | contradict, give a false impression |
| attrition (n) | gradual wearing away; a natural or expected decrease in size or number usually by resignation, retirement or death; sorrow for one's sins |
| asinine | stupid |
| chide | censure severely or angrily |
| ebbing | in decline |
| allure | tempt; dispose or incline or entice to |
| unnerving | inspiring fear |
| sober | serious |
| levity | humor, lightness |
| gravity | importance, seriousness |
| depredation | plundering; destruction |
| stipend | pay for services |
| Elysium | place or condition of bliss |
| propitiate | appease; conciliate; make peaceful |
| sundry | miscellaneous; various; several; (n): small miscellaneous items |
| simper | smirk; smile in a silly way |
| elopes | run away secretly with one's beloved |
| ingratiate | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| pseudo | mark something false, fradulent |
| macabre | shockingly repellent |
| tantalizing | teasing, tempting, but beyong reach |
| palpitation | |
| retaliate | repay in kind (usually for bad treatment) |
| lamented | mourned or grieved for |
| perverse | marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict |
| execrate | abhor; find repugnant |
| chemise | |
| rheumatism | |
| inveighed | |
| feuilleton | |
| approbation | |
| ennui | |
| recommenced | |
| spurn | to reject somebody or something with disdain |
| dote | be foolish or senile due to old age; shower with love, show excessive affeciton for |
| nous | common sense |
| pungle (v) | to make a payment or contribution of money, usually used up |
| ululate (v) | howl; wail |
| vagary (n) | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| fossick (v) | to search about; rummage |
| ineluctable (adj) | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; inevitable |
| retrodict (v) | to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain the past or state affairs |
| arbitration | process ofr resolution of disputes between people or groups |
| relented | yield; give in, as to influence of pressureventilated |
| stifle | |
| solidarity | mutual agreement and support |
| unctuous | overly polite |
| ire (n) | intense anger |
| moguls | |
| imbecile | idiot |
| ovoid | |
| titter | |
| recommencing | |
| stifled | |
| exemplary | |
| besotted | |
| virile | |
| unrequited | unanswered; not returned in kind |
| prosaic | not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; not challenging |
| deprecate | express strong disapproval of; deplore |
| sacrilege | violation of anything sacred |
| ineffable | indefinable |
| viscous | gluey |
| remonstrate | to protest |
| penitent | feeling of regret for sinning |
| galvanise | to shock with an electric current |
| regalia | symbols of royalty |
| convalescence | gradual recovery |
| conjugal | relating to marriage |
| truncate | to shorten by cutting off |
| immolate | to kill as a sacrifice |
| discrepancy | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
| precinct | |
| incisive | expressed clearly and directly |
| veracious | unwilling to tell lies |
| maimed | disfigured; mutilated |
| libel | demation, calumny, vilification, slander, false and malicious statements |
| staunch | loyal, faithful; reduce, decrease, stop |
| enact | pass; ratifyl endorse |
| rampant | out of control; widespread, wild |
| melee | fight, clash, conflict |
| endorsed | authorized, certified, allowed |
| impasse | deadlock |
| chastise | censure severely |
| wistful | sadly pensive longing |
| admonish | advise earnestly |
| conjugal | of or relating to marriage or relationship between couple |
| irrefutable | an undeniable argument; unable to be disproved |
| exalted | of high moral or intellectual value |
| extant | still in existence |
| impunity | exemption from punishment or loss |
| frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| perverse | deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline |
| shrouded | concealed or hidden from sight |
| enamor | capture; attract; inflame with love; to charm; totally in love |
| propitious | favorable; benevolent; auspiciously; likely to show signs of success |
| trapeze | swinging horizontal bar (for gymnasts) |
| sparsimonious | |
| furtive | stolen, obtained; secretively |
| unbridleresort | option, alternative, remedy |
| erstwhile (adv) | in the past (formerly) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view |
| supersede | take the place or position of |
| gimcrack | a showy object of little value or use |
| caucus (n) | a closed meeting of a group of persons (same political party), agreeing upon cause |
| kismet | fate |
| untoward (adj) | improper; difficult to guide, manage |
| demise | transfer by a lease or by a will |
| solomonic | exhibiting or requiring the wisdom of Solomon in making difficult decisions |
| livid | furiously angry; having dark, bluish appearance; pallid |
| virility | manly character; characterized by energy and vigor |
| effeminate | having unsuitable feminine qualities (derogatory of a man) |
| convulse | be overcome with laughter; move or stir about violently |
| retinue | a group of servants or attendants, of someone considered important |
| enmity | hostility; hatred |
| harangue | a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion |
| lament | cry of sorrow and grief |
| subversive | attempt to overthrow structures of authority; in opposition to civil authority or government |
| purgatives | cathartic laxative |
| somnolent | sleepy |
| siege | action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
| escapades | adventure |
| languor | relaxed comfortable feeling; lack of interest or energy |
| disheveled | untidy or unkempt; messy |
| imperceptible | too small to be detected/perceived |
| impunity | freedom from punishment of any kind |
| concocted | invented, devise, made up; prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
| sanction | formal and explicit approval |
| sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; sarcastic |
| vengeance | infliciton of injury, harm, hunmiliation; desire for revenge |
| dire | desperate, fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless |
| ordain | appointed |
| formidable | difficult to deal with |
| precocious | intelligence or skills achieved far head of normal develpmental schedules (mental or physical develpmental, too)raconteur (n) |
| parlay | to exploit successfully; to increase or otherwise transform something into much greater value |
| empirical (adj) | based on experience or personal observation |
| lucifugous (adj) | avoiding light |
| debauchery | corruption of fidelity |
| culminate | to reach its highest point of altitude |
| singe (n) | burning of surface |
| seethe (v) | to be a state of ebullition and violence |
| rectilinear | characterized by straight lines |
| efface | to cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out |
| phatic (adj) | of, relating to, or being speech used for social or emotive purposes rather than for communiating information |
| flippant (adj) | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| reminisce | to indulge in the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences |
| fathom | come to understand |
| hobbledehoy (n) | an awkward, gawky young fellow |
| exodus | mass departure, migration, emigration, flight, evacuation |
| flout | disobey, break, ignore, defy |
| plaintive (adj) | expressive of suffering or woe; melancholy |
| Brobdingnagian (adj) | gigantic; enormous |
| salient | most important, outstanding, prominent |
| implacable | not able to be placated or appeased; adamant; immovable |
| nihilistic | someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief |
| derelict | person without a home, job, or property; abandoned |
| iniquitous | wicked or sinful; morally objectionable |
| incentive | a postive motivational influence, often monetary; program designed to recognize and reward |
| retaliation | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
| replete (adj) | filled abundantly |
| jactation (n) | a restless tossing of the body; shaking |
| debauchery | indulgence in sensual pleasures; orgy; scandalous activities without inhibition |
| inhibition | the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |
| exigency | urgent |
| futile | producing to result or effect; useless; not successful |
| tactful | able to deal with people in a sensitive manner |
| feign | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| scintillate (v) | to emit sparks |
| farrago [fuh | RAH |
| jejune (adj) | lacking nutritive value; devoide of significance or interest; dull |
| wend (v) | to pursue or direct (one's way) |
| gaudy | tastelessly showy |
| arch (adj) | cunning; crafty; sly |
| rue (v) | to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place impotence (n) |
| defiler | one who defiles; one who corrupts or violates |
| vulnerose | full of wounds; wounded |
| bona fides [fye | deez] (n) |
| vulpine (adj) | foxy or crafty |
| hector (v) | to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure |
| laconic (adj) | using or involving a minimum use of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| zenith (n) | the highest point reached in the heavens; apex |
| auxiliary (adj) | offering or providing help |
| futile | useless |
| vindicate | to prove something right |
| reconcile | to reach an agreement |
| soupcon (soop | sawn) (n) |
| avarice | greedy, instatiable d esire for wealth |
| spurious (adj) | lacking authenticity or validity |
| degage (adj) | unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style |
| myriad | a variety or great many |
| efficacy | efficiency |
| conglomerate | large corporation |
| vehemently | with great emotion, usually anger |
| tacit | unvoiced, unspoken, or implied |
| pundit | a source of opinion |
| paradigm | a standard or method of operation |
| galore | in a abundance; in plentiful amounts |
| cachinnate (v) [cac kuh nate] | to laugh loudly or immoderately |
| fallacy (n) | an error in fact or logic |
| bilocation (n) | the state of being or the ability to be in two places at the same time |
| incorrigible (adj) | impossible to manage to reform |
| anacoluthia (n) | lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence |
| kith (n) | acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like |
| fulcrum | prop or support |
| couchant (adj) | lying down; crouching; reclining |
| impute (v) | to credit or give responsibility to; to attribute |
| schlep (v) | to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously |
| orthoepy [awr | thoh |
| lupine (adj) | savage; ravenous; predatory |
| languid (adj.) | without energy; slow; sluggish; listless |
| virulence | poisonousness; malignancy |
| gormandize (v) | to eat greedily or ravenously |
| upbraided | scold |
| surly | irritable |
| perfunctory | routine |
| contrived | unnatural |
| insolent | marked by casual disrespect |
| jargon | unintelligible language |
| foudroyant (adj) | sudden and overwhelming in effect |
| intrepid | fearless and resolute |
| ruction | a disturbance, quarrel, or row |
| strenuous (adj) | requiring energy and strength |
| succumb | consent reluctantly |
| incunabulum (n) | earliest stages or first traces of anything |
| liminal (adj) | of or relating to a sensory threshold |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| premorse | pertaining to the end of something irregularly shortened, as if bitten or broken off |
| stultiloquy | foolish talk; silly discourse; babbling |
| rhapsodize (v) | to talk with extravagant enthusiasm |
| koan (n) | a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating |
| visage | the human face; appearance of the face |
| divulge (v) | to reveal |
| fantod (n) | a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness |
| consummate (v) | to complete, finish, or perfect |
| detachment | withdrawal; avoiding emotional involvement |
| indignation | a feeling of righteous anger |
| indict | accuse of a crime |
| emancipation | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child |
| opprobrium | defamy; shame |
| mojo (n) | personal magnetism; charm |
| discomfit (v) | to frustrate, thwart, or embarrass |
| twee (adj) | affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quant |
| yeuk (n) [yook] | an itching sensation |
| minim (n) | least quantity of anything |
| reciprocate (v) | to make a return for something |
| tarry (v) | to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn |
| mutable (adj) | likely to change |
| spatchcock (v) | to insert or interweave, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner |
| refurbish | to fix up |
| prognosticate | to forcast or predict |
| preamble (n) | an introductory statement |
| blithe (adj) | carefree and lighthearted |
| declaim | speak in a dramatic way |
| matutinal (v) | morning, early |
| osmosis | sleep with a book under the head and know the stuff |
| cavalier | knight |
| resplendent | shining |
| carapace | shell; bony armor |
| shoehorn | squeeze |
| convention | customary pratice or usage |
| purports | gives the appearance of; seems |
| lagniappe [lan yap] | gift with a purpose |
| belie (v) | contradict, give a false impression |
| attrition (n) | gradual wearing away; a natural or expected decrease in size or number usually by resignation, retirement or death; sorrow for one's sins |
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