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Vocab Sets 1-3
90 vocabulary words for sets 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ablution | the act of rinsing oneself |
| protrude | extend beyond or above the surface |
| disposition | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character |
| confederation | joined together by a treaty |
| deliberation | long and careful consideration and discussion |
| pestilential | harmful to crops or livestock |
| copious | abundant in supply or quantity |
| improvident | not having or showing foresight, thoughtless |
| avarice | extreme greed for wealth or monetary gain |
| redolence | strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something |
| iniquity | immoral or grossly unfair behavior |
| sundry | of various kinds, several |
| jettison | abandon or discard |
| acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| appellation | a name or title |
| Consanguinity | relating to people descended of the same ancestor |
| perfidy | untrustworthiness |
| magnanimous | very generous or forgiving |
| impious | not showing reverence, blasphemous |
| insidious | proceeding in a gradual by subtle way with harmful effects |
| subjugate | bring under control or domination |
| despotism | the exercise of absolute power in an often abusive way |
| salutary | beneficial |
| unanimity | fully in agreement |
| posterity | all future generations of people |
| invective | insulting or highly abusive language |
| extricate | free from constraint |
| ominous | giving the impression that something bad is going to happen |
| querulous | complaining in a whiny manner |
| equivocal | open to more than one interpretation |
| abhor | to hate something/one |
| enfranchise | to give voting rights |
| hamper | to hinder or obstruct |
| placid | calm, peaceful |
| remuneration | payment for work done |
| abrasive | rough, course, harsh |
| Bilk | to cheat or defraud |
| forlorn | pitifully sad and/or abandoned |
| Nuanc | something subtle |
| cower | recoil in fear |
| nullify | to make unimportant |
| abrogate | to cancel or deny |
| enigma | puzzle, mystery |
| plaudit | statement giving strong praise |
| cryptic | puzzling, enigmatic |
| laceration | a cut |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| ensconce | to establish firmly in a position |
| tawdry | of little value |
| reprieve | the postponement of a sentence |
| enshroud | to cover |
| lachrymose | tearful, sad |
| obfuscate | to make something difficult to understand |
| plethora | an excess |
| tedium | boredom |
| crepuscular | having to do, active, at dawn or dusk |
| envenom | to cause bitterness |
| tenacious | stubborn, holding firm |
| bolster | to support |
| abase | to lower in position or value |
| advent | the coming or arrival of a change, event or person |
| affix | to fasten |
| belie | to misrepresent |
| beset | to attack on all sides |
| bethink | to remind oneself |
| blazon | to make widely known |
| cede | to pass title on to |
| coincide | to correspond |
| complacent | pleased with oneself |
| confer | to bestow |
| connubial | pertaining to marriage |
| consternation | panic |
| contusion | a bruise |
| denude | to strip the covering from |
| despot | absolute, irresponsible monarch |
| diffidence | self-distrust |
| dilate | to enlarge in all directions |
| endear | to cause to be loved |
| amorous | prone to falling in love |
| evanesce | to vanish gradually |
| forerun | to go before as introducing or ushering in |
| fulminate | to cause to explode |
| genteel | well bred or refined |
| granule | a small grain or particle |
| gregarious | not habitually solitary |
| guile | duplicity |
| impalpable | imperceptible to touch |
| induct | to bring in |
| introgression | entrance |
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