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mina vocab 1
sherpa vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdicate | To relinquish (power or responsibility) in a formal manner i.e. The army abdicated the enemy fortress. |
| aberrant | Different from an accepted norm or group (usu. considerably so) i.e. The aberrant student spoke out against the principal. |
| abet | To urge, encourage or help someone or something (oft. an offense) i.e. The loan shark abetted the debtor into robbing a bank. |
| aboriginal | Having existed from the beginning i.e. The aboriginal native Americans hunted and gathered. |
| abridge | To shorten or condense i.e. Go buy the abridged version of the dictionary. |
| acclimate | To accustom oneself to a climate or situation i.e. The new employee acclimated himself by greeting the other employees. |
| accost | To approach and speak to someone (oft. rudely so) i.e. The mother accosted the misbehaving son in public. |
| acquiesce | To comply or consent passively; submit i.e. I'll be happy to acquiesce if you drop that tone. |
| adamant | Stubborn or unyielding; an extremely hard substance i.e. She was adamant about attending church every Sunday. |
| adulterate | To make impure through the addition of a foreign element; to corrupt i.e. Muslims believe the Bible was adulterated. |
| adversity | Hardship i.e. It's harder said than done to grow up in adversity. |
| aesthetic | Relating to the appreciation of beauty i.e. The home was aesthetically pleasing. |
| affable | Easy and pleasant to talk to; approachable i.e. The president was popular due to his affable character. |
| affinity | A natural attraction or feeling of kinship i.e. He has an affinity for computer games. |
| aggregate | Total; in a dense cluster i.e. The cell cultures aggregate around the center. |
| aghast | Horrified i.e. She stood there aghast. |
| alienate | To make unfriendly; to isolate emotionally i.e. Don't alienate the outcasts of society. |
| alleviate | To make more bearable; to lighten i.e. Let me alleviate that burden. |
| altruism | Selfless benevolence or generosity i.e. Some people doubt the ability of humans to be altruistic. |
| ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation; uncertain i.e. I'll leave that question ambiguous for you to think about. |
| ambivalent | Feeling the coexistence of opposing emotions or attitudes i.e. I'm ambivalent about politics. |
| amenable | Responsive to advice, authority or suggestion i.e. The basketball player was liked by most coaches because of his amenable spirit. |
| amorphous | Lacking definite form; shapeless i.e. An amorphous wisp of cloud moved about the sky. |
| analogous | Similar in such a way as to permit the comparison to something otherwise dissimilar i.e. The computer chip is analogous to the human brain. |
| anarchy | Absence of government; chaos or lawlessness i.e. The children in that house are unmanageable to the point of anarchy. |
| anomalous | Deviating from the usual or common order, form or rule i.e. That outlier is anomalous. |
| antipathy | Strong feelings of aversion i.e. I only feel antipathy after what harm you did me. |
| antiquated | Very old; outmoded i.e. These drapes are antiquated and need replacement. |
| apathy | A lack of interest or concern; indifference i.e. Most young citizens are apathetic about the coming elections. |
| appease | To pacify i.e. Please go and appease that crying baby! |
| assimilate | To make similar or cause to resemble i.e. We assimilated our own program. |
| audacity | Daring; bold recklessness i.e. He had the audacity to yell at his boss. |
| auspicious | Attended by favorable circumstances i.e. The game was auspicious and went under review. |
| austere | Severe or stern in character; bare or simple; somber or grave i.e. After greeting the daughter's prom date, the father gave him an austere look. |
| autonomous | Independent i.e. The program runs autonomously from the main script. |
| avarice | Greed i.e. His vices are jealousy and avarice. |
| axiom | A self-evident truth i.e. Dell's success lies on the fundamental axiom; don't do anything stupid. |
| banal | Drearily commonplace; trite i.e. The house was boring and banal. |
| belittle | To disparage; to make someone feel small or unimportant i.e. Don't belittle the issue that is on the hearts of so many Americans. |
| benefactor | One that gives aid (esp. financial) i.e. My parents are my benefactors because they fund my education. |
| boisterous | Loud and noisy (oft. in a rough manner) i.e. Her violin playing is boisterous. |
| boorish | Rude; possessed of little refinement i.e. That child is boorish in his ways. |
| bourgeois | A member of the middle class; typical of the middle class i.e. The bourgeois were caught in the fight between the elite and the poor. |
| canon | A law or code of laws i.e. The biblical canon |
| catharsis | A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions i.e. The purpose of the vacation was more for a catharsis. |
| caustic | Corrosive; biting (remark) i.e. Her words were very caustic, meaning to harm. |
| coagulate | To harden into a semi-solid i.e. The milk coagulated. |
| cogent | Appealing to the intellect; compelling i.e. His words were cogent and persuaded me. |
| collusion | A secret agreement with deceitful intent i.e. Behind doors, a collusion was made to oust the president. |
| commiserate | To sympathize with i.e. We are here to commiserate the families of 9/11. |
| compliant | Willing to agree or obey i.e. His actions were compliant with the rules of the game. |
| condone | To overlook, forgive or tolerate an offense without protest i.e. The criminal was condoned by the victim. |
| conducive | Promoting or leading to i.e. TV is not conducive to exercise. |
| connoisseur | A person with expert knowledge or training (esp. in the fine arts) i.e. The museum curator is a connoisseur of french art. |
| consensus | An agreement between all parties i.e. We all came to a consensus. |
| contentious | Quarrelsome i.e. The two brothers are very contentious at times. |
| convoluted | Intricate or complicated i.e. The speech was long, convoluted, and had everyone asleep by the end of it. |
| covenant | Sacred pact i.e. God made a covenant with his people. |
| covert | Not openly practiced, engaged in or shown i.e. The CIA ran covert operations in Cuba. |
| credence | Claim to legitimacy or trustworthiness i.e. Lawyers will try to make witnesses stumble to rid them of credence. |
| cynical | Inclined to believe the worst; skeptical; scornful i.e. She is cynical about religion. |
| dauntless | Fearless i.e. She dauntlessly jumped off the plane. |
| dearth | A scarcity or lack of i.e. North Korea's people suffers from a dearth of food and medicine. |
| defame | To damage someone's or something's reputation i.e. IMF president DSK was defamed after the incident with the hotel maid. |
| delineate | To sketch out or depict i.e. We should delineate what you did that night to find the missing ring. |
| despot | A ruler with absolute power i.e. Alexander the Great was the despot who told his troops to march off a cliff to scare his enemies. |
| destitute | Lacking or devoid of; poor i.e. All downtown cities have areas of destitution. |
| deterrent | Something that discourages i.e. The illness deterred him from moving on in his career. |
| devoid | Lacking i.e. The boorish child is devoid of class and wit. |
| devout | Devoted to religion i.e. The devout Muslims were ready to die for their faith. |
| digress | To turn away from (esp. the main subject of a conversation) i.e. We're digressing. Let's get back to the point. |
| disabuse | To free from misconception i.e. To disabuse that accusation, let me show you our accounting books. |
| discerning | Exhibiting good judgement; perceptive i.e. The child learned at an early age to discern right from wrong. |
| discord | Strife; lack of agreement i.e. The two countries were at a discord about the position of the boundary line between them. |
| discretion | Ability to act sensibly; freedom to act on one's own i.e. Use your own discretion when swimming in these waters. |
| disingenuous | Not straightforward; crafty i.e. The politician was disingenuous with his motives. |
| disparate | Entirely dissimilar i.e. The two liquids are disparate. One is red and toxic, the other blue and innocuous. |
| disseminate | To scatter widely; to promulgate i.e. The marbles disseminated immediately after dropping to the ground. |
| dissent | Disagreement i.e. One of the nine judges dissented, preventing the suspect from being charged. |
| dissolution | Decomposition into fragments or parts; debauchery i.e. The old wooden chair was bound to dissolution. |
| distend | To swell or stretch i.e. After spraining his ankle, the muscles around it distended. |
| divest | To get rid of i.e. The Nazi's attempted to divest the Jewish people. |
| divulge | To make known (esp. a secret) i.e. I will divulge to you my secret. |
| dogmatic | Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of principles that are unproved or can't be proofed i.e. The dogmatic scriptures rely on faith. |
| dormant | Asleep or inactive i.e. The trees are dormant during the winter |
| eclectic | Made up from a variety of sources; unusual i.e. The gypsy has a very eclectic sense of fashion. |
| eloquence | Persuasive discourse i.e. The president was able to win votes for the election with his eloquent speeches. |
| embellish | To make beautiful by decoration; to add fictitious details to a story i.e. The criminal embellished his testimony to decrease the penalty. |
| ennui | Boredom i.e. His lectures take me beyond ennui. |
| enumerate | To count (out); to list i.e. I will enumerate the reasons why you should let me go out tonight. |
| esoteric | Meant for or understood by only a small group of people; particular to a small group; confidential i.e. The tribal language was esoteric and kept hidden from outside influences. |
| euphemism | A mild substitute for an unpleasant or offensive term i.e. He spoke with euphemisms when talking to the large crowd. He did not know who could be listening. |
| euphoria | A feeling of great happiness or well-being i.e. She was euphoric when she found out she was accepted to her first-choice school. |
| exacerbate | To increase the severity, violence or bitterness of; to aggravate i.e. He exacerbated the wound by picking at it. |
| exasperate | To make angry or annoy greatly i.e. The girl exasperated her father by continuously begging for candy. |
| exhibitionist | Someone who deliberately behaves to attract attention i.e. The street performer is an exhibitionist. |
| exonerate | To free from blame i.e. The king exonerated the criminal. |
| extol | To praise highly or exalt i.e. We extol this student for his achievements. |
| facetious | Playfully jocular; humorous i.e. The jester is facetious in character. |
| facilitate | To assist or make easier i.e. We facilitated the revolution by providing weapons. |
| fallacy | A false notion i.e. To think we were unarmed was the enemy's fallacy. |
| fathom | To comprehend; a measure of marine depth i.e. Who can fathom the depths of the universe? |
| fervor | Great warmth and intensity of emotions; intense heat or passion i.e. Michael Jordan has a fervor for basketball. |
| fickle | Capricious i.e. The temperature can be fickle at times; one moment it is hot, the next it's cold. |
| filibuster | Prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action |
| fledgling | An inexperienced person; a young bird i.e. The novice is still a fledgling at his trade. |
| flout | To show contempt for; to scorn i.e. Mom's flout when they see unattended children in public. |
| forsake | To give up or abandon i.e. He forsake his project and picked up a new one. |
| fortuitous | Lucky i.e. Winning the lottery after taking out loans was fortuitous. |
| foster | To bring up or nurture i.e. I'd like to someday foster a child of my own. |
| frugal | Economical i.e. We are taught by our parents to be frugal with our finances. |
| gratuitous | Unearned or unjustified; unnecessary; free i.e. Thank you for your gratuitous gifts. |
| gregarious | Sociable, outgoing i.e. The gregarious class comic did a back-flip. |
| hamper | To hinder or prevent; a large basket i.e. I will hamper you from going out on a Friday night. |
| harry | To vex or annoy i.e. She looked harried after losing the match. |
| hedonism | Pursuit of pleasure i.e. You can take a year off, but I won't let you waste your life in hedonism. |
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