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Summer Reading Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Candid | 1. truthful and straightforward; frank : his responses were remarkably candid; a candid discussion. 2. (of a photograph of a person) taken informally, esp. without the subject's knowledge. |
| Celibacy | abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons |
| Commend | 1. (often be commended) praise formally or officially. present as suitable for approval or acceptance; cause to be acceptable or pleasing. 2. entrust someone or something to |
| Conduce | help to bring about (a particular situation or outcome) |
| Consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected |
| Credulity | a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true. |
| Eccentric | unconventional and slightly strange |
| Equanimity | mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, esp. in a difficult situation |
| Expurgate | remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from |
| Forte | a thing at which someone excels |
| Immersion | the action of immersing someone or something in a liquid |
| Impetuous-acting or done quickly and without thought or care | |
| Incomprehensible | Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible: incomprehensible jargon |
| Inquisitive | curious or inquiring |
| Insuperable | impossible to overcome |
| Irretrievable | not able to be retrieved or put right |
| Irrevocable | not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final |
| Melodramatic | of or relating to melodrama. characteristic of melodrama, esp. in being exaggerated, sensationalized, or overemotional |
| Misanthrope | a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. |
| Philanthropic | seeking to promote the welfare of others, esp. by donating money to good causes; generous and benevolent |
| Presumptuous | failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate |
| Profligate | recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources |
| Propound | put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others |
| Recumbent | lying down |
| Refute | prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove. Prove that (someone) is wrong. Deny or contradict (a statement or accusation) |
| Supercilious | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others |
| Tedious | too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous |
| Temperance | abstinence from alcoholic drink |
| Triviality | of little value or importance |
| Utilitarian | designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive. Philosophy: for the greatest good |
| Vacillate | alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive |
| absurdity | the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable |
| abyss | a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm |
| arbitrary | based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system |
| atrocity | an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury |
| axiom | a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true |
| capitalists | a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism |
| commotion | a state of confused and noisy disturbance |
| consumption | the using up of a resource; the eating, drinking, or ingesting of something |
| convoluted | (esp. of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow |
| diminution | a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something |
| empirical | based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic |
| hierarchical | of the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank |
| ideological | a system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy |
| impending | be about to happen |
| impregnable | (of a fortified position) unable to be captured or broken into |
| incredulous | (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something |
| indignation | anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment |
| indoctrinate | teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically |
| infallible | incapable of making mistakes or being wrong |
| intimidating | frighten or overawe (someone), esp. in order to make them do what one wants |
| intolerable | unable to be endured |
| irreconcilable | (of ideas, facts, or statements) representing findings or points of view that are so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible |
| jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand |
| omnipotent | (of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything. |
| orifices | an opening, as of a pipe or tube, or one in the body, such as a nostril or the anus. |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| perceptible | (esp. of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed |
| persiflage | light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter. |
| prodigies | a person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities |
| proletariat; proles | workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism) |
| rash | displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action |
| sabotage | deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), esp. for political or military advantage. |
| sinecures | a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit. |
| spurious | not being what it purports to be; false or fake |
| strident | loud and harsh; grating |
| subsidiary | less important than but related or supplementary to |
| succumbed | fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force) |
| superfluous | unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough |
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