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English vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mundane | ordinary |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| abscond | To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution. |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god.. a person who is unwilling to commit to an opin |
| Ambrosial | Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant. |
| ameliorate | "Verb: Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. Synonyms:improve - meliorate - better - mend - amend - reform. example trying to ameliorate the suffering of people who have lost their jobs. This medicine should help ameliorate the pain. |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless <an amorphous cloud mass>. b : being without definite character or nature : unclassifiable <an amorphous segment of society c : lacking organization or unity <an amorphous style of writing> Example: an amorphous segment |
| apriori | deductive: relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions — compare a posteriori c : presupposed by experience a :being without examination or analysis : presumptive b : formed or conceived beforehand |
| assidous | constant; unremitting: assiduous reading. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student. |
| banter | chatter |
| be guile | trick into something charm some one... make guilable |
| belligerent | combative, aggresive, bellicose |
| candid | brief , consise |
| castigate | reprimand |
| ceteris paribus | with other things the same," or "all other things being equal or held constant. |
| Chivvy | to tease or annoy with consistent attacks |
| circuitous | round about |
| deference | way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something ▪ Her relatives treat one another with deference. ▪ He is shown much deference by his colleagues. — often + to ▪ The children were tau |
| disdain | dislike |
| dispensation | allowance to do something |
| disposition | ingrainer manner, character trait |
| divisive | Adjective: Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people |
| ebullient | 1: boiling, agitated. 2: characterized by ebullience : having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm |
| eneverate | debilitate deprive |
| ensconce | hidden |
| envisage | envision |
| epicene | Having the characteristics of both sexes., Effeminate; unmasculine. Having but one form of the noun for both the male and the female. |
| Equivocate | To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity; To render equ |
| eschew | shun |
| exacerbate | make worse |
| exculpate | free from blame , ex-culpable. Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing |
| Extol | Exalt |
| exude | discharge slowly and steadily |
| fastidious | difficult to please , showing extreme care opp. of fast |
| fugacious | lasting a short time |
| fungible | altered/molded |
| Furtive | done by stealth, superstitious, a furitive look |
| germane | relevant |
| Glabrous | adjective: smooth; especially : having a surface without hairs or projections |
| gregarious | a : tending to associate with others of one's kind : social b : marked by or indicating a liking for companionship : sociable c : of or relating to a social group She is outgoing and gregarious. a gregarious child who ran up to every person on the playgro |
| impetuous | 1 : marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.. 2 : marked by force and violence of movement or action (rash impeding |
| impetuous | 1 : marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.. marked by force and violence of movement or action (rash impeding |
| impudence | 1. Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent. shameless. 2. Obsolete Immodest. |
| incredulous | (of a person or their manner) Unwilling or unable to believe something: |
| indignant | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. |
| infraction | crime/ breaking of the law |
| innocous | harmless |
| insidious | 1. Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects: "the insidious effects of stress". 2. Treacherous; crafty: "an insidious alliance". |
| insinuate | Suggest or hint (something negative) in an indirect and unpleasant way |
| insipid | boring dull, lacking vigour |
| insolent | boldy rude or disrepectful |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end; especially : wearisomely protracted |
| ipso facto | as an inevitable result, by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: <if we refuse to tolerate bigotry, do we become, ipso facto, as intolerant as those whom we condemn?> |
| irascible | (of a person) Easily made angry.Characterized by or arising from anger |
| Mockery | Derision; ridicule. |
| Obsequeious | fauningly attentive to others details, brown nosing |
| Obstinate | adjective: stubborn, dogged, headstrong, obdurate, wilful, pertinacious, refractory, mulish, willful, persistent, stiff-necked, self-willed, opinionated, tenacious, pigheaded |
| obsufacate | Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible |
| onerous | troublesonne, burdensome |
| opine | hold or state ons opinion espouse |
| ostensible | Adjective: Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. |
| Parochial | Restricted to a small area or scope; narrow; limited; provincial |
| passe | behind the times , old fashioned, antiquated, archaic |
| pedantic | nit picky, fussy fastidious |
| perfidious | guilty, treacherous, or faithless; deceitful not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover" |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical <a perfunctory smile>2: lacking in interest or enthusiasm ex: he eight-time Pro Bowl player sometimes goes several weeks without agreeing to do even the most perfunctory postgame interviews |
| pernicious | Adjective: Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle wa |
| perorate | expound at a long discourse |
| perpend | 1 : to reflect on carefully : ponder 2 : to be attentive : reflect |
| petulant | "Adjective: childishly sulky or bad-tempered. Synonyms: testy - pettish - peevish - irritable - cantankerous" |
| portend | verb: bode, presage, foreshadow, forebode, prognosticate, omen, betoken, augur, foretell, predict, forecast |
| precarious | dubious |
| precocious | adjective: forward, early, premature |
| predicate | |
| pretentious | adjective: showy |
| Prevaricate | Speak falsely, To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction a : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : extend b : to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief) : publicize |
| propitiate | verb: placate, appease, conciliate, pacify, mollify, soothe, reconcile |
| Propitious | 1. Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable. 2. Favorably disposed toward someon |
| Pusillanimous | lacking courage or resolution |
| quid pro quo | something given or received for something else; also : a deal arranging a quid pro quo. most often means a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. English speakers often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour" and the phra |
| rambunctious | Uncontrollably exuberant; |
| recalcitrant | Adjective: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority. |
| recant | retract |
| reciprocate | return the favor , do to unto others what was done to you |
| recourse | way to resolve the problem |
| reductio ad absurdum | leading back to the absurd. A common debate technique, and a method of proof in mathematics and philosophy, that proves the thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. In general usage outside mathematics and philosophy, a reduct |
| relinquish | relieve, abdicate, give up, open |
| Renumerate | compensate |
| reprieve | more time |
| repudiate | 1. Refuse to accept or be associated with. Deny the truth or validity of. |
| Ruminate | contemplate, perpend |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or strategem in order to conceal, escape, or evade ex:They obtained the documents by subterfuge. propagandists who use a kind of photographic subterfuge, superimposing one image on another to create a false “reality” |
| thwart | To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. |
| vindicated | freed, freed from blame, prooved correct |
| vituperative | Adjective:Bitter and abusive.: sustained and bitter railing and condemnation. Example: their vituperation against the president. Voters are tired of all the vituperation in this campaign |
| derisive | "Expressing contempt or ridicule: ""a harsh, derisive laugh"". Synonyms: derisory - sneering - mocking - quizzical - ridiculous It has so much to outshrill, its derisive and despairing stances are so familiar, that it seems more noise than news. Ho |
| aggrieve | " ( often impersonal or passive ) to grieve; distress; afflict: it aggrieved her much that she could not go 2. to injure unjustly, esp by infringing a person's legal rights " |
| dimunition | the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction. |
| perspicacious | Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning. You are perspicacious, know the ways of the world, and are more tactful than most men of your age. -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. More perspicacious neighbors, the Paulsen |
| Redundancies | "a : the quality or state of being redundant : superfluity b : the use of redundant components; also : such components c chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff 2: profusion, abundance3.: superfluous repetition : prolixity b : an act o |
| extant | archaic : standing out or above a : currently or actually existing <the most charming writer extant — G. W. Johnson> b : still existing : not destroyed or lost <extant manuscripts. ex There are few extant records from that period. one of the oldest buildi |
| percolate | |
| ornary | having an irritable disposition.cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored I'm getting more and more ornery in my old age. <an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off his lawn> |
| capitulate | "a : to surrender often after negotiation of terms b : to cease resisting : acquiesce . The country still refuses to capitulate despite its weakening army and dwindling resources. The teacher refused to capitulate: no calculators were to be used during th |
| onerous | (of a task, duty, or responsibility) Involving a burdensome amount of effort and difficulty. Involving heavy obligations. EX: The government imposed onerous taxes on imports. b) He had the onerous and stressful job of notifying the families of soldiers |
| abjure | a. to renounce upon oath b.to reject solemnly c.: to abstain from : avoid |
| ad hoc | for the special purpose or end presently under consideration: a committee formed ad hoc to deal with the issue. adjective 2. concerned or dealing with a specific subject, purpose, or end: The ad hoc committee disbanded after making its final report. |
| adamantine | Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion. 2. Too hard to cut, break, or pierce. 3. Like a diamond in luster. That will shock some people at the Folger, but Shakespeare is adamantine.EX …and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resoluti |
| inhibit | |
| postulate | "demand, claim Scientists have postulated the existence of water on the planet. postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them |
| banal | acking originality, freshness, or novelty EX: He made some banal remarks about the weather.The writing was banal but the story was good. The more banal, the more commonplace, the more predictable, the triter, the staler, the dumber, the better. |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression .despondent about his health |
| civilized | already know |
| loquatious | full of excessive talk : wordy: given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous a loquacious and glib politician the loquacious host of a radio talk show long-cultivated dislikes and resentments, combined with a general expectation of coming apocalypse. He |
| Precipitously | " very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall<a precipitous slope> b : having precipitous sides <a precipitous gorge> c : having a very steep ascent. There has been a precipitous decline in home sales recently. People were shocked by his pre |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl <the quandaries into which the release of nuclear energy has precipitated mankind b : to throw down. to bring about especially abruptly <precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion. to cause to separate from solution |
| Coallese | |
| conniption | A fit of hysterical excitement or anger.ex "Wah!" says Stella-Rondo. I knew she'd cry. She had a conniption fit right there in the kitchen. -- Eudora Welty, "Why I Live at the P.O." The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty When they came home, everybody was |
| contrive | devise, plan <contrive ways of handling the situation to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner contrived household utensils from stone. to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : manage <he contrived to win their support. The prisoners |
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