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jsy's vocab
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| commensurate | adj. equal; proportionate |
| compendium | n. a summary; an abridgment |
| complacent | adj. self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault |
| complicity | n. participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice |
| comprise | v. to consist of |
| concur | v. to agree |
| condescend | v. to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize |
| condone | v. to overlook; to permit to happen |
| conducive | adj. promoting |
| confluence | n. a flowing together, especially of rivers; the place where they begin to flow together |
| congenial | adj. agreeably suitable; pleasant |
| congenital | adj. a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate |
| conjecture | v. to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence |
| connoisseur | n. an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste |
| consecrate | v. to make or declare sacred |
| consensus | n. unanimity or general agreement |
| consonant | adj. harmonious; in agreement |
| coalesce | v. to come together as one; to fuse; to unite |
| coerce | v. to force someone to do or not to do something |
| cogent | v. powerfully convincing |
| cognizant | adj. aware; conscious |
| collusion | n. conspiracy; secret cooperation |
| circuitous | adj. roundabout; not following a direct path |
| censure | v. to condemn severely for doing something bad |
| chastise | v. to inflict punishment on; to discipline |
| chimera | n. an illusion; an foolish fancy |
| circumlocution | n. an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language |
| circumscribe | v. to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict |
| circumspect | adj. cautious |
| circumvent | v. to frustrate as though by surrounding |
| charlatan | n. fraud; quack; con man |
| choleric | adj. hot-tempered; quick to anger |
| chasm | n. a deep, gaping hole; a gorge |
| catharsis | n. purification that brings emotional relief or renewal |
| chicanery | n. trickery; deceitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political |
| caustic | adj. like acid; corrosive |
| chagrin | n. humiliation; embarrassed disappointment |
| categorical | adj. unconditional; absolute |
| castigate | v. to criticize severely; to chastise |
| capricious | adj. unpredictable; likely to change at any moment |
| recapitulate | v. to summarize |
| capitulate | v. to surrender; to give up or give in |
| candor | n. truthfulness; sincere honesty |
| cajole | v. to persuade someone to do something h or she doesn't want to do |
| cadence | n. rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds |
| cacophony | n. harsh-sounding of mixture of words, voices, or sounds |
| burgeon | v. to expand; to flourish |
| bucolic | adj. charming rural; rustic; country-like |
| blight | n. a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys |
| beset | v. to harass; to surround |
| bequest | n. something left to someone in a will |
| bemused | adj. confused; bewildered |
| belligerent | adj. combative; quarrelsome; waging war |
| belie | v. to give a false impression of; to contradict |
| beleaguer | v. to surround; to besiege; to harass |
| belabor | v. to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent |
| bastion | n. stronghold; fortress; fortified place |
| apocryphal | adj. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious |
| aphorism | n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb |
| apartheid | n. the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa |
| antithesis | n. the direct opposite |
| abnegate | v. to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce |
| accolade | n. an award; an honor |
| acquiesce | v. to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree |
| acumen | n. keenness of judgement; mental sharpness |
| adherent | n. follower; supporter; believer |
| adulation | n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery |
| affectation | n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress |
| alacrity | n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond |
| allege | v. to assert without proof |
| allocate | v. to distribute; to assign; to allot |
| ambiance | n. atmosphere; mood; feeling |
| ambivalent | adj. undecided; neutral; wish-washy |
| amorous | adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love |
| anachronism | n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity |
| amnesty | n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy |
| amenable | adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable |
| apotheosis | n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something |
| apprehensive | adj. worried; anxious |
| arbitrary | adj. random; capricious |
| arcane | adj. mysterious; known only to a select few |
| archetype | n. an original model or pattern |
| arduous | adj. hard; difficult |
| artifice | n. a clever trick; cunning |
| ascendancy | n. supremacy; domination |
| ascetic | adj. hermit-like; practicing self-denial |
| assiduous | adj. hardworking; busy; quite diligent |
| astute | adj. shrewd; keen in judgment |
| audacity | n. boldness; reckless daring; impertinence |
| auspicious | adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result |
| austere | adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess |
| autocratic | adj. ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy |
| autonomous | adj. acting independently |
| avarice | n. greed; excessive love of riches |
| avow | v. to claim; to declare boldly; to admit |
| avuncular | adj. like an uncle, especially a nice uncle |
| axiom | n. a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying |
| clemency | n. mercy; forgiveness; mildness |
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