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Mega Vocab List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tangible | able to touch or feel |
| Menial | related to work requiring little skill |
| Predicament | unpleasant, difficult situation |
| Hesitant | undecided |
| Absolution | freeing from shame or guilt |
| Clemency | mercy |
| Adjuration | strong appeal to someone or something |
| Avocation | diversion |
| Precipitately | bringing about prematurely |
| Arbitrary | Done capriciously or randomly |
| Imminent | about to occur |
| Cognizant | aware |
| Inert | inactive, motionless |
| Doleful | sorrowful |
| Vehemently | strongly emotional;intensely passionate |
| Privation | lack of usual comforts of life |
| Pretentious | making an exaggerated, outward show |
| Dolorous | causing or involving pain or sorrow |
| Affectation | conspicuous artificially |
| Aghast | filled with sudden shock, fright or horror |
| Supplication | humble prayer |
| Browbeat | intimidate, bully |
| Enjoin | order, command |
| Inexorable | unrelenting, merciless |
| Cessation | bringing an end to |
| Sodden | soaked |
| Lacerate | tear |
| Conciliatory | intended to end; bad feelings |
| Interrogate | to examine harshly by question |
| Mien | appearance, demeanor |
| Ardent | characterized by intense feeling |
| Ebullient | overflowing w/ enthusiasm or excitement |
| Promontory | a cliff near the sea |
| Cur | an unfriendly dog |
| Usurper | one who seizes a position by force |
| Paunch | large belly |
| Vicissitude | changing course of something |
| Catharsis | purging of emotions |
| Accost | approach and speak to |
| Acrimony | sharpness, harshness, bitterness |
| Heinous | hateful, wicked |
| Animadversion | criticism |
| Undulate | move in a wave-like motion |
| Assiduous | constant, diligent |
| Perforate | puncture |
| Gesticulate | make hand motions |
| Unambiguous | clear; not confusing |
| Benefactor | supporter, sponsor |
| Reminisce | recall past events |
| Ambivalence | uncertainly |
| Bungle | do something clumsily, mess up |
| Cabal | small group of secret plotters |
| Amorphous | w/o shape |
| Pragmatist | someone who is practical |
| Imbibe | drink |
| Bilious | irritable, cranky |
| Credulous | gullible |
| Alchemy | medieval science of turning base metal into gold |
| Collaborate | work together |
| Staccato | characterized by short, sharp sounds |
| Languid | lacking in energy, interest, spirit |
| Captivate | to attract and hold the attention of someone |
| Betrothal | engagement to marry |
| Blithe | joyous |
| Shiftless | lazy;lacking ambition |
| Dissolution | the breaking of a bond |
| Saunter | to walk in a leisurely way |
| Belie | misinterpret |
| Candid | outspoken; straight-foraward |
| Eschew | avoid |
| Disconsolate | hopelessly unhappy |
| Denizen | dweller |
| Acquiesce | submit |
| Broach | to initiate(a topic) for discussion |
| Temerity | boldness; rashness |
| Dejection | depression |
| Portly | rather heavy |
| Brazen | shameless |
| Mesmerize | hypnotize,fascinate |
| Rejuvenate | make young again |
| Torrid | burning, passionate |
| Fetid | having an offensive odor |
| Distended | increased; expanded; bloated |
| Discomfiture | confusion; embarrassment; frustration of hopes |
| Impede | obstruct; hinder |
| Beseech | to beg or plead |
| Chasten | discipline, punish |
| Disrepute | low regard; disfavour |
| Aboveboard | w/o concealment, fraud or trickery |
| Pugnacious | inclined to fight |
| Admonish | to scold in a mild manner |
| Brusque | abrupt; blunt |
| Commontion | disturbance |
| Odious | hateful |
| Physiognomy | external appearance |
| Fathom | to understand |
| Harbringer | event that foreshadows a future event |
| Plaintively | in a mournful manner |
| Indolence | laziness |
| Ameliorate | relieve from pain or hardship |
| Ravenous | extremely hungry |
| Comatose | lacking in vitality or conciousness |
| Abject | miserable; sunk to low condition |
| Poignantly | in an emotionally moving manner |
| Ruminations | thoughts;meditations |
| Apathetic | indifferent; unresponsive |
| Coerce | force |
| Impelled | driven to take action |
| Emerge | to come into view or into existence |
| Beset | attack from all sides |
| Contusion | bruise |
| Incapacitate | to deprive of power |
| Perusal | detailed analysis |
| Contrite | broken in spirit because of a sense of sin |
| Quizzically | in a puzzled manner |
| Vouchsafe | to grant or give |
| Windfall | unexpected gain |
| Indelible | unable to be erased or removed |
| Alienation | estrangment |
| Coquettishly | flirtatiously |
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