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English Vocab EXM 1
1st semester exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abeyance | temporary suspension |
| acquiesce | to give in passively |
| acumen | skill |
| adroit | clever |
| aberration | departing from the norm |
| altercation | angry dispute |
| altruism | unselfish |
| amenable | agreeable/submissive |
| animosity | hostile |
| anomaly | odd |
| appease | to satisfy |
| ardent | passionate |
| arduous | difficult |
| articulate | able to express in words |
| ascetic | self-denial |
| assiduous | diligent |
| attrition | to make smaller |
| augment | to make bigger |
| autonomous | independent |
| avarice | greed |
| audacity | boldness |
| banal | boring |
| bellicose | war-like |
| bastion | fortress |
| belie | disguise/misrepresent |
| berate | to scold |
| blatant | obvious |
| blithe | happy |
| boorish | insensitive |
| brackish | dirty water |
| braggadocio | boastful person |
| bucolic | rural setting |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| capricious | fickle |
| cataclysm | natural disaster |
| allay | to calm |
| caustic | to corrode |
| celerity | swiftness |
| charlatan | fraud |
| chicanery | trickery |
| circumspect | to be cautious |
| clandestine | secretive |
| clemency | forgiveness |
| castigate | berate |
| cogent | persuasive |
| cognizant | aware |
| commodious | capacious |
| complacent | self-satisfied |
| conflagration | large fire |
| congealed | to solidify |
| contiguous | touching |
| contrite | remorseful |
| copious | abundance |
| coterie | select-group |
| covert | clandestine |
| cryptic | coded |
| cursory | hasty |
| dearth | shortage |
| debauchery | excessive immorality |
| debility | weakness |
| deference | respect |
| defray | to help pay |
| denizen | resident |
| denigrate | to criticize |
| deleterious | harmful |
| denouement | final outcome |
| derision | ridicule |
| didactic | instructive |
| diffident | shy |
| discursive | rambling |
| disparage | to insult |
| disparity | inequality |
| divergent | splitting |
| docile | tamed |
| dogmatic | stubborn |
| dolorous | painful |
| dolt | an idiot |
| domicile | residence |
| dormant | inactive |
| dour | gloomy |
| dubious | doubtful |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| egregious | very bad |
| elucidate | to clarify |
| eclectic | variety |
| emanate | to emit |
| encroach | to trespass |
| engender | to create |
| enigma | mystery |
| ennui | boredom |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| erudite | educated |
| eschew | to avoid |
| esoteric | understood by few |
| ethereal | spirit-like |
| euphemistic | sugar-coatingly |
| exculpate | to pardon |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| expedite | to speed up |
| expunge | to remove |
| extrinsic | nonessential |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| factious | divisive |
| farrago | mixture |
| fecundity | fertility |
| facade | face |
| fervor | passion |
| flaccid | weak and limp |
| foible | minor weakness |
| foray | quick raid |
| formidable | worthy of awe |
| fortuitous | lucky accident |
| fracas | uproar |
| furtive | used |
| gambol | frolic |
| garish | showy |
| garrulous | talkative |
| generic | general |
| guile | sly |
| germane | relevant |
| gist | main idea |
| glean | to take off |
| gratuitous | unnecessary |
| gregarious | sociable |
| guttural | from the throat |
| halcyon | peaceful |
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