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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | (v.) to really hate |
| abjure | (v.) to reject, renounce |
| abrogate | (v.) to abolish, usually by authority |
| acerbic | (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste |
| acrimony | (n.) bitterness, discord |
| acumen | (n.) keen insight |
| adumbrate | (v.) to sketch out in a vague way |
| alacrity | (n.) eagerness, speed |
| amicable | (adj.) agreeable |
| anathema | (n.) a cursed, detested person |
| antipathy | (n.) a strong dislike, repugnance |
| approbation | (n.) praise |
| arrogate | (v.) to take without justification |
| ascetic | (adj.) practicing restraint, self-discipline |
| aspersion | (n.) a curse, expression of ill-will |
| assiduous | (adj.) hard-working diligent |
| baneful | (adj.) seriously harmful |
| beguile | (v.) to lead by deception |
| bias | (adj.) prejudice |
| bibliotheca | (n.) a collection of books |
| blandish | (v.) to coax by using |
| boon | (n.) a gift or blessing |
| botulism | (n,) disease, toxin in food |
| brusque | (adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive |
| buffet | (v.) to strike with |
| bureaucracy | (n.) officialistic rule |
| burnish | (v.) to polish, shine |
| buttress | (v.) to support (n.) a support |
| cacophony | (n.) tremendous noise |
| cajole | (v.) to urge, coax |
| calumny | (n.) lies spoiling reputation |
| camaraderie | (n.) togetherness |
| capacious | (adj.) very large or spacious |
| capricious | (adj.) subject to whim, fickle |
| clemency | (n.) mercy |
| cogent | (adj.) intellectually convincing |
| concomitant | (adj.) accompanying subordinately |
| condescending | (adj.) patronizing, arrogant |
| conflagration | (n.) great fire |
| contrite | (adj.) penitent, eager to be forgiven |
| conundrum | (n.) puzzle, problem |
| cosmopolitan | (adj.) worldly |
| covetous | (adj.) rapacious |
| credulity | (n.) readiness to believe |
| cupidity | (n.) greed, strong desire |
| cursory | (adj.) brief to the point of superficiality |
| decry | (v.) to criticize openly |
| defile | (v.) to make unclean, impure |
| deleterious | (adj.) harmful |
| demure | (adj.) quiet, modest, reserved |
| deprecate | (v.) to belittle, depreciate |
| deride | (v.) to laugh at mockingly,scorn |
| derogatory | (adj.) pejorative |
| desecrate | (v.) to violate sacredness |
| desiccated | (adj.) dried up, dehydrated |
| diaphanous | (adj.) light, airy, transparent |
| diffident | (adj.) shy quiet, modest |
| discursive | (adj.) rambling, lacking order |
| dissemble | (v.) to conceal, fake |
| dither | (v.) to be indecisive |
| ebullient | (adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic |
| effrontery | (n.) impudence, nerve, insolence |
| effulgent | (adj.) radiean, splendorous |
| egregious | (adj.) extremely bad |
| enervate | (v.) to weaken, exhaust |
| ephemeral | (adj.) short-lived, fleeting |
| eschew | (v.) to shun, avoid |
| evanescent | (adj.) fleeting, momentary |
| evince | (v.) to show, reveal |
| exculpate | (v.) to free from guilt or blame |
| execrable | (adj.) loathsome, detestable |
| exigent | (adj.) urgent, critical |
| exonerate | (v.) to free from guilt or blame |
| expiate | (v.) to make amends for, atone |
| expunge | (v.) to obliterate, eradicate |
| extant | (adj.) existing, not destroyed or lost |
| extol | (v.) to praise revere |
| fallacious | (adj.) incorrect, misleading |
| fastidious | (adj.) meticulous |
| fatuous | (adj.) silly, foolish |
| fecund | (adj.) fruitful, fertile |
| feral | (adj.) wild, savage |
| fetid | (adj.) having a foul odor |
| florid | (adj.) flowery, ornate |
| fractious | (adj.) troublesome or irritable |
| fricassee | (v.) to cook a dish of cut-up foods |
| fugue | (n.) interweaving repetitive elements |
| garrulous | (adj.) talkative, wordy |
| grandiloquence | (n.) lofty, pompous speech |
| genealogy | (n.) study of family history |
| glycemia | (n.) presence of glucose in blood |
| gregarious | (adj.) sociable |
| grotesque | (adj.) bizarre |
| grueling | (adj.) trying to point of exhaustion |
| hackneyed | (adj.) unoriginal, trite |
| hapless | (adj.) unlucky |
| harangue | (n.) ranting speech (v.) to give such |
| haughty | (adj.) blatantly proud |
| hegemony | (n.) domination over others |
| heinous | (adj.) shockingly evil |
| hoodwink | (v.) to lead by deception |
| iconoclast | (n.) one who attacks beliefs |
| ignominious | (adj.) humiliating, disgracing |
| impassive | (adj.) not susceptible to suffering |
| imperious | (adj.) commanding, domineering |
| impertinent | (adj.) rude insolent |
| impervious | (adj.) impenetrable, unaffected |
| impetuous | (adj.) rash; hastily done |
| impinge | (v.) to impact, affect, infringe |
| implacable | (adj.) incapable of being appeased |
| impudent | (adj.) casually rude, impertinent |
| inchoate | (adj.) unformed or in beginning stage |
| incontrovertible | (adj.) indisputable |
| indefatigable | (adj.) incapable of defeat |
| ineffable | (adj.) unspeakable |
| inexorable | (adj.) incapable of being placated |
| ingenuous | (adj.) not devious; innocent |
| inimical | (adj.) hostile |
| iniquity | (n.) wickedness or sin |
| insidious | (adj.) harmfully seductive |
| insolent | (adj.) impertinent |
| intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise |
| inure | (v.) to become accustomed to |
| invective | (n.) an angry verbal attack |
| inveterate | (adj.) stubbornly habitual |
| jabiru | (n.) large tropical American stork |
| jargon | (n.) unintelligible language |
| jubilant | (adj.) extremely joyful, happy |
| juxtaposition | (n.) side by side comparison |
| kinetic | (adj.) dynamic, lively |
| laconic | (adj.) terse in speech/writing |
| languid | (adj.) sluggish from fatigue/weakness |
| largess | (n.) the generous giving of lavish gifts |
| latent | (adj.) hidden, but exposable |
| lavation | (n.) act of washing |
| legerdemain | (n.) deception, slight-of-hand |
| licentious | (adj.) lack of moral/legal restraints |
| limpid | (adj.) clear, transparent |
| lobotomy | (adj.) severance of nerve fibers needed for brain functioning |
| maelstrom | (n.) whirlpool that sucks in objects |
| magnanimous | (adj.) noble, generous |
| malediction | (n.) a curse |
| malevolent | (adj.) wanting harm to befall others |
| manifold | (adj.) diverse, varied |
| maudlin | (adj.) weakly sentimental |
| mawkish | (adj.) sick sentimentality |
| mendacious | (adj.) having a false character |
| mercurial | (adj.) characterized by rapid change |
| modicum | (n.) a small amount of something |
| morass | (n.) something that traps/confuses |
| multifarious | (adj.) having great diversity |
| munificence | (n.) generosity in giving |
| myriad | (adj.) a very great number |
| nadir | (n.) the lowest point of something |
| nascent | (adj.) in the process of being born. |
| natation | (n.) action or art of swimming |
| nefarious | (adj.) heinously villainous |
| neophyte | (n.) young or inexperienced |
| nimbus | (n.) an atmosphere about a person or thing; rain cloud |
| nocuous | (adj.) harmful |
| nonferrous | (adj.) without iron |
| nostalgia | (n.) sentimental yearnings |
| numismatics | (n.) the study or collection of coins |
| obdurate | (adj.) unyielding to persuasion |
| obfuscate | (v.) to render incomprehensible |
| oblique | (adj.) not straightforward |
| obsequious | (adj.) excessively submissive |
| obstreperous | (adj.) noisy, unruly |
| obtrusive | (adj.) impertinent |
| obtuse | (adj.) lacking sensibility or intellect |
| odious | (adj.) instilling intense displeasure |
| officious | (adj.) offering unwanted services |
| opulent | (adj.) ostentatious abundance |
| ostensible | (adj.) seeming to be |
| palliate | (v.) to reduce the severity of |
| pallid | (adj.) lacking color |
| panacea | (n.) a remedy for all difficulties |
| paragon | (n.) a model of excellence |
| pariah | (n.) an outcast |
| parsimony | (n.) frugality, stinginess |
| pathos | (n.) an emotion of sympathy |
| paucity | (adj.) small in quantity |
| pejorative | (adj.) derogatory |
| pellucid | (adj.) easily intelligible, clear |
| penurious | (adj.) miserly, stingy |
| perfidious | (adj.) disloyal, unfaithful |
| perfunctory | (adj.) showing little enthusiasm |
| pernicious | (adj.) extremely destructive |
| perspicacity | (adj.) shrewdness |
| pertinacious | (adj.) stubbornly persistent |
| petulance | (n.) rudeness, irritability |
| pithy | (adj.) concisely meaningful |
| placate | (v.) soothe |
| platitude | (n.) an uninspired remark, cliché |
| plethora | (n.) an abundance, excess |
| polemic | (n.) aggressive argument against something |
| portent | (n.) an omen |
| precocious | (adj.) advanced development |
| prescient | (adj.) having foreknowledge of .. |
| primeval | (adj.) original, ancient |
| probity | (n.) virtue, integrity |
| proclivity | (n.) strong inclination toward.. |
| promulgate | (v.) to proclaim, make known |
| propensity | (n.) an inclination, preference |
| propitious | (adj.) favorable |
| prosaic | (adj.) plain, lacking liveliness |
| proscribe | (v.) to condemn, outlaw |
| protean | (adj.) displaying great variety |
| psoriasis | (n.) skin disease |
| puerile | (adj.) juvenile, immature |
| pugnacious | (adj. quarrelsome, combative |
| pulchritude | (n.) physical beauty |
| punctilious | (adj.) eager to follow rules |
| pyrogenic | (adj.) produced by heat or fever |
| quagmire | (n.) a difficult situation |
| quasi | (adj.) having some resemblance |
| quaver | (v.) tremble |
| querulous | (adj.) whiny, complaining |
| quintessence | (n.) the most typical example |
| quixotic | (adj.) idealistic, impractical |
| rancor | (n.) deep, bitter resentment |
| rapacious | (adj.) excessively covetous |
| rebuke | (v.) to scold, criticize |
| recalcitrant | (adj.) defiant, unapologetic |
| rectitude | (n.) uprightness, extreme morality |
| recusant | (n.) one who refuses to obey authority |
| replete | (adj.) full, abundant |
| reprobate | (adj.) evil, unprincipled |
| reprove | (v.) to scold, rebuke |
| repudiate | (v.) to reject, refuse to accept |
| rescind | (v.) to take back, repeal |
| restive | (adj.) resistant, stubborn, impatient |
| ribald | (adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous |
| rife | (adj.) abundant |
| ruse | (n.) a trick |
| rutilant | (adj.) having a reddish glow |
| sacrosanct | (adj.) holy, not to be criticized |
| sagacity | (n.) shrewdness |
| salient | (adj.) significant, conspicuous |
| sanctimonious | (adj.) hypocritical piety |
| sanguine | (adj.) optimistic, cheery |
| scurrilous | (adj.) vulgar, coarse |
| scyphozoan | (n.) jellyfishes lacking a true polyp |
| serendipity | (n.) luck |
| servile | (adj.) subservient |
| sigma | (n.) 18th letter of the Greek alphabet; standard deviation |
| solicitous | (adj.) concerned, attentive |
| solipsistic | (adj.) believing only self exists or should exist |
| somnolent | (adj.) sleepy, drowsy |
| spurious | (adj.) falsely seeming plausible |
| staid | (adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained |
| stoic | (adj.) not susceptible to suffering |
| stolid | (adj.) little sensibility, unemotional |
| stupefy | (v.) to astonish, make insensible |
| surfeit | (n.) overabundant supply or indulgence |
| surmise | (v.) to infer with little evidence |
| surreptitious | (adj.) stealthy |
| sycophant | (n.) one who flatters for self-gain |
| tacit | (adj.) expressed without words |
| taciturn | (adj.) not inclined to talk |
| tantamount | (adj.) equivalent in significance |
| temerity | (n.) audacity, recklessness |
| tenuous | (adj.) having little substance/strength |
| terse | (adj.) laconic, minimum words |
| timorous | (adj.) timid, fearful |
| torpid | (adj.) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion |
| tractable | (adj.) easily controlled |
| transient | (adj.) passing through briefly |
| transmute | (v.) to change or alter in form |
| trenchant | (adj.) effective, articulate, clear-cut |
| truculent | (adj.) ready to fight, cruel |
| turgid | (adj.) swollen, excessively embellished |
| turpitude | (n.) depravity, moral corruption |
| ubiquitous | (adj.) existing everywhere |
| umbrage | (n.) resentment, offense |
| undaunted | (adj.) not discouraged |
| undulate | (v.) to move in waves |
| upbraid | (v.) to criticize or scold severely |
| torpid | (v.) to seize by force |
| usury | (n.) lending of money at high interest |
| vacillate | (v.) to fluctuate, hesitate |
| vacuous | (adj.) lack of content or ideas, stupid |
| vapid | (adj.) lacking liveliness, dull |
| variegated | (adj.) diversified, distinctly marked |
| venerate | (v.) to regard with respect |
| veracity | (n.) truthfulness, accuracy |
| verdant | (adj.) green in tint or color |
| vex | (v.) to confuse or annoy |
| vicarious | (adj.) experiencing through another |
| vicissitude | (n.) event that occurs by chance |
| vilify | (v.) to lower in importance, defame |
| viscous | (adj.) not free flowing, syrupy |
| vitriolic | (adj.) having a caustic quality |
| vituperate | (v.) to berate |
| wanton | (adj.) undisciplined, lewd, lustful |
| winsome | (adj.) charming, pleasing |
| wistful | (adj.) full of yearning; musingly sad |
| wizened | (adj.) dry, shrunken, wrinkled |
| zenith | (n.) the highest point, culminating point |
| zephyr | (n.) a gentle breeze |
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