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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| peruse | to study; to read |
| philistine | marrow minded; conventional |
| piety | devotion to God & family |
| pique | n. to hurt feelings; make resentful v. stimulate interest |
| platitude | dull; stale remark |
| ponderous | heavy, labored |
| pragmatic | practical |
| preclude | prevent |
| precocious | early developed |
| prodigious | enormous, extraordinary |
| profusion | abundance |
| quandary | doubtful, confused |
| quixotic | impractical |
| querulous | complaining, whiny |
| raconteur | skilled at telling stories |
| rancor | bitter, resentful |
| raze | destroy |
| rebuff | rudely refuse |
| recalcitrant | resistant |
| relegate | demote |
| residual | remaining, residue |
| copious | abundant |
| carping | complaining |
| respite | short period of rest |
| colloquial | common |
| nomenclature | systematic naming |
| opulent | wealthy, abundant |
| overt | open |
| officious | meddling, giving unwanted advice |
| propensity | tendency |
| prudent | cautious in a sensible way |
| pugnacious | ready to fight |
| painstaking | careful, diligent |
| pariah | outcast |
| disparity | lack of equality, difference |
| provincial | relating to a province |
| peerless | better than the rest |
| parsimonious | stingy |
| partisan | support for a cause/party |
| paucity | scarcity |
| perfidy | betrayal of trust |
| analogous | similar characteristics |
| autonomy | self-governing, independent |
| duplicity | deceitfulness |
| austere | strict manner |
| levity | lightness, lacking seriousness |
| lucid | clear, easily understood |
| latent | inactive, undeveloped |
| lassitude | tired, weary |
| lampoon | satirical writing |
| laconic | brief speech |
| impassive | emotionless |
| immutable | never changing |
| intractable | hard to manage |
| intemperate | lacking self-control |
| insurgent | one who rises in revolt |
| incipient | beginning to happen/develop |
| inscrutable | mysterious, can't be understood |
| innocuous | harmless |
| ingratiate | to make oneself acceptable |
| indigent | poor, needy |
| incontrovertible | can't be disputed |
| incorrigible | can't be changed |
| incisive | keen, penetrating |
| incongruous | out of place |
| iconoclast | person who attacks beliefs/est. institutions |
| immaterial | unimportant |
| heretic | person with controversial opinions against their religion |
| hedonist | one who lives solely for pleasure |
| haphazard | random, unplanned |
| hackneyed | used too often |
| guile | crafty deceit |
| gratuitous | free of charge; uncalled for |
| garrulous | talkative |
| garbled | confused; mixed |
| galvanize | arouse, startle |
| furtive | done quickly and secretly |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| formidable | hard to overcome, dreaded |
| fledgling | newly developed |
| flagrant | obviously offensive, outrageous |
| fitful | intermittent, spasmodic |
| fervor | intense emotion |
| fastidious | picky, hard to please |
| facilitate | to make easy |
| extol | to give high praise |
| expedite | move quickly |
| expedient | useful, advantageous |
| evanescent | gradually disappearing |
| esoteric | understood only by a few |
| equivocate | use double-meaning to mislead |
| equanimity | evenness of temper |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| engender | bring into being |
| enervate | to weaken |
| embroil | involve in an argument |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| egregious | extraordinarily bad |
| effervescent | lively |
| efface | erase |
| ebb | to decline |
| tactless | insensitive |
| tangential | merely touching, relating/ moving in the direction of a tangent |
| temerity | reckless boldness |
| tenet | belief held as truth by a group |
| tirade | scolding speech |
| unassailable | undeniable |
| undermine | to dig, weaken |
| unequivocal | plain, clear |
| ungainly | clumsy, awkward |
| unobtrusive | not noticeable, inconspicuous |
| unimpeachable | unquestionable |
| untenable | can't be maintained/ defended |
| urbane | courteous, polished |
| vacillate | swaying unsteadily, waver |
| vicarious | substitute, second-hand |
| viable | able to live |
| vilify | defame, slander |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| vitriolic | caustic, sharp, bitter |
| voracious | greedy, gluttonous |
| waive | postpone |
| wanton | immoral, malicious |
| whet | to sharpen, stimulate |
| zany | foolish, clownish |
| zealot | person with great enthusiasm for a cause |
| zenith | the highest point |
| sagacious | wise, good judgment |
| soporific | causing sleep, drowsy |
| spurious | counterfeit, false |
| squalid | dirty due to neglect/poverty; morally repulsive |
| salutary | beneficial |
| sanction | approve, encourage |
| scapegoat | one who take the blame |
| scrupulous | honest, careful about details |
| sectarian | a group within a larger group limited by common beliefs |
| sequester | go into seclusion, segregate |
| sumptuous | costly, extravagant |
| sycophant | suck up |
| stringent | controlled, strict |
| stultifying | stupid, ridiculous |
| substantiate | to support with proof |
| succinct | concise |
| susceptible | sensitive, easily influenced |
| supercilious | looking down on others |
| surmise | to assume |
| surreptitious | sly, done quietly and secretly |
| coalesce | grow together, combine |
| catalyst | something/someone that brings change |
| circumspect | careful |
| catharsis | emotional purification |
| criterion | standard for judging |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| cache | hiding place, something hidden |
| clemency | mercy, mildness |
| commiserate | to sympathize |
| acquiesce | accept conclusions silently |
| blithe | happy & cheerful |
| bombastic | pretentious speech that is meaningless |
| animosity | strong hostility |
| admonish | to warn/urge strongly |
| disposition | tendency, nature |
| dogmatic | emphatic on asserting opinions |
| dissipated | indulging excessively |
| diminution | to lessen |
| diffuse | spread out, wordy |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| diatribe | bitter verbal attack |
| devoid | not lacking |
| deter | to discourage |
| despot | monarch with unlimited power |
| desecrate | to treat with disrespect |
| delineate | to describe in words, sketch |
| denunciation | public disapproval |
| deference | great respect |
| decadence | decay, decline |
| dearth | shortage |
| chimerical | fanciful, absurd |
| censure | blame, criticize, condemn |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| conspicuous | visible, noticeable |
| capricious | fickle, changeable |
| aggrandizement | increase in rank, power, wealth |
| ambivalence | having conflicting attitudes |
| aberration | unusual course of action |
| altruistic | thoughtful of others welfare, generous |
| cursory | without attention to details |
| assuage | calm/soothe |
| apocryphal | counterfeit |
| acumen | insight |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| inhibit | retrain |
| insular | narrow-minded |
| invective | verbal insult |
| pedantic | bookish |
| refractory | stubborn, unmanageable |
| rhetoric | persuasive speaking |
| grandiloquence | extravagant language, style, or manner |
| untenable | unachievable |
| discretion | good judgment |
| effigy | likeness,sculpture/model of a person |
| insubordinate | disobedient |
| jostle | push, brush against |
| pacifist | one who opposes all violence |
| pontificate | to speak at length |
| v. rail | complain, argue |
| harangue | lengthy speech/lecture |
| stave | fight off |
| surmount | overcome |
| tenacious | persistent |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| usury | overcharge, excessive interest rate |
| abridge | shorten |
| assiduous | hard-working |
| auspicious | favorable |
| avarice | greed |
| benefactor | patron (supporter) |
| engender | generate |
| aesthetic | artistic |
| facetious | joking, sarcastic |
| gainsay | contradict |
| hegemony | authority, domination |
| impresario | promoter |
| incomparable | peerless |
| endear | enamor |
| elude | omit |
| domicile | home, legal residence |
| derelict | negligent |
| decant | to pour |
| convocation | gathering |
| cohere | stick together |
| apprise | inform |
| amenable | agreeable |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| sanctimonious | self-righteous |
| reproach | blame |
| renege | break a promise |
| prevaricate | lie |
| preponderance | superiority in power/influence |
| platitude | trite (trivial) remark |
| pithy | concise |
| phlegmatic | sluggish |
| pervade | permeate |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| lassitude | lethargy |
| inimical | adverse, hostile |
| dissent | disagree |
| disparate | various |
| cynical | doubtful of the motives of others |
| callow | inexperienced |
| bellicose | warlike |
| aggregate | total, collect |
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CarolynT
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