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Vocabulary 1-100
All vocabulary for Freshman Vocal Final. Abdicate - conjecture.
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| abet | to encourage or assist (especially in wrongdoing) |
| abhor | to regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely |
| abject | wretched, miserable; degrading, humiliating |
| absolve | to clear of guilt or blame |
| abstain | to refrain completely and voluntarily |
| academic | theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic |
| accede | to yield to; to agree to |
| acclimate | to get used to (environment/situation) |
| addiction | a habit-forming practice or pursuit |
| adjourn | to close formally |
| adverse | hostile in purpose or effect |
| advocate | to speak/argue in favor of; to give active public support to |
| aesthetic | pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic |
| affable | courteous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach |
| affectation | a pretentious display of manners or sentiments that are not genuine; a peculiar habit of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others |
| affluent | prosperous, wealthy |
| agenda | a list or program of things to be done or acted upon |
| aggregate | the total amount or sum total of the individual parts OR to gather or merge into a single whole OR total, collective |
| agile | swift and light in action, movement, or thought |
| alienate | to cause hostility or indifference where love, friendliness, or interest formerly existed |
| allege | to claim that something is true but without offering any proof |
| allude | to refer to indirectly |
| ambience | the surrounding or pervading atmosphere; the tone and spirit of an environment |
| ambivalent | wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, a thing, or a course of action |
| amnesty | an official pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses |
| anachronism | the misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; anything out of its proper time frame |
| anarchy | absence of governmental authority; general political and social disorder |
| anathema | a curse or strong denunciation OR the person/thing cursed- an object of intense dislike |
| anecdote | a brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing biographical or historical details |
| anomaly | a deviation from what is normal or expected |
| apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| appall | to fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay |
| apprehend | to arrest or take into custody OR to perceive or understand the meaning of OR to look forward to with fear/anxiety |
| arbitrary | subject to or determined by one's judgement |
| arbitrate | to act as an impartial judge in a dispute; to settle |
| array | to line up; to dress up |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words |
| askew | out of line or position; turned to one side |
| assimilate | to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own |
| astute | keen of mind and judgment, especially in practical matters; cunning |
| asylum | an institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless persons OR any place offering protection or security |
| atone | to make up for or repent |
| atrocity | a svagely cruel, brutal, or inhuman deed; a monstrosity |
| atrophy | a failure to develop normally; a progressive wasting away or decline |
| attrition | a gradual wearing down or weakening of resistance resulting from constrant friction, pressure, or harrassment |
| augment | to make greater, to become greater |
| augur | someone who can forecast the future by spotting various signs or indications of what is to come |
| austere | rigidly severe; severely simple or bare |
| authentic | genuine, trustworthy |
| avarice | an excessive desire to acquire and possess wealthy; a combination of greed and stinginess |
| avid | extremely eager, anxious, or enthusastic |
| badger | to tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments |
| baffle | to puzzle completely |
| banal | made stale by constant use or repetition |
| belligerent | warring, actually engaged in a war; warlike or hostile |
| benign | gentle and kindly |
| bicker | to engage in petty quarreling |
| bizarre | weird or fantastic |
| bland | mild or gentle OR lacking interest or liveliness |
| bleak | desolate, windswept, or bare |
| blight | to check or destroy the growth of |
| blithe | merry and carefree |
| boisterous | noisy and rowdy |
| bombastic | pompous or inflated in language |
| boorish | rude or unrefined |
| boycott | to refuse to buy, use, or deal with as a way to protest some form of behavior |
| brash | overly bold, hasty, and thoughtless |
| bravado | a boastful or swaggering show of false bravery |
| brusque | overly short or abrupt |
| bungle | to mismanage or make a mess of |
| bureaucracy | a complicated system of administrative agencies and officials; the officials themselves |
| buttress | a support or reinforcement |
| cajole | to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit |
| callous | unfeeling or insensitive |
| calumny | a false statement deliberately made up to injure a person |
| candid | fair and impartial |
| cantankerous | foul-tempered and quarrelsome |
| captious | quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections; overly demanding or fussy |
| catholic | broad or widely inclusive |
| caustic | able to dissolve or eat away by chemical action |
| censor | to examine for and remove objectionable material; someone who does this |
| censure | open and strong criticism or disapproval |
| chagrin | irritation, embarrassment, or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration |
| charlatan | anyone who claims to have skills/knowledge that he/she does not possess |
| chronic | continuing over a long period of time or recurring often |
| circuitious | indirect or roundabout; longwinded |
| circumspect | cautious or prudent, especially in regard to the consequences of actions or statements; tactful |
| circumvent | to get around or avoid, especially by trickery or deception |
| clandestine | concealed from view so as to hide one's purpose |
| coerce | to force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, intimidation, or physical violence |
| cogent | forceful and convincing; to the point |
| cohere | to hold or stick together; to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole |
| collaborate | to work together on some kind of joint project |
| compatible | capable of use with some other brand or model |
| complacent | overly self-satisfied; smug |
| concise | saying a lot in a few words |
| condone | to overlook or disregard an offense, thereby implying forgiveness, acceptance, or possibly approval of it |
| confrontation | a face-to-face encounter, usually (not always) suggesting a hostile or defiant attitude |
| conjecture | a conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess |
| abdicate | to give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim |
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