Words | Definition |
Dupe | To deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
Eclectic | Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
Efficacy | Effectiveness |
Ellegy | A sorrowful poem or speech |
Eloquent | Persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
Emulate | To copy; to try to equal or excel |
Enervate | To reduce in strength |
Engender | To produce, cause, or bring about |
Enigma | A puzzle; a mystery |
Enumerate | To count, list, or itemize |
Ephemeral | Lasting a short time |
Equivocate | To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
Eulogy | Speech in praise of someone |
Euphemism | Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
Exacerbate | To make worse |
Exculpate | To clear from blame |
Explicit | Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
Fanantical | Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme unquestioned devotion |
Fervid | Intensely emotional; feverish |
Fawn | To grovel |
Florid | Excessively decorated or embellished |
Attenuate | To reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
Assuage | To make something unpleasent or less severe |
Articulate | Able to speak clearly and expressively |
Ardor | Intense and passionate feeling |
Archaic | Ancient, old-fashioned |
Arbitrate | To judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
Apathy | Lack of interest or emotion |
Antipathy | Extreme dislike |
Antagonize | To annoy or provoke to anger |
Anomaly | Deviation from what is normal |
Analogous | Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
Anachronism | Something out of place in time |
Ameliorate | To make better; to improve |
Ambiguous | Doubtful or uncertain; able to ve interpreted several ways |
Amalgamate | To combine; to mix together |
Alleviate | To make more bearable |
Aggrandize | To increase in power, influence, and reputation |
Aesthetic | Concerning the appretiation of beauty |
Advocate | To speak in favor of |
Adulterate | To make impure |
Abyss | An extremely deep hole |
Abstain | To choose not to do something |
Abscond | To leave secretly |
Abate | To reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
Whimsical | Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredicatble |
Zeal | Passion, excitement |
Decorum | Appropriateness of behaviour or conduct; propriety |
Deference | Respect, courtesy |
Deride | To speak or treat with contempt; to mock |
Desiccate | To dry out thoroughly |
Desultory | Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
Dissemble | To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
Dogmatic | Dictatorial in one's opinions |
Dogma | A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
Dilatory | Intended to delay |
Dilettante | Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
Dirge | A funeral hymn or mournful speech |
Disabuse | To set right; to free from error |
Discern | To percieve; to recognize |
Disparate | Fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
Dissonance | A harsh and disagreeable combination often of sounds |
Audacious | Fearless or daring |
Austere | Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
Banal | Predictable, cliched, boring |
Bolster | To support; to prop up |
Bombastic | Pompous in speech and manner |
Cacophony | Harsh, Jarring noise |
Candid | Impartial and honest in speech |
Capricious | Changing ones mind quickly and often |
Castigate | To punish or criticize harshly |
Catalyst | Something that brings out change in something else |
Caustic | Biting in wit |
Chaos | Great disorder or confusion |
Chauvinist | Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
Chicanery | Deception by means of craft or guile |
Cogent | Convincing and well reasoned |
Condone | To overlook, pardon, or disregard |
Convoluted | Intricate and complicated |
Corroborate | To provide supporting evidence |
Credulous | Too trusting; gullible |
Crescendo | Steadily increasing volume or force |
Estimable | Admirable |
Esoteric | Know or understood by only a few |
Erudite | Learned, scholarly, bookish |
Erratic | Wandering and unpredicatble |
Dilate | To make larger; to expand |
Diffident | Lacking self-confidence |
Diatribe | An abusive, condemnatory speech |
Waver | To fluctuate between choices |
Volatile | Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
Vex | To annoy |
Verbose | Wordy |
Veracity | Filled with truth and accuracy |
Venerate | To respect deeply |
Vacillate | To sway physically, to be indecisive |
Transitory | Temporary, lasting a brief time |
Torpor | Extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
Tirade | Long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
Taciturn | Silent, not talkative |
Tacit | Done without using words |
Sublime | Lofty or grand |
Stolid | Unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
Stigma | A mark of shame or discredit |
Specious | Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
Soporific | Causing sleep or lethargy |
Satiate | To satisfy fully or oveindulge |
Rhetoric | Effective writing or speaking |
Reticent | Silent, reserved |
Repudiate | To reject the validity of |
Rarefy | To make thinner or sparser |
Quiescent | Motionless |
Pungent | Sharp and irritating to the senses |
Prudence | Wisdom, caution, or restraint |
Propriety | Correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs |
Propitiate | To conciliate; to appease |
Proliferate | To increase in number quickly |
Pristine | Fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
Prodigal | Lavish, wasteful |
Prevaricate | To lie or deviate from the truth |
Precipitate | To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
Pragmatic | Practical as opposed to idealistic |
Plethora | Excess |
Plastic | Able to be molded, altered, or bent |
Placate | To soothe or pacify |
Plilanthropy | Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
Permeate | To penetrate |
Perfunctory | Done in a routine way; indifferent |
Perfidious | Willing to betray one's trust |
Pedant | Someone who shows off learning |
Paragon | Model of excellence or perfection |
Paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |
Ostentation | Excessive showiness |
Opprobrium | Public disgrace |
Opaque | Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
Onerous | Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
Occlude | To stop up, to prevent the passage of |
Obviate | To prevent; to make unnecessary |
Obstinate | Stubborn, unyielding |
Obsequious | Overly submissive and eager to please |
Obdurate | Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
Naive | Lacking sophistication or experience |
Monotony | Lack of variation |
Mollify | To calm or make less severe |
Ingenuous | Showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
Inchoate | Not fully formed; disorganized |
Implacable | Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
Impetuous | Quick to act without thinking |
Impervious | Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
Imperturable | Not capable of being disturbed |
Iconoclast | One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
Homogenous | Of a similar kind |
Gullible | Easily deceived |
Guile | Deceit or trickery |
Gregarious | Outgoing, sociable |
Garrulous | Tending to talk alot |
Frugality | A tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
Foment | To arouse or incite |
Mitigate | To soften; to lessen |
Misanthrope | A person who dislikes others |
Meticulous | Extremely careful about details |
Metaphor | A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
Malleable | Capable of being shaped |
Malinger | To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
Luminous | Bright, brilliant, glowing |
Lucid | Clear and easily understood |
Loquacious | Talkative |
Lethargic | Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
Lavish | To give unsparingly(v); Extremely generous or extravagant (adj) |
Laud | To give praise; to glorify |
Lament | To express sorrow; to grieve |
Laconic | Using few words |
Irascible | Easily made angry |
Inundate | To overwhelm; to cover with water |
Intrunsigent | Uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled |
Inimical | Hostile, unfriendly |
Innocuous | Harmless |
Insipid | Lacking interest of flavor |