500 toefl vocabulary
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500+ Toefl Exam Word List
ABANDON : To give up completely -abandoned the sinking ship
!ynonyms: relin"uish# forgo# forsake
ABASH : To lose self-confidence$ to confuse# put to shame % abashed before the assem&leddignitaries
!ynonyms: fluster# disconcert# discomfit#discompose
'ntonym: (ad) * self-possessed
ABDICATE : To give up claim to - abdicatedthe throne
!ynonyms: renounce# a&andon# relin"uish
ABET : To encourage -or support -treacherously abetted the enemy
!ynonyms: spur# incite
'ntonym: deter
ABRIDGE : To shorten - abridged his lengthyspeech
!ynonyms: curtail# diminish# retrench
'nthonyms: protract# elongate# amplify
ABROGATE : To a&olish or render void - atreaty abrogated &y mutual consent
!ynonyms: annul# nullify# rescind# void
ABSTEMIOUS : oderate in the use of foodor drink - abstemious in his ha&its
!ynonym: temperate
ACADEMIC : ,ertaining to school$ theoreticalacademic in terests$ an academic discussion ,
ith no practical implications
!ynonym: scholastic
ACCEDE : To agree to -accede to a re"uest
!ynonym: assent
'ntonym: demur
ACCELERATE : - To "uicken# speed tip -took an accelerated course in order to graduateearly
!ynonym: expedite (ad) expeditious*
'ntonym: retard
ACCOLADE : 'n a ard or salute - atremendous accolade for a returning hero
!ynonyms: tri&ute# ovation
ACCORD : 'greement or harmony - in fullaccord ith his vie
!ynonyms: concord# concurrence
'ntonyms:dissension# discord
ACRIMONIOUS : !harp or harsh in languageor temper - stung &y the acrimonious remark
!ynonyms:caustic# acer pungent# tart#mordant# acrid$ (noun* asperity
'ntonyms:suave# affa&le
ACUMEN : .eenness of mind or insight -sho ing exceptional &usiness acumen.
!ynonyms:perspicacity# discernment#
perception
'ntonym:o&tuseness
ADMONISH (noun : '/ 12T2 1*: Toarn or find fault gently - admonishing the
unruly child
!ynonyms:chide# caution# reprimand#reprehend# reproach
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ADVERSARY : (ad) : '/3E4!E*: 'nopponent - his adversary in a &itter de&ate
!ynonym:antagonist
'ntonyms:cohort# confederate# ally#
accomplice
ADVERSITY : isfortune - calm in the faceof adversity
!ynonyms:affliction# mischance# reverses
AESTHETIC : ,ertaining to the &eautiful -interested in aesthetic values rather than in
purely practical affairs
AFFABLE : !ocia&le# courteous# andagreea&le in manner a much admired# affablegentleman
!ynonyms: civil# complaisant# &enign#gracious# genial# ur&ane# cordial
'ntonyms:curt# &rus"ue# rude# &oorish# surly
AFFLUENT : ,rosperous# flourishing$ copious- a large &e"uest from an affluent grandfather
!ynonyms:opulent# profuse
'ntonyms:destitute# impecunious
AGGRESSIVE (noun: ' 4E!!2 1 anunprovoked attack*: self-assertive$ attacking#offensive - annoyed people &y his aggressiveattitude$
!ynonyms:&umptious# officious# o&trusive
'ntonyms:meek# hum&le# retiring# diffident
ALACRITY : Eagerness$ cheerful promptness- responded to the flattering offer ithalacrity
!ynonyms:celerity# &riskness# energy#animation
'ntonyms:apathy# nonchalance# sluggishness#lethargy# phlegmatism
ALIENATE : To estrange - altenated by hisgruff manner
ALLAY : To calm$ to lessen in severity - atease no that his fears have &een allayed.
!ynonyms:appease# alleviate# pacify# assuage#a&ate# mitigate# propitiate# mollify# placate
'ntonyms:intensify# aggravate
ALLUDE (noun: 'LL6!2 1*: To refer toindirectly - alluded "uite su&tly to his friend7smisfortune
!ynonyms:insinuate# intimate# imply
'ntonyms:refer# cite
ALLURE : To tempt &y flattery or anattractive offer - allured &y the prospect of ane )o&
!ynonyms:lure# decoy# inveigle# entice#seduce# heedle# &eguile# ca)ole
'ntonym:repel
AMBIGUOUS : 6ncertain# vague# capa&le of &eing inter- in more than one ay - pu88led &ythe ambiguous statement
!ynonyms:ha8y# o&scure# e"uivocal# du&ious#ne&ulous
'ntonyms:explicit# un"uestiona&le
AMENABLE : &edient$ illing to su&mit -
amenable to the suggestion
!ynonyms:tracta&le# docile# responsive
'ntonyms:intracta&le# refractory# recalcitrant
AMIABLE : ood-natured$ friendly - attractedfriends &y his amiable disposition
!ynonym:complaisant
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ANACHRONISM : ' thing placed oroccurring out of its normal time - ' machinegun at the 9attle of orkto n ould &e ananachronism
ANALOGY (ad) : '1'L 6!*: ' relation
&et een t o things sho n in the resem&lancenot of the things themselves &ut of theircharacteristics- ;e indicated points of analogy
&et een the t o situations
!ynonyms:correspondence# affinity
'ntonym: anomaly (a deviation from thegeneral rule*
ANARCHY : !tate of confusion orla lessness - a country &rought to utteranarchy &y civil ar
!ynonyms: chaos# pandemonium
ANIMUS : ' feeling of hatred-felt no animus #even against the enemy
!ynonyms: enmity# rancor# malevolence#animosity
'ntonym: amity
ANNALS : ;istorical records - in the annals ofliterature
ANONYMOUS : f unkno n authorship-ananonymous pu&lication
ANTHOLOGY : ' collection of choiceliterary orks % an anthology of modern
poetry
ANTITHESIS (ad) : '1T2T;ET2
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BLIGHT : To ruin or decay - the rottingheat-# blighted &y incessant rain
!ynonyms: ither# &last
BLITHE : ay and light-hearted in spirit or
mood - spread cheer ith her blithe spirit
!ynonyms: )ocund# merry# )oyous
'ntonyms: de)ected# forlorn# a&)ect
BOG : ' s amp - sank into the spongy bog
!ynonyms: morass# fen# "uagmire# mire
BOMBASTIC (noun: 9 9'!T*: ;igh-sounding$ pretentious in language - abombastic speech# inflated ith meaninglesshigh-flo n ords
!ynonyms: ranting# pompous# fustian
BOORISH : 6nrefined in speech or manners -exhi&ited the boorish manners of a
&ack oodsman
!ynonyms:churlish# uncouth uncultured# crass
'ntonym: suave
BUCOLIC : ,ertaining to the country - abucolic poem de- the )oys of the shepherd
!ynonyms:pastoral# rustic# rural
BUFFOON : ' clo n - acting like a buffoon #full of ludicrous tricks
!ynonym: harle"uin
BULWARK :
? 'n em&ankment used as a fortification- a lofty bulwark for defense
!ynonym: rampart
@ ' person# idea# or o&)ect serving as a protection - acted as a bulwark in thefight against crime
BUMPTIOUS : &noxiously conceited orself-assertive - a bumptious monitor# puffed up
ith his o n importance#
!ynonyms: aggressive# arrogant#contumelious# over&earing
CABAL : ' small group of persons engaged in plotting - a cabal of prominent persons unitedto overthro the government
!ynonyms: )unto# faction
CACOPHONOUS : 6nharmonious sounding -a cacophonous &lare of trumpets# noisy anddiscordant
!ynonyms: dissonant# discordant# &latant#strident# raucous 'ntonyms: mellifluous#euphonious# dulcet
CADAVEROUS :
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CANTANKEROUS : 2ll-natured$ "uarrelsome % sho ed a cantankerous and sullendisposition
!ynonyms:petulant# peevish# contentious# pugnacious# testy# choleric# fretful
'ntonyms:amia&le# affa&le# e"ua&le
CAPRICIOUS : 2nclined# through some himor fancy change the mind# purpose# or actionssuddenly - a capricious person# undependa&lein mood or temper
!ynonyms:fickle# fitful# changea&le# erratic#inconstant# crotchety# himsical# mercurial
'ntonyms:steadfast# constant# even-tempered
CAPTIOUS : Cuick to find fault a&out trifles-a captious critic pouncing on slight la s
!ynonyms:hypercritical# carping# carviling#censorious
CARICATURE : ' picture or otherdescription of a person hich exaggeratesludicrously one or more of his distinctivefeatures - not a realistic portrait &ut amalicious caricature
CASTIGATE : To punish or critici8e severely- castigated for using improper language
!ynonyms:reprove# up&raid# reprehend#censure# reprimand# chasten
'ntonyms:commend# eulogi8e# laud
CELESTIAL : ,ertaining to the sky$heavenly-a celestial pageant of &right stars
!ynonyms:ethereal$ (noun* firmament
CHAUVINIST 'n extreme patriot-achauvinist ith most pride in his country
!ynonym:)ingoist
CHICANERY : Trickery# deception#- practised chicanery all his shady dealings
!ynonyms:duplicity# craft# stratagem# ile#su&terfuge
CHRONIC :
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CLEMENT : erciful$ gentle - a clement )udge ho tempered )ustice ith leniency
!ynonyms: compassionate# for&earing
'ntonyms: relentless# ruthless
COALITION (ver&: < 'LE!
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(ad) *: 6nited or allied in a conspiracy - t oconfederate groups hurrying to theirrende8vous
CONGENIAL :
(?* ,ossessing similar interests and tastes$ a&leto get on ell ith others - congenial people
ith similar &ackgrounds
!ynonym: compati&le
(@* 'greea&le - congenial to his taste
CONJECTURE : To guess - Without facts#e can only conjecture a&out his guilt
!ynonyms: surmise# presume
CONSECRATE :
(?* To set apart as sacred - consecratethe &attlefield ith a monument to thedead heroes !ynonyms: hallo #sanctify 'ntonym: desecrate
(@* To devote or dedicate to some aim -consecrated his life to teaching
CONSENSUS eneral agreement - Theconsensus of the committee as that no actionshould &e taken
!ynonym: accord
CONSTERNATION : 'ma8ement$ lack ofcourage caused &y fearful prospect - The threatstruck deep consternation into >ohn
!ynonyms: dismay# &e ilderment
CONSTRUE (noun: < 1!T46
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COUNTENANCE (noun*: ' face - ;iscountenance expressed his complete disgust
!ynonym: visage
(verb : To approve - refused to countenance
disrespectful conduct
!ynonym: sanction
CRASS :
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CYNICAL : !neeringly distrustful of the goodmotives or conduct of others - &elittled thehero ith a cynical remark
!ynonyms: sarcastic# surly
DEARTH : !carcity - a dearth of ne s# &rought a&out &y censorship
'ntonyms: plethora# a&undance
DEFERENCE : !u&mitting to the ishes or )udgment of another - yielded out of deferenceto the old man
!ynonyms: respect# complaisance#veneration
'ntonym: recalcitrance
DEITY : ' god -The sun as a deity to ancient peoples
!ynonym: divinity
DELECTABLE : 3ery pleasing - a delectablemeal# tastefully prepared
DELETE : To erase or cancel# take out orremove - deleted an offensive phrase
!ynonyms: expunge# censor# efface#eradicate
DELINEATE : To sketch or portray - strikingfeatures# delineated &y a master artist
DELINQUENT (noun*: 'n offender - found
to &e a delin!uent &y the court
(ad) *: =ailing to fulfill an o&ligation -too many people ho are delin!uent inmeeting their civic duties
!ynonym: derelict
DELUGE : ' great flood$ do npour - a springdeluge hich caused the river to overflo
DEMAGOGUE : ' leader ho tries to stir the passions of people for his o n purposes - themo& roused &y an unprincipled demagogue
DEMEANOR : 9ehavior$ &earing - carryinghimself ith a proud demeanor
!ynonyms: deportment# mien
DEMURE : 'ffectedly or falsely modest or
prim$ serious demure as a 3ictorian maiden
!ynonyms: sedate# staid# decorous# prudish# coy
'ntonyms: immodest# frivolous
DENOUNCE (noun: /E161ohn7s actinga&ility
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!ynonyms: disparage# derogate (ad)derogatory*
'ntonyms: enhance# magnify# extol#laud# eulogi8e
DEVASTATION : Widespread ruin - the cityleft in utter devastation &y ar
!ynonyms: destruction# desolation
DEVIOUS :
(?* Winding$ indirect - took a devious #rather than the direct ay home
!ynonym: circuitous
(@* !traying from the right course - useddevious means to attain his icked ends
!ynonyms: crooked# erring
DEVOID : Lacking in$ not possessing - aspeech devoid of even a trace of ill- ill
!ynonym: destitute
'ntonyms: a&ounding# prevalent
DEVOUT : /evoted to religious o&servances -devout in his regularity of attendance at
orship
!ynonyms: pious# religious
'ntonym: impious
DICTUM : 'rt authoritative statement$ asaying-an imperial dictum demanding instantcompliance
DIDACTIC : /esigned to teach# imparting alesson - a poem ith a didactic purpose
!ynonym: pedagogical
DIFFIDENT : Lacking in self-confidence- toodiffident to lead a group
!ynonyms: shy# timid# reserved# reticent#retiring
'ntonyms: for ard# aggressive
DILEMMA : ' situation calling for a choice &et een t o e"ually difficult alternatives$hence# a difficult or perplexing situation -faced ith a dilemma defying solution
!ynonyms:predicament# "uandary# plight
DILETTANTE : ne ho da&&les in the finearts for amusement only and ithoutconcentrated study - a doctor &y profession# adilettante in art
!ynonyms:amateur# connoisseur
DISCONCERT : To confuse$ to em&arrass -disconcerted &y his suspicious stare
!ynonyms:pertur discomfit# discompose#a&ash# dis"uiet# fluster
DISCONSOLATE : /epressed$ ithout hopeor possi&ility of consolation - madedisconsolate &y a&)ect poverty
!ynonyms:inconsola&le# de)ected
'ntonyms:&lithesome# carefree
DISCOURSE : To converse or talk$ to discuss- discoursed at length on the rise of political
parties
DISCRETE : !eparate - t o discrete issues#totally unrelated
DISCURSIVE : 4am&ling from one su&)ect to
another - a discursive letter# covering manytopics
!ynonyms:desultory# digressive
DISPARITY (ad) : /2!,'4'TE*: 2ne"uality$difference in image# "uantity# character# orrank - great disparity &et een promise and
performance
DISPASSIONATE : =ree from feeling or
partiality - coldly dispassionate as thechairman of the meeting
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!ynonyms:palm# impartial
'ntonym:partial
DISPATCH (ver&*: To do speedily$ to sendoff - dispatched ith remarka&le promptness
!ynonym: expedite
(noun*: ' speedy performance$ the sending offof something - done ith all possi&le dispatch
!ynonyms: celerity# alacrity
DISPEL : To drive a ay$ to scatter - dispelleda dou&t that had lingered
!ynonyms:dissipate# disperse# diffuse
DISSENT (noun: /2!!E1!2 1*: Todisagree$ to differ in opinion - ;e dissentedviolently# re)ecting compromise
DISSOLUTE : Living loosely$ unrestrained inconduct or morals - his life asted &ydissolute conduct
!ynonyms:de&auched# dissipated# profligate
DISTRAUGHT : entally distressed$distracted - distraught &y trials andtri&ulations
!ynonym: harassed
DIVERSE : (ver&: /23E4!2= $ noun:/232!292L2T *: 3aried$ different - t odiverse characters$ one candid# the other
insincere
!ynonym: multifarious
DIVERTING : Entertaining - a diverting oneof the most amusing 27ve ever seen
DIVULGE : To make pu&lic or reveal -refused to divulge his source of information
!ynonyms: disclose# impart
DOGMATIC : ,ositive in expressing anopinion$ asserting an opinion as though it ere
an undisputed fact - spoken dogmatically # as ifthe speaker considered himself infalli&le
!ynonyms: over&earing# opinionated# peremptory# dictatorial
DOLOROUS : !orro ful$ mournful - adolorous song full of sorro for past )oys
!ynonyms: doleful# lugu&rious# grievous
'ntonyms: )ocund# &lithe# mirthful
DYNAMIC : =orceful - possessed dynamicenergy# tireless and po erful
!ynonym: energetic
'ntonyms: static# inert# dormant# torpid#sluggish# "uiescent
ECCLESIASTIC (adj. : ,ertaining to theclergy or the church - recogni8ed as anauthority in ecclesiastic matters 'ntonyms:secular# lay
(noun*: ' clergyman - an ecclesiastic ofli&eral vie s
EDICT : ' pu&lic command or proclamationissued &y an authority - proclaimed &y royaledict.
!ynonym: decree
EDIFY : To instruct or uplift# particularly inmorals or religion - a story that edifies thereader# as ell as entertains him
EFFETE : 1o longer productive$ hence ,lacking in or# orn out - po erful in ancientdays# no an effete civili8ation
EGOTISTIC :
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EJACULATE : To exclaim or utter suddenly -ejaculated a cry of horror
ELICIT : To dra out - elicited no responsefrom the audience
!ynonyms: evoke# extract# extort
ELUCIDATE : To make clear$ to explain -elucidated his theory so that even a school&oycould understand it
!ynonym: clarify
EMISSARY : ' person sent on an errand ormission - delegated his emissary to conclude a
pact
ENGENDER : To cause# produce# or stir up-anact that engendered good ill
ENNUI : 9oredom$ eariness of mind-fellasleep at the meeting from sheer ennui.
ENSUE : To follo or result-!ilenceensued hen the leader arose to speak
ENTREAT : To &eg earnestly - entreated the )udge to sho mercy
"ynonyms: solicit# supplicate# &eseech#implore# importune$
(adj. importunate# mendicant# suppliant
EPHEMERAL : 3ery short-lived - anephemeral )oy# lasting &ut a day
"ynonyms: fleeting# transitory# transient#evanescent
#ntonym: eternal
EPICUREAN (noun : ' person devoted toluxurious living and pleasure - an epicurean ,seeking to en)oy every meal
(adj. : ,leasure-loving - ;is entire existencedemonstrated his epicurean tastes
EPIGRAM : ' &rief pointed saying - a speechfull of original epigrams
!ynonyms: maxim prover adage
EPITAPH : ' tom&stone inscription - anepitaph engraved on mar&le
EPITHET : ' phrase that descri&es a "uality
(good or &ad* in a person or thing - B laringBerror is a commonly used epithet.
!ynonyms: characteri8ation # appellation
EQUANIMITY (adj.: EC6'9LE*: Evennessof temper or mind - suffered his cruel fate ithe!uanimity.
!ynonyms: serenity# composure#impertur&a&ility# aplom&
ERR (noun: E44'T6 *: To &e mistaken orgo astray - To err is human# to forgive divine
!ynonyms: stray# &lunder
ERRATIC : 2rresponsi&le# eccentric$ lacking afixed purpose erratic &ehavior# reflecting his"ueer ideas
ERUDITE : Learned - an erudite person# aneditor of many &ooks
!ynonyms: scholarly # kno ing
ESOTERIC : 6nderstood &y only a select fe- an esoteric su&)ect# discussed only &yscholars
!ynonyms: a&struse# recondite
EXCEPTIONABLE : &)ectiona&le -e$ceptionable &ehavior# universally critici8ed
!ynonyms: "uestiona&le# reprehensi&le#censura&le
'ntonym: lauda&le
EXCULPATE : To free from &lame -e$culpated &y a )ury
!ynonyms: vindicate# exonerate# a&solve#ac"uit
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'ntonyms: arraign# indict# inculpate
EXEMPLARY (noun: EDE ,L'4*:!erving as a model$ commenda&le - e$emplaryconduct approved &y all
!ynonyms: illustrative# typical$ praise orthy#lauda&le
EXODUS : /eparture# emigration - the pathetic e$odus of refugees from theirhomeland
EXOTIC : !trange and foreign - an e$oticcostume imported from 'sia
EXPATIATE : To speak or rite at greatlength - ;e e$patiated on the su&)ect for t ohours
!ynonym: dilate
EXPATRIATE (ver&*: To &anish or exile$ toithdra from one7s country - e$patriated for
treachery to his country
(noun*: 'n expatriated person - e$patriatesho left the 6nited !tates to live in ,aris
EXPEDIENT (ad) *:
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FALLACIOUS (noun: ='LL'< *:6nsound$ misleading$ deceptive - led astray &y
fallacious reasoning and plans
FALLIBLE : Lia&le to make mistakes or &edeceived - 9eing human# Tom as naturally
fallible
'ntonyms: infalli&le# unerring
FATHOM : To penetrate and understand -difficult to fathom his mysterious actions
FATUOUS : =oolish$ silly - a fatuoussuggestion that struck us as stupid
!ynonyms: inane# vacuous# puerile
'ntonyms: )udicious# sagacious# sage
FEALTY : =aithfulness - The soldiers ere pledged to fealty to their ruler
!ynonyms: allegiance# constancy# fidelity
'ntonyms: disloyalty$ infidelity# treachery
FEASIBLE : Worka&le - a feasible plan# proved practical &y - previous experience
'ntonym: impractica&le
@ 5FEIGN (noun: =E21T*: To pretend - ;e feigned to &e angry# &ut e sa through his pretense
!ynonyms: dissem&le# sham# dissimulate#affect
FELICITY (ad) : =EL2
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FLAUNT : /isplay or ave &oastfully - flaunted the excellent report &efore hisdelighted parents
FLEETING : ,assing s iftly -the fleetinghours of happiness
!ynonyms: transitory# fugitive
FLUCTUATE : To aver from one course toanother$ to vary irregularly - his mood
fluctuating ith every hour
!ynonyms: oscillate# vacillate# undulate# s ay
FORBEAR (noun: = 49E'4'1
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GREGARIOUS : ;a&itually fond ofassociating in a company or herd - gregarioussheep$ that gregarious animal# man
'ntonyms:lone# aloof
GRIMACE : ' distortion of the face toexpress an attitude or feeling - a grimace that
as more expressive than ords
HAIL : To greet - The cro d hailed thereturning hero
!ynonyms: accost# salute
HARANGUE (ver&*: To deliver a long noisyspeech- harangued the multitude
!ynonyms: rant# declaim
(noun*: ' loud# tiresome speech - an emptyharangue hich &ored his audience
!ynonym: tirade
HARBINGER # ' forerunner$ ail announcer -the ro&in#harbinger of spring
!ynonyms:precursor# herald
HAUGHTY : ,roud$ looking do n ithcontempt on others - dismissed the messengerin a haughty manner
HEEDLESS : Thoughtless$ taking little care -rushed into &attle# heedless of the danger
!ynonyms: inadvertent# rash# incautious
'ntonyms: prudent# circumspect# mindful#ary
HEINOUS : Wicked$ hateful - committed aheinous crime
!ynonyms: atrocious# outrageous# monstrous#odious# nefarious# a&omina&le
HERESY : 'n opinion held in opposition tothe traditional vie - a vie condemned asheresy
!ynonym: heterodoxy
'ntonym: orthodoxy
HIATUS : ' gap or vacancy$ &reak -left ahiatus on the page here he erased a sentence
!ynonym:&reach
HISTRIONIC : ,ertaining to the theater$designed for sho - &roke into histrioniclaughter# hollo and insincere
!ynonyms: dramatic# theatrical
HOAX (noun*: ' trick or deception$ a practical )oke - played a hoa$ upon thecredulous pu&lic
!ynonym: canard
(ver&*: To play a trick on$ to deceive - ;ehoa$ed the cro d completely ith hisdisguise
HOMONYM : T o ords having the samesound &ut different meanings - confusing suchhomonyms as mail add male
HOVEL : ' dirty or retched d elling - &ornin a hovel # died in a mansion
HYPERBOLE : Extravagant exaggeration foreffect - 'n example of hyperbole: BThere are amillion o&)ections to the pro)ect B
!ynonym: overstatement
'ntonym: understatement
HYPOTHESIS : 'n assumption made for thesake of argument - orked from a fantastichypothesis.
!ynonym: supposition
IDIOSYNCRASY : ' personal peculiarity -Wearing hite as one of Whistler7sidiosyncrasies.
!ynonyms: eccentricity# foi&le# mannerism#crotchet# a&erration# "uirk# singularity
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IMPROPRIETY : 2mproper act# manners# orexpression - guilty of impropriety in pu&licoffice
!ynonyms: indecency# indecorum
'ntonym: amenity
IMPROVIDENT : Lacking in thrift$ not providing for future needs - an improvidentspender
!ynonyms: prodigal# shiftless
IMPUGN : To attack or critici8e as false$ tocall in "uestion - impugned his honesty
INCARCERATE : To imprison - crushed hisopponents &y incarcerating them
!ynonyms: intern# immure
'ntonyms: emancipate# enfranchise
INCISIVE :
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INNUENDO : 'n indirect reference orsuggestion (fre"uently derogatory* - conveyedhis idea &y innuendo
!ynonyms: (ver&* intimate# insinuate
INORDINATE : Excessive - spoiled &yinordinate praise
!ynonyms: immoderate# intemperate#extravagant
INSATIABLE : 6na&le to &e satisfied -insatiable greed
!ynonyms unappeasa&le# un"uencha&le#insatiate
INSCRUTABLE : 2ncapa&le of interpretationor understanding - the inscrutable smile of the
ona Lisa
!ynonyms: unfathoma&le# cryptic# enigmatic
INSIDIOUS : Working secretly or slyly - thatinsidious disease# cancer
!ynonyms: ily# crafty# furtive# treacherous#artful# guileful perfidious
INSTIGATE : To stir tip - instigateddiscontent among the soldiers
!ynonyms: foment# incite
INTEGRITY : ;onesty# moral soundness - aman of proved integrity
!ynonyms: pro&ity# uprightness#incorrupti&ility
INVEIGH (noun- 213E
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(noun : ' disguise$ a group of people indisguise or fancy costumes - a mas!uerade so
perfect no one could guess his identity
MAUDLIN : !entimental to the point of tears -turned maudlin at the mention of his lost dog
!ynonym : ma kish# lachrymose
MEANDER : To alk a&out (or talk*aimlessly$ to ind a&out (as a stream* -meandered through the to n# looking intoshop indo s
!ynonym: ram&le
MEDIOCRE : 'verage in "uality - amediocre performance# un orthy of histalents
MERCENARY : 'cting solely from aconsideration of re ard or profit - actuated &ya mercenary motive
!ynonym: venal
MERETRICIOUS : 'ttracting in a false#cheap# or sho y manner- a meretricious
&eauty that is too flashy to &e real
!ynonyms:ta dry# specious
METICULOUS : =ussy a&out minute details -took meticulous pains ith his composition
!ynonyms:fastidious# punctilious#overscrupulous# finical# methodical
'ntonyms:desultory# perfunctory# slovenly
METTLE (ad) : ETTLE! E: high-spirited *: /isposition$ spirit$ courage - ;ismettle as tried in &attle
2diom: to &e on one7s mettle (meaning# Greadyto do one7s &estH*
!ynonyms:temperament# ardor
MICROCOSM : ' little orld# or a universein miniature this village# a microcosm of thegreat outside orld
'ntonym:macrocosm ( orld on a large scale*
MIMIC : To make fun of or copy &y imitating- mimicked the comedian7s gestures
MISANTHROPIC (noun: 2!'1T;4 ,E*:
;ating or distrusting mankind - condemned forhis misanthropic vie s
'ntonyms: philanthropic# altruistic
MISNOMER : ' name or term that descri&esrongly - To call him a &rave man is really a
misnomer
MONOLOGUE : ' speech &y one person -The actor gave his vie s in a dramaticmonologue
!ynonym:solilo"uy
'ntonyms:collo"uy (ad) collo"uial*:conversation &et een t o or more persons$dialogue: conversation &et een t o persons
MOROSE : loomy$ ill-humored - shunned &ecause of his morose temper
!ynonyms: sulky# cra&&ed# sullen# splenetic#saturnine
'ntonyms: &lithe# genial
MOTLEY : f various colors$ of mixedingredients - a motley costume$ a motleycro d
!ynonyms: checkered (referring to a varied
career*# pie&ald# variegated# diverse#heterogeneous
'ntonym: homogeneous
MOTTLED : !potted or streaked ith variedcolors - a mottled pony
!ynonyms:&lotched# dappled
MUNDANE : f# or pertaining to# the orld#
as contrasted ith the spirit - mundane affairs
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!ynonyms:earthly# terrestrial# secular#temporal
MURKY : /ark$ cloudy - a murky cavern
!ynonyms:dismal# tene&rous# fuliginous
'ntonyms:resplendent# glo ing# lustrous#luminous# fulgent# coruscating
MUTABLE : iven to fre"uent change innature# mood# or form - mutable in mood as aspring ind
!ynonyms:vacillating# fickle# inconstant# fitful#mercurial# avering# capricious
'ntonyms:constant# steady
MYRIAD : 2nnumera&le - the myriad stars inthe heavens
NAUTICAL : ,ertaining to ships or navigation- a nautical career
!ynonyms: marine# naval# maritime
NETTLE : To irritate or provoke - nettled &yhis critics
!ynonyms: vex# pi"ue# goad
NOCTURNAL : ,ertaining to# or occurring in#the night - a akened &y the sounds of anocturnal pro ler
'ntonym: diurnal
NOISOME : =oul-smelling$ harmful-thes amp gave off a noisome odor
!ynonyms: malodorous# fetid# disgusting$noxious# deleterious
'ntonym: salu&rious
NONCHALANT : 6nmoved or indifferent$casual - reacted to the ne s in a nonchalantmanner
!ynonym: apathetic
'ntonyms: enthusiastic# 8ealous
NOSTALGIA : ;omesickness - felt nostalgiafor the old homestead
NOTORIOUS : Widely kno n (in a &ad
sense* - a notorious gam&ler
NOVICE : ' &eginner - conducted himself in politics like a novice.
!ynonyms:tyro# neophyte
'ntonym:virtuoso
OBDURATE : ;ard-hearted$ stu&&orn - anobdurate # unrepentant criminal
!ynonyms:adamant# unyielding# inflexi&le
'ntonyms:su&missive# docile# compliant
OBLIVIOUS (noun: 9L232 1*: =orgetful$a&sent-minded - alking oblivious of hissurroundings
!ynonyms:unmindful# heedless# a&stracted
OBSESSION : ' persistent feeling# idea#activity# etc # hich dominates a person$ thestate of &eing exclusively preoccupied &y afixed idea - 1o that he has learned &o ling#it has &ecome his obsession
!ynonyms:mania# infatuation (a foolish passion*# monomania
OBSOLETE : 1o longer in use - an obsolete
ord# not even included &y most dictionaries
!ynonyms:archaic# anti"uated
OBTRUSIVE (ver&: 9T46/E*: Thrustingoneself or itself into undue prominence - madehimself o&noxiously obtrusive
!ynonyms:intrusive# aggressive
OBVIATE : To prevent# dispose of# or makeunnecessary &y appropriate actions - an act
hich obviated all o&)ections
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!ynonyms:preclude# forestall
OMNIPOTENT : 'll-po erful - anomnipotent despot
ONUS : 9urden$ duty$ o&ligation - &ore the
onus of his difficult office credita&ly
OSTENSIBLE : 'pparent$ pretended - hisostensible # though not actual# purpose
!ynonyms:professed# plausi&le (that is#appearing true# reasona&le# or fair*# specious
OSTRACIZE : To &anish$ to exclude from pu&lic favor or privileges - a former premierostracized &y popular vote
!ynonym: outla
PANACEA : ' remedy for all ills - seeking a panacea to cure our social trou&les
!ynonym: nostrum
PANEGYRIC : ' speech or riting ofextravagant praise - delivered a panegyric athis friend7s testimonial dinner
!ynonyms:eulogy# adulation# tri&ute# laudation(ad) laudatory*# encomium
'ntonyms:censure# disparagement# derogation#castigation# depreciation
PARADOX : ' self -contradictory statement$something 7that appears to &e a&surd and yetmay &e true -BLife is too important a matter to
he taken seriously B - a parado$ &y scarWilde
!ynonym: anomaly
PARAPHRASE : To restate the meaning of a passage in other ords - paraphrased the poem in a fe lines of prose
PARODY (noun*: ' humorous imitation of anauthor7s style and mannerisms - rote a
parody on .ipling7s B unga /in B
!ynonym: &urles"ue
(ver&*: To rite a parody - parodied the popular authors of the (lay to his audience7samusement
!ynonym: imic
PECCADILLO : ' petty fault-possesses one peccadillo among his many virtues
!ynonyms: frailty# foi&le# fla # &lemish
PECUNIARY : ,ertaining to money -involved in pecuniary difficulties
!ynonyms$ financial# fiscal# monetary
PEDANT (ad) : ,E/'1T2
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PETRIFY : To paraly8e ith horror# fear# orsurprise - petrified &y the enemy
&om&ardment
!ynonyms:stupefy# stun# &e ilder# ama8e
PLAGIARISM 'dopting and reproducing#ithout ackno ledgment# the ritings or ideas
of another and passing them off as one7s o n -denied the charge of deli&erate plagiarism
PLATITUDE : ' dull and commonplaceremark - &ored people &y his pompous phrasesand platitudes
!ynonyms:&romide# truism# axiom
PLEBEIAN : ,ertaining to the common people$ hence# common or vulgar - plebeian inhis tastes and outlook
'ntonyms:patrician# aristocratic
PLEBISCITE ' direct vote &y the people -The decision to confederate as ratified &y
plebiscite
POIGNANT :
(?* ripping and moving the feelings po erfully - a poignant grief
(@* ,iercing# &iting# pointed - a poignant cry$ poignant it
PONDEROUS : 3ery heavy$ clumsy$ dull - a ponderous speech# extremely &oring
PRECARIOUS : 6ncertain or risky - earninga precarious livelihood# providing no luxuries
PRECIPITOUS :
(?* 3ery steep - a precipitous cliff
(@* /escending rapidly - a precipitous declinein popularity
PRECOCIOUS : 4emarka&le for early mental
development a precocious genius
PREDATORY :
(?* 2nclined to plunder or ro&$ - predatory &ands roaming the countryside
(@* ,reying on# others - predatory animals pro ling a&out
!ynonyms: predacious# looting# pillaging
PREDILECTION : ,artiality or preferencefor$ a favora&le opinion arrived at &eforehand -a predilection for theatricals
!ynonyms: prepossession# proclivity# predisposition# penchant
'ntonyms: aversion# antipathy# repugnance
PRELUDE : 'n introduction# forerunner# or preliminary step - a short prelude to the play
!ynonyms: preface# prologue# pream&le
'ntonym: epilogue
PREROGATIVE : ' privilege or po erattaching to a position - 2t is a oman7s
prerogative to refuse to tell her age
!ynonym: license
PRESTIGE : Esteem or influence accorded forrecogni8ed achievements or reputation - 's!enator he en)oyed great prestige
!ynonym: distinction
?5# PRECOCIOUS : 4emarka&le for earlymental development a precocious genius
PREDATORY :
(?* 2nclined to plunder or ro&$ - predatory &ands roaming the countryside
(@* ,reying on# others - predatory animals pro ling a&out
!ynonyms: predacious# looting# pillaging
PREDILECTION : ,artiality or pr eferencefor$ a favora&le opinion arrived at &eforehand -a predilection for theatricals
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!ynonyms: prepossession# proclivity# predisposition# penchant
'ntonyms: aversion# antipathy# repugnance
PRELUDE : 'n introduction# forerunner# or
preliminary step - a short prelude to the play
!ynonyms: ,reface# prologue ,ream&le
'ntonym: epilogue
PREROGATIVE : ' privilege or po erattaching to a position - 2t is a oman7s
prerogative to refuse to tell her age
!ynonym: license
PRESTIGE : Esteem or influence accorded forrecogni8ed achievements or reputation - 's!enator he en)oyed great prestige
!ynonym: distinction
PRESUMPTION :
(?* !omething taken for granted - acted on areasona&le presumption
(@* oing &eyond proper &ounds$ impudent &oldness - ;is "uestion as do nright presumption
!ynonyms: effrontery# for ardness# arrogance
PREVARICATE : To disguise or conceal thetruth to lie - prevaricated in order to avoiddetection
!ynonyms: "ui&&le# e"uivocate$ (ad) *mendacious
'ntonyms: (noun* veracity# verity$ (ad) *forthright
PROCRASTINATE : To postpone or put offto another time - missed his opportunity &y
procrastinating too long
!ynonyms: defer# delay
PROGNOSTICATE (noun: ,4 1 !2!*:To forecast - The Weather 9ureau
prognosticates daily
!ynonyms:presage# portend# augur# fore&ode
PROLETARIAT : The age-earning class - atruckman# hum&le mem&er of the proletariat
PROMONTORY : ' cliff - an imposing promontory along the coast
!ynonyms:headland# precipice
PROMULGATE : To pu&lish or proclaim$ tospread a&road The ,resident promulgated adecree
!ynonym:disseminate
PROTUBERANT : 9ulging or s elling out -a protuberant )a
'ntonyms:receding# recessive
PROVISIONAL : Temporary$ for the time &eing - a provisional plan until a permanentdecision is reached
!ynonym:tentative
PROXIMITY : 1earness- orked in close pro$imity to his home
!ynonyms :propin"uity# vicinity
'ntonym:remoteness
PSEUDONYM : ' false name assumed &y ariter - concealed his identity &y a pseudonym
!ynonyms:alias# pen name# nom de plume
PUNITIVE : 2nflicting# or concerned ith# punishment - took punitive measures againstdeserters
QUASH : To crush$ to render void - !uashed are&ellion$ !uashed an indictment
!ynonyms:suppress# extinguish# "uell$ annul
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QUERULOUS : iven to fault-finding andcomplaining - ;er !uerulous nature estrangedmany people
!ynonyms:fretful# hining# captious# carping# peevish# petulant
'ntonym: affa&le
QUIXOTIC : Extravagantly romantic oridealistic$ highly impractical - a !ui$oticscheme that can never materiali8e
!ynonyms:utopian# visionary# fantastic
RACONTEUR : ' skilled storyteller - heldspell&ound &y a super& raconteur
RADICAL (noun*: ne ho advocatesextreme &asic changes - The reform movement
as led &y a radical
(ad) *: Thorough# extreme - radical measuresadopted to meet the emergency
'ntonym:(noun and ad) * conservative
RAMIFICATION : ' &ranching$ su&-division- studied the su&)ect in all its ramifications
RAZE : To tear do n completely- razed theold &uilding
!ynonyms:level
'ntonym:rear
RECAPITULATE : To restate in a &rief#
concise form$ to sum up - recapitulated themain ideas
RECIPROCAL : utual$ done in return forsomething received - held each other inreciprocal esteem
RECUMBENT : Lying do n$ leaning &ack ordo n - resting in a recumbent position
REDOLENT :
(?* =ragrant - a room redolent of roses
!ynonym: aromatic
(@* 4eminiscent of - redolent of olden times
REDOUBTABLE :
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(?* Temporary deferment or cessation of orkor pain - a &rief respite from la&or
!ynonym: surcease
(@* ' temporary delay in the execution of -a
sentence - granted the doom man a temporaryrespite
!ynonym: reprieve
RETRIBUTION : The re ard or punishmentexacted for an in)ury# ickedness# or otheraction - suffered )ust retribution for his folly
!ynonyms: re"uital# nemesis
RETRIEVE :
(?* To make good - retrieved a mistake
(@* To recover - retrieved the suitcase left at thestation
(A* To restore - retrieved his lost fortunes
REVERBERATE : To echo - a shotreverberating through the valley
!ynonym: resound
RUDIMENTARY : 2n an early stage ofdevelopment - possessing only a rudimentary #kno ledge of physics
!ynonym: incipient
RUE (ad) : 46E=6L*: To &e sorry for-;e ill
rue the day he left home
!ynonyms: regret# repent
SACROSANCT : 3ery holy - a shrineregarded as sacrosanct
!ynonyms: consecrated# inviola&le# hallo ed
SAGACIOUS (noun: !' '
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SCINTILLA : ' trace$ a particle - not a scintilla of convincing evidence
!ynonyms: iota$ vestige
SCOURGE (verb : To punish severely$ to
afflict$ to hip - a disease that scourged thecountry
"ynonyms: excoriate# flay
(noun . # hip or other means of punishment$a cause of affliction - The 9lack ,lague as adreadful scourge of the iddle 'ges
!ynonym: tri&ulation
SCRUTINIZE : To examine carefully-scrutinized the contents of the letter
SHIBBOLETH : ' party slogan - a shibbolethdesigned to attract votes
SIMPER (verb : To smile in a silly oraffected ay simpered as he greeted eachguest
(noun*: 'n affected or silly smile - stoodnervously# a simper on his face
!ynonym: (verb and noun* smirk
SINECURE : Employment entailing little orno responsi&ility or la&or - ;is )o& as a
sinecure
SINISTER : Threatening or sho ing evil$dishonest - the sinister look of a gangster
SLEAZY : =limsy and cheap - sleazy clothhich is used only in cheap garments
!ynonym: unsu&stantial
SLOVENLY : 6ntidy-severely critici8ed thestudent7s slovenly appearance
!ynonyms: slipshod# slatternly# fro 8y
SOPORIFIC : Tending to induce sleep - a poorly ritten novel# soporific in effect
SORDID : ean and &ase$ filthy - "ordidmotives &reed selfish actions
!ynonyms: degraded# vile# igno&le
SOVEREIGN : !upreme m po er and
authority$ independent of the control of anyother government - possessing sovereign
po ers$ a sovereign state
!ynonyms: autonomous# imperial# ma)estic# paramount
SPORADIC : ccurring singly# at irregularintervals$ scattered - sporadic cases of illness
SPURN : To refuse or re)ect ith contempt -an offer that as spurned instantly
!ynonyms: repel# snu&
STOIC : 2ndifferent# calm in &earing pain or pleasure$ practising remarka&le self-controlover emotions - maintained a stoic attitudedespite all his trials
!ynonyms: stolid# impassive
STRINGENT : !trict$ compelling#constraining stringent regulations$ stringentre"uirements
!ynonyms: exacting# rigid
'ntonym: lax
STUPENDOUS : 'ma8ing &y# virtue of itsimmense si8e# force# or any "uality in
exceptional degree - The circus is a stupendous spectacle
!ynonyms : astounding# prodigious# monstrous#marvelous# colossal# a ful
SUCCULENT : )uicy - a succulent steak
'ntonyms$ desiccated# vapid
SULTRY :
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(?* Lying flat on the &ack - resting in a supine position
'ntonym: erect
(@* 2nert# inactive# averse to taking action - a
supine # ineffective administrator
!ynonyms: listless# torpid
TANGIBLE : 4eal$ actual - tangible gainshich may &e seen and counted
!ynonyms: material# verita&le# percepti&le#su&stantial
TANTAMOUNT : E"uivalent - an act that istantamount to treason
TAUNT (ver&* To reproach ith contempt -taunted him ith the charge of failure to act
promptly
!ynonyms: mock# t it# gi&e# sneer# deride
(noun : 'n insulting# )eering# or &itter remark -hurled taunts at his foes
TEEMING : 2n a&undance# fertile# highly productive - the teeming tropics# rank ithvegetation
!ynonyms: s arming# fruitful# fecund#a&ounding
TEMERITY : 6n ise or reckless &oldness -leaped into &attle ith thoughtless temerity
!ynonyms: audacity# presumptuousness#effrontery# rashness$
(adj. temerarious# foolhardy# venturesome
'ntonyms: prudence# circumspection#ariness
TEMPORAL : Worldly# as opposed tospiritual$ existing for a time only - a man
preoccupied ith temporal matters
!ynonyms: mundane# secular# civil
TEMPORIZE : To delay or refuse to commitoneself in order to gain time - temporized
hile his friends hurried to his aid
!ynonym: e"uivocate
TENET : ' principle of &elief held as true - atenet of religion hich &e maintained loyally
!ynonyms: creed# doctrine# dogma
TENUOUS : !lender$ not su&stantial$ of slightimportance - clung desperately to his tenuoushope
TRANQUIL :
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(@* 6sing &ig or high-sounding ords - aturgid prose style
!ynonyms: pompous# &om&astic# prolix
UBIQUITOUS : Existing every here - The
common cold is a ubi!uitous complaint
!ynonyms: omnipresent# universal
UNTENABLE : 2ncapa&le of &eing defendedor held - ithdre the argument as untenable
UTILITARIAN (ad) *: aterially or practically useful - &eautiful# &ut notutilitarian.
VANQUISH : To su&due or con"uer -an armyvan!uished ith heavy losses
VAUNT : To &oast - proudly vaunted hisstrength
!ynonyms: &rag (noun: &raggadocio# &raggart*# proclaim
VENEER : ' superficial appearance or shodesigned to impress one ith superiority -
pierced &eneath his thin veneer of elegance
!ynonym: gloss
VENERABLE : /eserving respect orreverence &ecause of age - a venerable leader
VERNAL : ,ertaining to spring-an array ofvernal flo ers
'ntonym: hi&ernal ( intry*
VERSATILE : '&le to do many thingsskillfully - versatile in all the arts
VICARIOUS : Taking the place of another$felt# received# or done in place of another -took vicarious pleasure in his &rother7s victory
VICISSITUDE : ' change from one conditionto another# often unexpected - suffered many
vicissitudes of fortune
VIRAGO : ' scolding or ill-tempered oman- y neigh&or7s ife is a virago
!ynonyms: shre # termagant# vixen
VITUPERATE (noun: 32T6,E4'T2 1$
ad) : 32T6,E4'T23E*: To scold or &lameloudly# find fault ith in a&usive language - anangry man# vituperating the orld
!ynonyms: &erate# revile
WAIVE : To give up (privileges# etc *$ to doithout - waived his rights to the property
!ynonyms: relin"uish# forgo# forsake
WHIM (ad) : W;2 !2