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Vocab Word List

Abate – v – subside or moderate.

Aberrant – adj – abnormal or deviant

Abeyance – n – suspended action

Abscond – v – depart secretly and hide

Abstemious – adj – sparing in eating and drinking temperateAdmonish – v – warn; reprove.

Adulterate – v – make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

Aesthetic – artistic dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

Aggregate – v – gather; accumulate

Alacrity – n – cheerful promptness; eagerness

Alleviate – v – relieve

Amalgamate – v – combine; unite in one body

Ambiguous – adj – unclear or doubtful in meaning

Ambivalence – n – the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Ameliorate – v – improve

Anachronism – n – something or someone misplaced in time

Analogous – adj – comparable

Anarchy – n – absence of governing body; state of disorder

Anomalous – adj – abnormal; irregular

Antipathy – n – aversion; dislike

Apathy – n - lack of caring; indifference

Appease – v – pacify or soothe; relieve

Apprise – v - inform

Approbation – n – approval

Appropriate – acquire; take possession of for one’s own use

Arduous – adj – hard; strenuous

Artless – adj – without guile; open and honest

Ascetic – adj – practicing self-denial; austere

Assiduous – adj- diligent

Assuage – v – ease or lessen pain!; satisfy hunger!; soothe anger!

Attenuate – v – make thinner; weaken or lessen in density" force" degree!

Audacious – adj – daring bold

Austere – forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented

Autonomous – self-governing

Aver – assert confidently or declare; as used in law" state" formally as a fact

#anal – hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality

#elie – contradict; give a false impression

#eneficent – kindly; doing good

#olster – support; reinforce

#ombastic – pompous; using inflated language

#oorish – rude; insensitive

#urgeon – grow forth

#urnish – make shiny by rubbing; polish

#uttress – support; prop up

$acophonous – discordant; inharmonious$apricious – unpredictable; fickle

$astigation-punishment; severe criticism

$atalyst – agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged;

person or thing that causes action

$austic – burning; sarcastically biting

$hicanery – trickery; deception

$oagulate – thicken; congeal; clot

$oda – concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out" summari%es" or

concludes

$ogent – convincing

$ommensurate – corresponding in e&tent" degree" amount; proportionate

$ompendium – brief; comprehensive summary

$omplaisant – trying to please; overly polite; obliging$ompliant – yielding; conforming to requirements

$onciliatory – reconciling; soothing



$ondone – overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; e&cuse

$onfound – confuse; pu%%led

$onnoisseur – person competent to act as a judge of art

$ontention – claim; thesis

$ontentious – quarrelsome

$ontrite – penitent; repentant

$onundrum – riddle; difficult problem$onverge – approach; tend to meet; come together

$onvoluted – coiled around; involved; intricate

$raven – cowardly

'aunt – intimidate; frighten

'ecorum – propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners

'efault – failure to act

'eference – courteous regard for another’s wish

'elineate – portray; depict; sketch

'enigrate – blacken

'eride – ridicule; make fun of

'erivative; unoriginal; obtained from another source

'esiccate – dry up

'esultory – aimless; hapha%ard; digressing at random

'eterrent – something that discourage; hindrance

'iatribe – bitter scolding; invective

'ichotomy – split; branching into two parts usually contradictory!

'iffidence – shyness

'iffuse – wordy; rambling; spread out

'igression – wandering away from the subject

'irge – lament with music

'isabuse – correct a false impression; undeceive

'iscerning – mentally quick and observant; having insight

'iscordant – not harmonious; conflicting

'iscredit – defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

'iscrepancy – lack of consistency; difference

'iscrete – separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts

'isingenuous – lacking genuine candor; insincere'isinterested; unprejudiced

'isjointed – lacking coherence; separated at the joints

'ismiss – eliminate from consideration; reject

'isparage – belittle

'isparate – basically different; unrelated

'issemble – disguise; pretend

'isseminate – distribute; spread; scatter

'issolution – disintegration; looseness in morals

'issonance – discord; opposite of harmony

'istend – e&pend; swell out

'istill – purify; refine; concentrate

'iverge – vary; go in different directions from the same point

'ivest – strip; deprive'ocument – provide written evidence

'ogmatic – opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal

'ormant – sleeping; lethargic; latent

'upe – someone easily fooled

(bullient – showing e&citement; overflowing with enthusiasm

(clectic – selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources

(fficacy – power to produce desired effect

(ffrontery – impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness

(legy – poem or song e&pressing lamentation

(licit – draw out by discussion

(mbellish – adorn; ornament; enhance" as a story

(mpirical – based on e&perience

(mulate – imitate; rival

(ndemic – prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

(nervate – weaken



(ngender – cause; produce

(nhance – increase; improve

(phemeral – short-lived; fleeting

(quanimity – calmness of temperament; composure

(quivocate – lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

(rudite – learned; scholarly

(soteric – hard to understand; known only to the chosen few(ulogy – e&pression of praise" often on the occasion of someone’s death

(uphemism – mild e&pression in place of an unpleasant one

(&acerbate – worsen; embitter

(&culpate – clear from blame

(&igency – urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention

(&trapolation – projection; conjecture

)acetious – joking often inappropriately!

)acilitate – help bring about; make less difficult

)allacious – false; misleading

)atuous – brainless; inane; foolish" yet smug

)awning – trying to please by behaving obsequiously" flattering" or cringing

)elicitous – apt; suitably e&pressed; well chosen

)ervor – glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

)lag – droop; grow feeble

)ledgling – ine&perienced

)lout – reject; mock; show contempt for

)oment – stir up; instigate

)orestall – prevent by taking action in advance

)rugality – thrift" economy

)utile – useless; hopeless; ineffectual

*ainsay – deny

*arrulous – loquacious; wordy; talkative

*oad – urge on

*ouge – overcharge

*randiloquent – pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language

*regarious – sociable

*uileless – without deceit*ullible – easily deceived

+arangue – long" passionate" and vehement speech

+omogeneous – off the same kind

+yperbole – e&aggeration; overstatement

,conoclastic – attacking cherished traditions

,dolatry – worship of idols

,mmutable – unchangeable

,mpair – injure; hurt

,mpassive – without feeling; imperturbable; stoical

,mpede – hinder; block

,mpermeable – impervious; not permitting passage through its substance

,mperturbable – calm placid

,mpervious – impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed,mplacable – incapable of being pacified

,mplicit – understood but not stated

,mplode – burst inward

,nadvertently – unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

,nchoate – recently begun; rudimentary; elementary

,ncongruity – lack of harmony; absurdity

,nconsequential – insignificant; unimportant

,ncorporate – introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

,ndeterminate – uncertain; not clearly fi&ed; indefinite

,ndigence – poverty

,ndolent – la%y

,nert – inactive; lacking power to move

,ngenuous – nave and trusting; young; unsophisticated

,nherent – firmly established by nature or habit

,nnocuous – harmless



,nsensible – unconscious; unresponsive

,nsinuate – hint; imply; creep in

,nsipid – lacking in flavor; dull

,nsularity – narrow-mindedness; isolation

,ntractable – unruly; stubborn; unyielding

,ntransigence – refusal of any compromise; stubbornness

,nundate – overwhelm; flood; submerge,nured – accustomed; hardened

,nvective – abuse

,rascible – irritable; easily angered

,rresolute – uncertain how to act; weak

,tinerary – plan of a trip

aconic – brief and to the point

assitude – languor; weariness

atent – potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden

aud – praise

ethargic – drowsy; dull

evee – earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

evity – lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity

og – record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities

oquacious – talkative

ucid – easily understood

uminous – shining; issuing light

/agnanimity – generosity

/alingerer – one who feigns illness to escape duty

/alleable – capable to being shaped by pounding; impressionable

/averick – rebel; nonconformist

/endacious – lying; habitually dishonest

/etamorphosis – change of form

/eticulous – e&cessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous

/isanthrope – one who hates mankind

/itigate – appease; moderate

/ollify – soothe

/orose – ill-humored; sullen; melancholy/undane – worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday

0egate – cancel out; nullify; deny

0eophyte – recent convert; beginner

1bdurate – stubborn

1bsequious – slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic

1bviate – make unnecessary; get rid of

1cclude – shut; close

1fficious – meddlesome; e&cessively pushy in offering one’s services

1nerous – burdensome

1pprobrium – infamy; vilification

1scillate – vibrate pendulumlike; waver

1stentatious – showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

2aragon – model of perfection2artisan – one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party

2athological – pertaining to disease

2aucity – scarcity

2edantic – showing off learning; bookish

2enchant – strong inclination; liking

2enury – severe poverty; stinginess

2erennial – something long-lasting

2erfidious – treacherous; disloyal

2erfunctory – superficial; not thorough; lacking interest" care" enthusiasm

2ermeable – penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

2ervasive – spread throughout

2hlegmatic – clam; not easily disturbed

2iety – devoutness; reverence for *od

2lacate – pacify; conciliate

2lasticity – ability to be molded



2latitude – trite remark

2lethora – e&cess; overabundance

2lummet – fall sharply

2orous – full of pores; like a sieve

2ragmatic – practical as opposed to idealistic!; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something

2reamble – introductory statement

2recarious – uncertain; risky2recipitate – rash; premature; hasty; sudden

2recursor – forerunner

2resumptuous – arrogant; taking liberties

2revaricate – lie

2robity – uprightness; incorruptibility

2roblematic – doubtful; unsettled; questionable

2rodigal – wasteful; reckless with money

2rofound – deep; not superficial; complete

2rohibitive – tending to prevent the purchase or use of something

2roliferate – grow rapidly; spread; multiply

2ropensity – natural inclination

2ropitiate – appease

2ropriety 3 fitness; correct conduct

2roscribe – ostraci%e; banish; outlaw

2ungent – stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

4ualified – limited; restricted

4uibble - minor objection or complaint

4uiescent – at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

5arefied – made less dense of a gas!

5ecalcitrant – obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly

5ecant – disclaim of disavow; retract a precious statement

5ecluse – hermit; loner

5econdite – abstruse; profound; secret

5efractory – stubborn" unmanageable

5efute – disprove

5elegate – banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign

5eproach – e&press disapproval or disappointment5eprobate – person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency

5epudiate - disown; disavow

5escind – cancel

5esolution – determination

5esolve – determination; firmness of purpose

5eticent – reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence

5everent – respectful; worshipful

6age – person celebrated for wisdom

6alubrious – healthful

6anction – approve; ratify

6atiate – satisfy fully

6aturate – soak thoroughly

6avor – enjoy; have a distinctive flavor" smell" or quality6ecrete – hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism

6hard – fragment" generally of pottery

6keptic – doubter; person who suspends judgment until having e&amined the evidence supporting a point of

view

6olicitous – worried" concerned

6oporific – sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness

6pecious – seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading often intentionally!

6pectrum – color band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

6poradic – occurring irregularly

6tigma – token of disgrace; brand

6tint – be thrifty; set limits

6tipulate – make e&press conditions" specify

6tolid – dull; impassive

6triated – marked with parallel bands; grooved

6trut – pompous walk



6trut – supporting bar

6ubpoena – writ summoning a witness to appear

6ubside – settle down; descend; grow quiet

6ubstantiate – establish by evidence; verity; support

6upersede – cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete

6upposition – hypothesis; surmise

7acit – understood; not put into words7angential – peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

7enuous – thin; rare; slim

7irade – e&tended scolding; denunciation; harangue

7orpor – lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

7ortuous – winding; full of curves

7ractable – docile; easily managed

7ransgression – violation of a law; sin

7ruculence – aggressiveness; ferocity

8acillate – waver; fluctuate

8enerate – revere

8eracious – truthful

8erbose – wordy

8iable – practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

8iscous – sticky" gluey

8ituperative – abusive; scolding

8olatile – changeable; e&plosive; evaporating rapidly

9arranted – justified; authori%ed

9ary – very cautious

9elter – turmoil; bewildering jumble

9himsical – capricious; fanciful

:ealot – fanatic; person who shows e&cessive %eal enthusiasm!

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