Vocab #1
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61 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
| advocate | to speak in favor of; support |
| arrogant | feeling superior to others; snooty |
| contempt | reproachful disdain |
| skeptical | doubting (opposite of gullible) |
| innovate | to be creative; to introduce something new |
| profound | deep; insightful (the opposite of superficial) |
| digress | to go off the subject |
| tenacious | tough; hard to defeat |
| nostalgia | a sentimental longing for the past; homesickness |
| denounce | to speak out against; to condemn |
| pragmatic | practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory |
| rigorous | strict; harsh; severe |
| inevitable | unavoidable; bound to happen |
| superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
| aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty; artistic (not to be confused with ascetic, also on the Hit Parade) |
| disparage | to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way |
| elaborate | detailed; careful; thorough |
| ambivalent | undecided; blowing hot and cold |
| esoteric | hard to understand; understod by only a select few; peculiar |
| subtle | not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty |
| indifferent | not caring one way or the other; mediocre; lacking a preference; neutral |
| futile | hopeless; without effect |
| resignation | reluctant acceptance of a bad situation (secondary meaning) |
| negligence | carelessness |
| contrite | deeply apologetic; remorseful |
| objective | without bias (as opposed to subjective) |
| disdain | arrogant scorn; contempt |
| reticent | restrained; uncommunicative |
| mitigate | to lessen the severity of something |
| refute | to disprove; to prove to be false |
| brevity | briefness |
| benign | gentle; not harmful; kind; mild |
| apathy | lack of emotion or interest |
| revere | to worship; to honor (think of a reverend) |
| enigma | mystery |
| diverse | varied |
| lucid | clear; easy to understand |
| redundant | repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy |
| alleviate | to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable |
| ironic | satiric; unexpected |
| belligerent | combative; quarrelsome; waging war |
| neutral | unbiased; not taking sides; objective |
| anecdote | a brief, entertaining story |
| articulate | speaking clearly and well |
| unprecedented | happening for the first time; novel; never seen before |
| frivolous | not serious; not solemn; with levity |
| indulgent | lenient; yielding to desire |
| volatile | quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive |
| stringent | strict; restrictive |
| deference | submission to another's will; respect; courtesy |
| congenial | agreeably suitable; pleasant |
| benefactor | a generous donor |
| amass | to accumulate |
| authentic | real |
| obscure | unclear; clouded; partially hidden; hard to understand |
| impartial | unbiased; neutral |
| discriminate | to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the different |
| abstract | theoretical; lacking substance (the opposite of concrete) |
| temperate | moderate; restrained |
| eccentric | not conventional; a little kooky; irregular |
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