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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power |
| abduct | to carry, take, or lead away forcefully and wrongfully |
| abhor | to hate, to view with repugnance, to detest |
| absurd | ridiculously unreasonable, lacking logic |
| abyss | deep hole; deep immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity |
| accelerate | to increase in speed, cause to move faster |
| acclaim | (n) praise, enthusiastic approval (v) to approve, to welcome with applause and praise |
| acute | sharp in some way or sharp in intellect; crucial |
| adage | old saying proverb |
| adhere | to stick fast; to hold to |
| adjourn | to postpone; to suspend for a period of time |
| adjunct | something or someone associated with another but in a defendant or secondary position |
| admonish | to scold; to urge to duty, remind; to advise against something |
| adorn | to decorate or add beauty to, for instance with ornaments; to make pleasing more attractive |
| adversary | opponent or enemy |
| aeronautic | relating to aircraft |
| affable | pleasantly easy to get along with; friendly and warm |
| affectation | attempt to appear to be what one is not for the purpose of impressing others |
| aghast | overcome by surprise, disgust or amazement; seized with terror; shocked |
| agility | condition of being able to move quickly and easily or being mentally alert |
| agitate | to shake or grow excited; to move around a lot, to disturb or excite emotionally |
| aimless | lacking purpose or goals |
| alleviate | to make easier to bear, lessen |
| allure | fascination, appeal |
| aloof | distant in relations with other people |
| altruistic | concerned for the welfare of others |
| amateur | (n) some one not paid to engage in a hobby, spoor, art, etc. (adj) like an amateur |
| amend | to improve; to alter; to add to, or subtract from by formal procedure |
| amorous | having to do with love |
| amorphous | lacking a specific shape |
| amphibian | animal at home both on land and in the water |
| angular | having clear angles or thin and bony facial features |
| animosity | feeling of ill will, intense dislike for someone or something |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| antidote | remedy to relieve the effects of poison |
| aperture | opening |
| aqueous | similar to, or composed of water |
| ardent | characterized by passion or desire |
| arid | very dry, lacking moisture; unproductive, unimaginative |
| aroma | pleasing fragrance; any odor or smell |
| articulate | (adj) well - spoken, lucidly presented (v) to pronounce clearly |
| artifice | (1) trickery, clever use (2) ability to create or imagine |
| ascertain | to find out or discover by examination |
| assailable | able to be attacked or assaulted by blows or words |
| astound | to overwhelm with amazement |
| astute | shrewd and perceptive; able to understand clearly and quickly |
| atrocity | horrible act |
| audacity | boldness or daring, especially with disregard for personal safety |
| authoritative | having great authority |
| banal | boringly predictable |
| banish | to send away, condemn to exile; drive or put away |
| barrier | anything that makes progress harder or impossible; a limit or boundary |
| beguile | to delude, deceive by trickery |
| belligerence | aggressive hostility |
| benefactor | someone giving financial or general assistance |
| beneficial | advantageous, helpful, conferring benefit |
| benevolence | inclination to do good deeds |
| bewildered | completely confused or puzzled, perplexed |
| bias | (n) prejudice, particular tendency (v) to cause prejudice in; to influence unfairly |
| bile | ill temper, irritability |
| bliss | supreme happiness, utter joy or contentment; heaven, paradise |
| boisterous | loud and unrestrained |
| botanist | scientist specializing in study of plants |
| bounty | generosity in giving; reward |
| bravado | show and pretentious display of courage |
| brevity | state of being brief, of not lasting a long time |
| brig | ship's prison |
| burnish | (1) to make shiny by rubbing, as with a cloth (2) shininess produced by burnishing |
| cache | hiding place for treasures, etc.; anything in such a hiding place |
| cajole | to wheedle, persuade with promises or flattery, coax |
| camouflage | (n) disguise worn in order to deceive an enemy; for instance, uniforms the color of trees and dirt (v) to deceive by means of camouflage |
| candor | frankness and sincerity; fairness |
| canine | relating to dogs |
| cantankerous | quarrelsome and grouchy |
| caprice | sudden, unpredictable change |
| cascade | (n) waterfall, as in type of fireworks resembling a waterfall (v) to fall like cascade |
| catastrophe | disastrous event |
| celestial | relating to the heavens |
| censor | to remove material from books, plays, magazines, etc. for moral, political, or religious reasons |
| chasm | gorge or deep canyon |
| choleric | bad-tempered |
| choreographer | person creating and arranging dances for stage performances |
| chorus | group acting together |
| chronic | continuing over a long period of time, long-standing |
| circumscribe | to encircle with a line; to limit in any way |
| collision | crash, clash, or conflict |
| communicative | talkative and likely to communicate |
| compassion | deep feeling of pity or sympathy for others |
| compel | to force someone or something to act |
| competent | having enough skill for some purpose; adequate but not exceptional |
| concise | brief and compact |
| condone | to pardon, to forgive, overlook |
| confidential | done secretly or in confidence |
| constrict | to squeeze, make tighter |
| contemplation | thoughtful observation |
| contend | to fight or struggle against; to debate |
| contentious | eager to quarrel |
| convene | to assemble or meet |
| conventional | established or approved by general usage |
| copious | abundant, large in number or quantity, plentiful |
| countenance | (n) face or facial expression, or the general appearance or behavior of something or someone (v) to approve or support |
| couplet | unit of poetry with two rhyming lines |
| courier | person who carries messages, news, or information |
| cue | hint or guiding suggestion |
| curvature | state of being curved |
| dawdle | to waste time with idle lingering |
| deadlock | standoff caused by opposition of two conflicting forces |
| dearth | scarcity, lack |
| debris | charred or spoiled remains of something that has been destroyed |
| decade | period of ten years |
| deceit | deception or tricky falseness |
| deceive | to delude or mislead |
| declamation | exercise in speech giving; attack or protest |
| deficient | defective, insufficient, or inadequate |
| dehydrate | to remove water from |
| dejected | depress, sad |
| delude | to deceive, to mislead |
| deluge | (n) flood, large overflowing of water; too much of anything (v) to overflow, to inundate, to flood |
| demote | to reduce to a lower grade or class |
| desolation | condition of being deserted and destroyed |
| despicable | deserving contempt |
| despondent | in a state of depression |
| destitute | bereft, without or left without; poor |
| devastate | to lay waste, make desolate; to overwhelm |
| devotee | someone passionately devoted |
| devout | deeply religious |
| dexterity | skill in using the hands or body, agility; cleverness |
| diminish | to become or to make smaller in size, number, or degree |
| din | loud, confused noise |
| dingy | dark or drab in colour; dirty, shabby, squalid |
| diplomatic | tactful; skilled in the art of conducting negotiations and other relations between nations |
| disclaim | to deny ownership of or association with |
| discursive | covering a wide area or digressing from a topic |
| dismal | causing gloom; cheerless |
| dispute | (n) argument or quarrel (v) to argue or quarrel |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| divert | (1) to change the course of (2) to draw someone's attention by amusing them |
| doff | to remove or take off, as clothing |
| dogged | persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious |
| dogmatic | asserting without proof; stating opinion as if it are in fact a definite and forceful manner |
| doze | to nap or sleep lightly |
| dungeon | underground room |
| ebullient | overflowing with fervour, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited |
| eccentric | (n) person who differs from the accepted norms in an odd way (adj.) deviating from accepted conduct |
| ecstatic | deliriously overjoyed |
| eddy | small whirlpool or any similar current |
| effect | (n) result, impression (v) to produce, make or bring about |
| elusive | hard to find or express |
| embellish | to add detail, make more complicated |
| eminent | distinguished, high in rank or station |
| emulate | to imitate or copy |
| enact | to make into law |
| encompass | to form a circle or a ring around |
| endorse | to approve, sustain, support |
| enigma | mystery or riddle |
| enigmatic | unexplainable, mysterious |
| ensnare | to capture in, or involve, as in a snare |
| entice | to lure or attract by feeding desires |
| entourage | group of followers, attendants, or assistants |
| era | period of time |
| err | to make a mistake |
| erudite | knowledgeable and learned |
| essential | of the innermost nature of something; basic, fundamental; of great importance |
| etiquette | code of social behaviour |
| evacuate | to empty out, remove, or withdraw |
| exotic | of foreign origin or character; strange, exciting |
| expand | make greater, broader, larger, or more detail |
| expunge | to delete or omit completely |
| extraction | process of removal or something removed |
| extricate | to release from difficulty or an entanglement |
| extroverted | outgoing or interested in people |
| fanatic | someone with excessive enthusiasm, especially in politics or religion |
| fatal | causing or capable of causing, death or ruin |
| fatigue | (v) to exhaust the strength of (n) weariness, tiredness from exertion |
| fauna | animals of a given area |
| felicity | happiness, bliss |
| ferocious | savage and fierce |
| fervent | showing great warmth intensity, feeling, enthusiasm; hot burning glow |
| fickle | easily changeable, especially in emotions |
| fidelity | faithfulness to duties; truthfulness |
| finale | the final part of some entertainment, often music |
| flagrant | outrageous glaring, noticeable, or evident; notorious, scandalous |
| flippant | not serious, playful; irreverent |
| flow | to move along in a stream or like a stream; to proceed continuously |
| foretell | to predict the future |
| formidable | able to inspire awe or wonder because of outstanding power, size, etc |
| foundation | basis or ground work of anything, whether a building or idea |
| fragile | easily broken or damaged |
| frequent | (adj.) happening or occurring at short intervals (v) to visit often |
| futile | ineffective, useless; unimportant |
| garrulous | talkative and likely to chatter |
| germinate | to bud or sprout |
| glee | joy, pleasure, happiness |
| glib | able to speak profusely; having a ready flow of words |
| gregarious | found of company |
| grotesque | odd or unnatural in some way |
| grovel | to humble oneself, to beg |
| gruesom | grisly, horrible |
| hallowed | regarded as holy; sacred |
| harbinger | omen, precursor, forerunner |
| harsh | stern or cruel; physically uncomfortable; unpleasant to the ear |
| hasty | done quickly; rushed, sloppy |
| heed | (n) careful attention, notice, observation (v) to listen to and obey |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| heterogeneous | not uniform; made up of different parts that remain separate |
| hexagon | polygon having six sides |
| hibernate | to spend winter in a sleep like, dorment state |
| hive | structure where bee live |
| horrid | something that causes horror, or is at least pretty bad |
| hovel | small, miserable shack |
| humid | moist or damp |
| ignite | to set on fire; to stir emotionally |
| illiteracy | inability to read and write |
| immaculate | spotless; free from error |
| imminent | about to happen, on the verge of occurring |
| immortal | undying |
| impasse | (1) road having no exit (2) a dilemma with no solution |
| impervious | incapable of being penetrated; unable to be influenced |
| impious | lacking piety or respect for religion |
| imply | to suggest without stating directly |
| inadvertent | unintentional |
| incentive | motivation or drive to do a particular task or to go in a given direction |
| incredulous | not believing |
| indicate | to point out or make known with a great degree of certainty |
| inert | having no power to move or act; resisting motion or action |
| infectious | able to be passed from one person to another (such as an infection) ; contagious |
| ingenious | possessing or displaying great creativity and resourcefulness |
| ingenuity | inventive skill or cleverness |
| inhabit | to reside or live in |
| innate | present at birth |
| innocent | pure, not guilty; someone with the simplicity of a baby |
| insinuation | devious hint or sly suggestion made to cause suspicion or doubts |
| insomnia | inability to fall sleep |
| insurgent | (n) rebel (adj.) rising in revolt, starting a revolution |
| irate | full of anger, wrathful, incensed |
| jeer | (n) taunting remark (v) to mock in an abusive way |
| jubilant | feeling joy or happiness |
| judicious | having wise judgment |
| kinetic | relating to motion |
| lagoon | shallow body of water connected to a much larger one, as a lake or sea |
| lenient | merciful, not strict |
| lethargy | drowsiness, tiredness, inability to do anything much |
| limber | bending and moving easily |
| lunge | to thrust something forward |
| magnanimous | having a great and nobel spirit, acting generously, patiently, or kindly |
| malfunction | (n) an instance of failing to function (v) to fail to function |
| malleable | can be molded or shaped |
| mar | to damage something and make it imperfect |
| marvel | (n) amazing thing; something astonishing or marvellous (v) to be surprised or full of wonder |
| meager | very small or insufficient |
| meek | humble and submissive |
| melancholy | very sad or depressing |
| meteorologist | scientist dealing with weather and weather conditions |
| mimic | imitate, copy |
| minuscule | tiny, miniature |
| misbegotten | poorly conceived, poorly planned, based on false assumptions or false reasoning |
| mourn | feel sad for, regret |
| murky | dark, dim |
| nauseous | sickening, makes you feel sick, or turns your stomach |
| nebulous | hazy, not well-defined |
| nimble | quick and agile in movement or thought |
| nomad | someone who has no permanent home and wanders |
| notify | to tell, let know, give notice |
| obese | very fat |
| obnoxious | offensive and very disagreeable |
| obscure | (adj.) hard to see; unknown, uncertain (v) to hide or make difficult to find |
| observation | (1) examination (2) remark, comment |
| obsolete | no longer in use; discarded or outmoded |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obstruct | to get in the way of; to block; to hamper |
| obtuse | not acute; someone who is not smart; thick, dull |
| olfactory | relating to the sense of smell |
| ominous | threatening, menacing, having the character of an evil omen |
| opportune | appropriate to time or circumstances: timely, lucky |
| option | choice, selection, preference |
| orbit | (v) to move around some object, as a planet; to circle (n) the actual route the thing takes when it goes around the other thing as in the orbit of the moon around the earth |
| orchid | purple |
| ostentatious | pretentious and flashy |
| palatable | good tasting |
| paradox | contradiction, something that doesn't fit; something that shouldn't be true because it seems to offend common sense, yet is true anyway |
| passive | not active; someone who let things happen rather than himself taking action |
| peddle | sell |
| pedestrian | (adj) common, everyday, usually (n) one who does not ride but walks |
| perjury | making deliberately false statements when under oath |
| persevere | to continue in some course of action despite setbacks and opposition |
| petrify | to turn to stone; to paralyze with fear or with surprise |
| pious | religious devout or moral |
| plagiarism | copying of someone else's work and claiming it as your own |
| plausible | seeming to be true |
| pompous | characterized by stiff, unnatural formality |
| procrastinate | to postpone; to put something off to a later time |
| profound | deep, wise, serious |
| prolific | producing great amounts; fertile |
| propel | to move, make something go forward |
| prophesy | to predict the future using divine guidance |
| pungent | sharp, flavorful |
| pursue | to chase, go after |
| quell | to quiet something raucous; crash, defeat, conquer |
| quench | to satisfy a need or desire |
| rabble | large, disorderly, and easily excited mob |
| rabid | (1) affected with rabies, a disease of the nervous system that caused convulsions and wildly irrational behaviour (2) acting fanatically or madly, as if afflicted by rabies |
| rancor | bad feeling, bitterness |
| random | lacking order, free from order or bias |
| ransack | to search thoroughly and messily |
| ratify | to approve formally |
| ravenous | (1) wildly eager to eat (2) hungry for anything |
| raze | to destroy utterly |
| recluse | someone who lives far away from other people |
| recur | to return; to occur again |
| reek | (1) giving off a strong offensive odor; strong smell (2) to be pervaded by something unpleasant |
| refrain | to stop or avoid doing something, quit |
| regal | royal, splendid |
| reign | rule over, govern, dominate |
| reimburse | to repay someone for their expenses |
| reinforce | strengthen, add to |
| reminiscence | memory or act of recalling the past |
| renowned | well-known, famous, celebrated |
| repartee | witty conversation, retort |
| repudiate | to reject what one was once associated with |
| repugnant | something gross, repulsive, or revolting |
| residue | something that remain after a part is taken |
| reveal | show, divulge, expose |
| revel | celebrate noisily, have a party |
| rout | conquer, defeat and chase off |
| satellite | moon, a small thing going around a bigger thing |
| saturate | to fill something to the point where it can hold no more |
| saucy | impudent, impertinent, flippant |
| savor | to enjoy something with relish or delight |
| scald | burn with hot liquid or steam |
| scarce | rare, uncommon |
| scathing | overly critical |
| schism | division or separation between groups of members within an organization |
| scrupulous | (1) acting in accordance with a strict moral code (2) through in the performance of a task |
| secure | (v) to fasten, make secure (adj.) well-fastened, not likely to fall or come loose |
| seethe | to heave or bubble from great inner turmoil, as a volcano; to boil |
| sentry | guard, sentinel, watchman |
| sequel | addition or result; story that continues a previous one |
| shrewd | clever, keen-sitted, cunning, sharp in particular affairs |
| significant | meaningful, important, relevant |
| sinister | threatening, evil, menacing |
| slack | (n) lack of tautness or tension; a time of little activity or dullness (adj.) sluggish, idle, barely moving, loose, relaxed |
| sociable | friendly, companionable |
| solicit | (1) to seek from another (2) to make a request of someone |
| specify | to mention, name or require specifically or exactly |
| splice | to join, bind, attach; in film editing, to join two pieces of film |
| spurn | reject with scorn, turn away |
| squalid | very dirty or foul; wretched |
| squander | to waste on some worthless purchase or practice |
| staunch | steady, loyal |
| stealthy | sneaky, secret |
| stress | emphasize, point out |
| suave | smooth, graceful, and confident in speech and behavior |
| subdue | to bring under control; to decrease the intensity of |
| succeed | (1) to follow, come after (2) to prosper, do well |
| succumb | to give in, to submit |
| suffice | to be adequate or enough |
| summit | highest level or point |
| superb | wonderful, superior, excellent |
| suppress | crush, hold in, hide |
| surfeit | overly abundant supply, an excess |
| surmise | (v) to guess, to infer (n) instance of surmising |
| surrogate | person or thing substituted for another |
| susceptible | vulnerable, liable to be affected by something |
| suspense | fear or anticipating of waiting for something; something having to do with fear or mystery, as in a suspense novel |
| synopsis | short summary, out line |
| taciturn | quiet, tending not to speak |
| tactful | acting with sensitivity to others' feelings |
| taint | to poison, as a drink; to corrupt, as a person |
| tamper | bother, interfere, meddle |
| tangible | can be felt by touching; having actual substance |
| taut | stretched tightly; tense |
| temperate | (1) denying oneself too much pleasure; avoiding extreme positions, moderate, sensible (2) a mild climate |
| tenacious | steadily pursuing a goal, unwilling to give up; stubborn |
| tepid | (1) neither hot nor cold (2) lacking character or spirit, bland |
| terminate | to stop, end |
| terse | concise, brief, using few words |
| tether | (n) chain or rope tied to an animal to keep it within specific bounds (v) to fisten or confine |
| token | (n) sign or symbol (adj) existing in name or appearance only, without depth, or significance |
| torrid | extremely hot, scorching |
| trepidation | fear, apprehension |
| trite | lacking originality, inspiration, and interest |
| tumult | noise and confusion |
| tyranny | harsh exercise of absolute power |
| ultimate | making the highest point; cannot be improved upon; final |
| unanimous | approved by everyone concerned |
| unkempt | messily, sloppily maintained |
| usurp | to seize, take by force |
| vacate | leave |
| vacuous | silly, empty-headed, not serious |
| vague | not clear or certain |
| vehement | with deep feeling |
| vend | to sell goods |
| vex | to irritate to a great degree, to annoy |
| vitalize | make something come alive |
| vivacious | lively, full of spirit |
| wan | unnaturally pale, lacking color |
| wantonly | without a reason |
| wrath | extreme anger |
| wretched | miserable, pathetic |
| writhe | to squirm or twist as if in pain |
| zealous | enthusiastic, eager |
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