Sadler-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop New Edition: Level G: Units 1-5: Definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
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 acquisitive | adj, able to get and retain ideas or information; conserned with acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | verb, to claim or take without right |
| banal | adj, hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | verb, to work on excessively; to thrash around |
| carping | adj, tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; noun, petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | adj, holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | verb, to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | verb, to immitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| encomium | verb, a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | verb, to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | adj, relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | adj, so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | adj, refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| invidious | adj, offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | noun, generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful countributions |
| reconnaissance | noun, a survery made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| substantiate | verb, to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substancial form to |
| taciturn | adj, habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| temporize | verb, to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpoe a decision; to compromise |
| tenable | adj, capable of being held or defended |
| acuity | noun, sharpness, particularly of mind or senses |
| delineate | verb, to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially |
| depraved | adjective, marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles |
| enervate | verb, to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring |
| esoteric | adjective, intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret |
| fecund | adjective, fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
| fiat | noun, an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness |
| figment | noun, a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion |
| garner | verb, to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use |
| hallow | verb, to set apart as holy or scared, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere |
| idiosyncrasy | noun, a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
| ignominy | noun, shame and disgrace |
| mundane | noun,earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary |
| nuance | noun, a subtle or slight variation, as in color, meaning, quality; delicate gradation or shade or difference |
| overweening | adjective, conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate |
| penchant | noun, a strong attraction or inclination |
| reputed | adjective, according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged |
| sophistry | noun, reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy |
| sumptuous | adjective, costly, rich, magnificent |
| ubiquitous | adjective, present or existing everywhere |
| articulate | verb, to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; adjective, expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed |
| cavort | verb, to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
| credence | noun, belief, mental acceptance |
| decry | verb, to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
| dissemble | verb, to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
| distraught | adjective, very much agaitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| eulogy | noun, a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
| evince | verb, to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
| exhume | verb, to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
| feckless | adjective, lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| murky | adjective, dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
| nefarious | adjective, wicked, depreaved, deoid of moral standards |
| piquant | adjective, stimulating to the tase or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| primordial | adjective, developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
| propinquity | noun, nearness in place or time; kinship |
| unwonted | adjective, not usual or expected; not in character |
| uptopian | adjective, founded upon or involving a visionarry view of an ideal world; impractical |
| verbiage | noun, language thaqt is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
| verdant | adjective, green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement |
| viscous | adjective, having a gelatinour or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |
| atrophy | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; verb, to waste away |
| concord | noun, a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| consummate | adjective, complete or perfect in the highest degree; verb, to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| disarray | noun, disorder, confusion ; verb, to throw into disorder |
| exigency | noun, urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressuring need; an emergency |
| flotsam | noun, floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| frenetic | adjective, frenzied, highly agitated |
| glean | verb, to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers |
| grouse | noun, a type of game bird; a complaint; verb, to complain, grumble |
| incarcerate | verb, to imprison, confine, jail |
| incumbent | adjective, obligatory, required; noun, one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
| jocular | adjective, humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| ludicrous | adjective, ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| mordant | adjective, biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
| nettle | noun, a prickly or stinging plant; verb, to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
| pecuniary | adjective, consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
| pusillanimous | adjective, contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
| recumbent | adjective, in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
| stratagem | noun, a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
| accost | verb, to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| animadversion | noun, a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | adjective, desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| brackish | adjective, having a salty taste and unpleasent to drink |
| celerity | noun, swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | adjective, straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, done or acted in a shifty or underhanded way |
| gambit | noun, in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
| halcyon | noun, a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; adjective, of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| histrionic | adjective, pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic |
| incendiary | adjective, deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; noun, the one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
| maelstrom | noun, a whirlpool of great size and violance; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| myopic | adjective, nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
| overt | adjective, open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| pejorative | adjective, tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
| propriety | noun, the state ofm being proper, appropriateness |
| sacrilege | noun, improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | adverb, without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| supplicant | adjective, asking humbly and earnestly; noun, one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
| talisman | noun, an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
| undulate | verb, to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| bastion | noun, a fortified place, stronghold |
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