Word Wealth Part 1 Unit 1 (verbs,) Part 2 Unit 1 (all)
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102 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abolish | to do away with, put an end to |
| acquire | to get, procure, obtain |
| adapt | to make suitable, agreeable, harmonious |
| admonish | to warn, reprove, advise |
| affirm | to declare, assert |
| declare | to state firmly or emphatically |
| avouch | to declare solemnly the truth of something |
| maintain | to uphold a belief or statement |
| warrant | to justify an action or idea |
| advocate | to advise or urge an idea or course of action |
| coerce | to compel, bring out by force |
| constrains | obliges |
| constraint | mild form of pressure |
| importune | implore, entreat |
| obligation | the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force |
| prevail | triumph |
| extort | twists forth or wrests |
| impel | drives, forces |
| compulsory | required by rule |
| mandatory | required |
| curtail | to cut down, reduce |
| foreshorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| abbreviate | shorten |
| abridge | to shorten or condense |
| truncate | make shorter as if by cutting off |
| desiccate | remove water from |
| lengthen | become long or longer |
| amplify | increase the volume of |
| expand | become larger in size or volume or quantity |
| defer | to delay or postpone |
| divulge | to disclose or reveal |
| exposure | scandalous disclosure |
| revelation | mystery or secret opened up or revealed |
| manifest | open, evident |
| unmask | reveal the true nature of |
| confess | admit, make a clean breast of |
| implore | to beg, plead, entreat |
| solicit | ask for funds, good, business |
| entreat | beg, especially for mercy |
| supplicate | beg, especially in prayer |
| importune | beg in urgent need |
| abstract | formal summary |
| digest | summary which may employ the style, form, and manner of the original article or book |
| synopsis | summary of a story, speech, or series of events |
| compendium | comprehensive summary or concise treatise in some field of learning. |
| acquiesce | to consent, agree, passively |
| assent | say yes |
| accede | yield |
| concur | agree |
| allude | to refer to or mention casually |
| cite | mention, refer to, quote |
| casual | offhand, incidental |
| constitute | to form, or make up |
| contrive | to plot, scheme, devise a way |
| corroborate | to verify, confirm, substantiate |
| culminate | to reach the highest point |
| summit | highest point |
| zenith | highest point of a career |
| acme | highest point of excellence |
| depreciate | to decrease in value, belittle |
| decry | express strong disapproval of |
| disparage | to belittle, speak slightly of |
| appreciate | add to the price or value |
| dilate | to expand or enlarge |
| discriminate | to observe differences, make unfair distinctions |
| arid | dry, barren, parched, lifeless |
| sere | withered, dried up, or mildly scorched by heat |
| sterile | unfruitful, incapable of producing life, lacking vitality, free from micro-organisms |
| desiccated | dried up |
| jejeune | dull and flat, barren or dried up |
| effete | spent, worn, exhausted- thus sterile |
| chronic | constant, habitual, recurring |
| dubious | doubtful, uncertain, causing doubt |
| dubitable | causing doubt |
| indubitable | not questioned or doubted |
| indulgent | yielding, lenient, easy-going |
| internal | inside, within, inner |
| gratification | please, pleasing, agreeable, free |
| license | allowed |
| sanction | official permission or approval |
| toleration | official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion) |
| dispensation | an exemption from some rule or obligation |
| patent | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| authorization | authorized |
| sufferance | a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations |
| sanction | official permission or approval |
| condonation | to excuse by seeming to overlook, treat as if trivial |
| lethat | deadly, fatal |
| mortal | death-causing |
| livid | pale, lead-colored, grayish blue |
| overt | open, unconcealed |
| conspicuous | attracts attention |
| ostensible | motive for disagreeing is apparent |
| manifest | plans and ideas are open |
| flagrant | not only overt |
| palpable | deeds or wrongs you can see or feel readily |
| senile | characteristic of old age |
| senile dementia | mental derangement that often occurs in old age |
| dotage | senility with weak-mindedness or abnormal fondness |
| superannuation | condition of being retired or disqualified for active duty |
| longevity | long life |
| virtual | almost, for all practical purposes, being something in effect but not actually |
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