Elite Boot Camp Vocabulary 201-300
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camquon Plus on December 28, 2011
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Words 201-300
Classes:
2011 Elite Winter Boot Camp Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 flora | (n) plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time |
| tribulation | (n) great misery or distress |
| utilitarian | (adj) stressing practical use over other values |
| adhere | (v) to stick to; to be a firm follower |
| agreeable | (adj) pleasing or pleasant; willing or ready to consent |
| decorum | (n) polite behavior |
| scenario | (n) an outline for a planned series of events, either real or imagined; a summary of a work of fiction |
| exact | (v) to demand and obtain by force or authority |
| viable | (adj) able to live; capalbe of success |
| lachrymose | (adj) causing tears; weeping or inclined to weep |
| demeanor | (n) outward behavior, esp. that reveals one's personality or attitude |
| bulwark | (n) a wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, oft. figurative |
| intact | (adj) whole; with no part removed |
| propagate | (v) to multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area |
| complex | (adj) having two or more interrelated parts; not simple |
| wield | (v) to handle (for example a tool); to exert (for example power) |
| deluge | (n) a great flood |
| rhetoric | (n) persuasive or artful use of language |
| tangent | (n) an abrupt digression or change of course |
| cite | (v) to refer to or quote |
| knack | (n) a specific talent for doing something, esp. one that is difficult to teach |
| minutiae | (n) trivial detail |
| discrete | (adj) individually distinct or separate |
| covet | (v) to desire strongly |
| caliber | (n) degree of worth or value |
| gaffe | (n) a clumsy social error |
| principal | (adj) of highest importance; chief |
| expedite | (v) to speed up |
| innovative | (adj) marked by a new or unusual way of doing things |
| contemplate | (v) to look at or think about carefully; to consider as a possibility |
| pale | (v) to decrease in relative importance |
| integral | (adj) essential; necessary to be complete |
| crop | (v) to cut or bite the ends off; to trim |
| become | (v) to be appropriate or suitable to; to look good with |
| digit | (n) a himan finger or toe |
| preeminent | (adj) superior in status or fame to all others, esp. as a generally recognized quality |
| cascade | (n) a waterfall or series of small waterfalls; a succession of stages, processes, or units |
| caveat | (n) a warning |
| hedge | (v) to protect against possible loss by taking compensatory measures; to avoid making a direct statement |
| vain | (adj) not producing the desired outcome; worthless; proud or conceited |
| ridicule | (v) to make fun of |
| ordeal | (n) an extremely difficult experience |
| congenial | (adj) suited to one's needs or nature; friendly; sympathetic |
| homely | (adj) unattractive, plain looking |
| transcend | (v) to go beyond or above the limits |
| elocution | (n) the art of public speaking, with attention to delivery |
| fruitful | (adj) producing much |
| acme | (n) the highest point, as of perfection |
| refuge | (n) a shelter or sanctuary |
| martial | (adj) warlike |
| querulous | (adj) inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint |
| flower | (v) to reach the best or most vigorous stage |
| marshal | (v) to arrange in order |
| elaborate | (adj) detailed carefully thorough (v) to develop with care or at greater length |
| lewd | (adj) preoccupied with sex and sexual desire |
| hallowed | (adj) made or set apart as holy |
| hefty | (adj) heavy |
| milestone | (n) an important event |
| mortal | (adj) subject to death; causing death |
| ascertain | (v) to discover with certainty, as through examination |
| quixotic | (adj) foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous |
| indelible | (adj) incapable of being removed or erased |
| discern | (v) to perceive and understand so as to make distinctions |
| garner | (v0 to get or earn; collect or gather |
| insight | (n) the power to sense or understand something |
| slovenly | (adj) careless about one's own appearance |
| banal | (adj) dull or stale; commonplace |
| robust | (adj) strong and full of health |
| indignation | (n) anger aroused by something unjust or evil |
| contagious | (adj) transmissible by direct or indirect contact; likely to affect others |
| plausible | (adj) appearing worthy of belief or trust |
| hypothesis | (n) a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation |
| exude | (v) to give off; to emit; to radiate |
| novel | (adj) strikingly new |
| auspicious | (adj) marked by favorable circumstances |
| luminous | (adj) emitting light, esp. self-generated; intellectually brilliant |
| indiscriminate | (adj) un-selective; random; unrestrained |
| memento | (n) a reminder or a souvenir |
| transient | (adj) passing with time; remaining only briefly |
| integrity | (n) moral or artistic honesty; strength of character |
| stifle | (v) to suffocate or smother |
| empirical | (adj) based on experience rather than a theory |
| best | (v) to defeat |
| dismay | (v) to destroy courage or resolution; to cause to lose enthusiasm, to disillusion |
| laconic | (adj) brief in speech; using few words |
| discreet | (adj) careful about what one says or does; prudent |
| catastrophe | (n) disaster; sudden misfortune |
| reverberate | (v) to reecho |
| excrete | (v) to separate (waste matter) and eliminate from the body |
| matrix | (n) a surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contained |
| scorn | (n) a feeling of contempt or disdain |
| obsequious | (adj) showing too great a willingness to serve or obey |
| amicable | (adj) showing friendliness or goowill |
| narcissistic | (adj) excessively interested in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, etc. |
| contiguous | (adj) sharing a common boundary; adjoining |
| desolate | (adj) left alone; lonely; deserted |
| own | (v) to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one's own actions or thoughts |
| giddy | (adj) dizzy; lightheaded |
| malfeasance | (n) wrongdoing, esp. by a public official |
| equanimity | (n) evenness of temper, esp. as a characteristic state |
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