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251 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 reticent | restrained; uncommunicative |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate |
| repudiate | to reject; to deny |
| laudable | worthy of praise |
| deter | to prevent |
| expedite | to make faster or easier |
| tentative | experimental; temporary; uncertain |
| vacillate | to be indecisive; to waver back and forth |
| ascetic | hermitlike; practicing self-denial |
| condone | to overlook; to permit to happen |
| volition | will; concious choice |
| disparate | different; incompatible |
| disparage | to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about |
| prosaic | dull; unimaginative |
| expedient | providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest |
| languish | to become weak, listeless, or depressed |
| exonerate | to free from blame; to exculpate |
| stipulate | to require smth as a part of an agreement |
| terminal | last, ending |
| distension | swelling |
| exploit | use or manipulate to one's advantage |
| husbandry | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| extirpate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| texture | the essential quality of something |
| disclosure | the speech act of making something evident |
| domestic | of or involving the home or family |
| ignominy | deep disgrace |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| vicarious | experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; living throught the experiences of another as though they were one's own experiences |
| soporific | sleep inducing; extremely boring |
| versatile | having many skills; having plasticity/pliability |
| finesse | subtly skillful handling of a situation |
| intricate | complicate; sophisticated; having many parts or facets |
| convolute | curl, wind, or twist together |
| loquacious | talking a lot or too much |
| decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct |
| visceral | obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation |
| ossified | set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs |
| jingoism | fanatical patriotism |
| streamlined | made efficient by stripping off nonessentials |
| venerate | to revere; to treat as smth holy, especially because of great age |
| gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
| idiosyncratic | peculiar to the individual |
| elict | to bring out; to call forth |
| dictum | an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |
| respite | period of rest or relief |
| concede | to acknowledge as true or right; to grant or yield |
| viable | capable of living, workable |
| cryptic | mysterious; mystifying |
| pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
| supercitious | haughty; partonizing |
| epitome | a brief summary that captures the whole meaning; a paradigm |
| obtrusive | interefering; meddlesome; having a tendency to butt in |
| disrepute | the state of being held in low esteem |
| credence | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
| irrefutable | impossible to deny or disprove |
| egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people |
| dilettante | someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amature |
| iconoclast | one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions |
| purveyor | someone who supplies provisions (especially food) |
| profligate | extravagantly wasteful and wildly immoral |
| celibacy | abstinence from sex |
| scrupulous | strict, careful; hesistant for ethical reasons |
| mendicancy | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| stringent | strict; restrictive |
| esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
| tenable | 1. able to be defended easily 2. an office that can be held without threat |
| digression | instance of getting off-topic |
| flotsam | the floating wreckage of a ship or debris |
| reconnaissance | the act of exploring to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy |
| decimation | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
| cantankerous | bad tempered, quarrelsome |
| churlish | bad tempered |
| laconic | expressed with few words |
| disingenuous | insincere, not straightforward |
| implacable | relentless, unable to be appeased |
| phlegmatic | being slow to act, slow to feel and show emotion or interest |
| mystique | skill; quality/characteristic understood by few |
| impetuous | wildly violent, impulsive |
| anthology | collection of poems/prose |
| anthropology | the study of mankind, especially about their customs/beliefs |
| prognosis | diagnosis |
| retrenchment | the cutting down of expenses |
| preeminent | excelling others; best of all |
| unequivocal | clear, having only one possible meaning |
| effusive | (emotions) flowing out too freely |
| tenuous | having little substance or significance |
| ineffable | defying expression or description |
| incorrigible | impervious to correction by punishment |
| lugubrious | excessively mournful |
| erudition | profound scholarly knowledge |
| lassitude | a feeling of lack of interest or energy |
| fabrication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
| chicanery | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| pedagogy | the activities of educating or instructing or teaching |
| byzantine | extremely intricate or complicated in structure |
| onerous | burdensome; oppressive |
| slipshod | marked by great carelessness |
| circumlocution | an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language |
| sophistry | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |
| receptivity | willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) |
| curtail | to shorten; to cut short |
| concoct | to create by mixing ingredients; to devise |
| erratic | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
| tenacious | persistent |
| efface | to erase; to rub away the features of |
| apolitical | politically neutral |
| sedition | treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion |
| insurrection | organized opposition to authority |
| subversive | a radical supporter of political or social revolution |
| corollary | something that follows; a natural consequence |
| precursor | forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows |
| surreptitious | sneaky; secret |
| conducive | promoting |
| mediocrity | ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding |
| pretension | a false or unsupportable quality |
| supersede | to take the place of; to supplant; to make (smth) obsolete |
| suasion | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade) |
| nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe |
| discourse | spoken or written expression in words; conversation |
| preclude | to prevent something from ever happening |
| rehash | old material that is slightly reworked and used again |
| libel | a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of, or defames someone |
| barrage | a concentrated outpouring of artillery fire or anything else |
| expend | to use up, consume fully |
| pigeonhole | to treat or classify according to a mental stereotype |
| pilfer | to make off with belongings of others (to steal) |
| predilection | a natural preference for something |
| perquisites | a privilege that goes along with a job; a "perk" |
| repertory | the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation |
| tribulation | an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event |
| irreproachable | free of guilt |
| reprehensive | worthy of blame or censure |
| paucity | scarcity |
| adept | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| asperision | a slanderous or damning remark |
| eclectic | choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources |
| empirical | relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical |
| demagogue | a leader of the people, but more a rabble rouser |
| indigenous | native; originating in that area |
| arboreal | inhabiting or frequenting trees |
| unwitting | lacking information or knowledge |
| congenial | agreeably suitable; pleasant |
| reclusive | withdrawn from society |
| engender | to create; to produce |
| provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
| deference | submission to another's will; respect; courtesty |
| relegate | to banish; to send away |
| fallacious | false |
| solicit | to ask for; to seek |
| indolence | laziness |
| flagrant | shocking; outstandingly bad |
| elusive | hard to pin down; evasive |
| immutable | unchangeable; permanent |
| coalesce | to come together as one; to fuse |
| levity | lightness; frivolity |
| sycophant | one who sucks up to others |
| inadvertent | careless; without intention |
| exhaustive | thorough; complete |
| incongruous | not harmonious; not consistent |
| pivotal | crucial |
| supercilious | haughty; patronizing; arrogant |
| furtive | secretive; sly |
| torpor | sluggishness; inactivity; apathy |
| prodigious | extraordinary; enormous |
| trepidation | fear; apprehension; nervous trembling |
| bastion | stronghold; fortress; fortified place |
| hackneyed | banal; overused; trite |
| voluminous | very large; spacious |
| amity | friendship |
| virtuoso | a masterful musician; a masterful practicioner in some other field |
| hedonistic | pleasure-seeking; indulgent |
| peripheral | unimportant; on the edges |
| volatile | quick to evaporate |
| prudent | careful; having foresight |
| pedestrian | common; banal; ordinary |
| innocuous | harmless; banal |
| retract | to take back; to pull back; to withdraw |
| rescind | to repeal; to take back formally |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation |
| meander | to wander slowly |
| contrite | deeply apologetic; remorseful |
| faciliate | to make easier |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly defiant of authority or control |
| ambulatory | able to walk; walking |
| propriety | properness; good manners |
| rejuvenate | to make young again |
| blithe | carefree; cheerful |
| dearth | a lack of; scarcity |
| irascible | irritable |
| merger | a joining |
| villify | to say vile things about; to defame; to make into a villian |
| qualify | to state exceptions to a general statement |
| terse | brief; concise; to the point |
| reprove | to criticize midly |
| rotund | round |
| expunge | to erase; to strike out |
| repulse | to send back; to reject |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| raucous | harsh; rough sounding |
| predicament | a difficult situation, especially when a tough choice must be made |
| stupor | mental confusion |
| wooden | stiff; inflexible |
| surmise | to guess |
| newfangled | new; untested |
| stratagem | a trick or deception |
| vestige | the remains of something that does not exist |
| replete | completely filled; stuffed; abounding |
| prudish | overly concerened with being modest and proper |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| salutary | beneficial; whole some |
| effectual | effective |
| responsive | readily able to respond; friendly |
| deliberate | to think over |
| tonic | something that refreshes; a refreshing or invigorating drink |
| surfeit | excess; excessive amount; overeating or overdrinking |
| superfluous | extra; unnecessary |
| sporadic | stopping and starting; scattered; occuring at irregular intervals |
| vociferous | loud; outspoken |
| sanction | formal or official approval; a legal penalty |
| spurious | false; fake |
| stolid | emotionless |
| table | to remove from consideration |
| zany | light-hearted; crazy |
| flower | to flourish; to mature well |
| protrude | to push outward |
| paradigm | a good model or example |
| preposterous | unbelievable; implausible |
| residual | leftovers when something is gone |
| proliferate | to spread rapidly |
| stymie | to get in the way of; to hinder |
| effervescent | bubbly |
| hangar | storage facilities for planes |
| paltry | of a tiny or significant amount; meager; scant |
| ponderous | heavy; difficult |
| turpitude | shameful wickedness; evil |
| quandary | a state of uncertainty |
| miser | a greedy person |
| resplendent | brilliant |
| ascendancy | dominance; being on top |
| threadbare | tattered |
| unsung | unrecognized, uncelebrated |
| rectify | to correct; to straighten; to make amends for |
| vulgarian | a vulgar person |
| wake | the track left when something leaves, especially a boat |
| gaunt | thin and bony; especially from lack of food or illness |
| unilateral | on one side only |
| extricate | to free from difficulty; to remove something entangled; to untangle |
| tightfisted | greedy |
| fitful | irregular; subject to sudden, violent outbursts |
| foolhardy | overly brave, foolishly unaware of dangers |
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