Freshmen Vocabulary 1-100 (Second Semester)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 culpable | (adj) blameworthy |
| acrimony | (n) bitterness |
| inculcate | (v) to instill |
| fiasco | (n) a complete failure |
| furtive | (adj) secretive |
| loquacious | (adj) talkative |
| compunction | (n) guilt |
| reiterated | (v) said again, repeated |
| regression | (n) a going back |
| concur | (v) to agree |
| distend | (v) to stick out, to expand, to swell |
| eccentric | (n or adj) a person that is peculiar or odd |
| resolute | (adj) firm in belief |
| rotund | (adj) round |
| indefatigable | (adj) tireless, incapable of being worn out |
| futile | (adj) useless |
| commuted | (v) to change to something less severe |
| inalienable | (adj) not subject to being taken away |
| refulgent | (adj) shining |
| subterfuge | (n) a trick |
| subversive | (adj) undermining or destructive |
| epigram | (n) a short, witty expression |
| succinct | (adj) brief, concise |
| succulent | (adj) juicy |
| imperative | (adj) of the greatest importance |
| pungent | (adj) foul smelling |
| embellish | (v) to enhance or exaggerate |
| apathy | (n) a lack of interest or concern |
| contrite | (adj) sorry |
| incorrigible | (adj) not able to be saved, unredeemable |
| condoned | (v) overlooked, forgiven |
| conduit | (n) a means of transmitting information |
| conflagration | (n) a raging fire |
| eradicate | (v) to wipe out |
| endorse | (v) to give approval to |
| confluence | (n) a merging, a coming together |
| inane | (adj) meaningless, pointless |
| enhance | (v) to make better |
| reminiscent | (adj) reminding of the past |
| incarcerate | (v) to imprison |
| hiatus | (n) a break |
| mendicant | (n) a beggar |
| interminable | (adj) unending |
| deft | (adj) highly skilled |
| castigate | (v) to scold |
| avarice | (n) greed |
| anomaly | (n) an irregularity, an abnormality |
| reverie | (n) a daydream |
| lucid | (adj) mentally alert, rational |
| ludicrous | (adj) absurd |
| malign | (v) to speak badly of |
| writhe | (v) to contort the body as in agony |
| zenith | (n) highest point, the peak |
| destitute | (adj) poor |
| apparition | (n) a ghost or phantom |
| cognizant | (adj) aware |
| alleviate | (v) to lessen |
| dally | (v) to waste time, loiter |
| infirm | (adj) feeble or weak |
| importune | (v) to beg |
| precluded | (v) made impossible, prevented |
| derogatory | (adj) belittling, disparaging |
| hamlet | (n) a small village |
| trepidation | (n) fear |
| confound | (v) to confuse |
| recluse | (n) a hermit |
| redundant | (adj) already stated, repetitive |
| sully | (v) to tarnish |
| ephemeral | (adj) short lived |
| neophyte | (n) a beginner |
| petulant | (adj) stubborn like a child |
| coerce | (v) to force or compel |
| coalesce | (v) to come together |
| aberration | (n) something not normal |
| prone | (adj) having a tendency to do something |
| bellicose | (adj) hostile or warlike |
| coagulate | (v) to thicken or clot |
| cloister | (n) a secluded place |
| juxtapose | (v) to place together for the purpose of comparison |
| germane | (adj) relevant |
| lugubrious | (adj) sad or mournful |
| mercurial | (adj) fickle, changing often |
| mercenary | (n) greedy, influence only by money |
| conscript | (n) someone who has been drafted or forced into service |
| incontrovertible | (adj) not debate able |
| fiscal | (adj) pertaining to money |
| erstwhile | (adj) former |
| puerile | (adj) childish |
| jettison | (v) to throw overboard, to discard |
| amorphous | (adj) shapeless |
| amalgamate | (v) to combine |
| commiserate | (v) to sympathize |
| pensive | (adj) deeply in thought |
| cower | (v) to shrink away in fear |
| egregious | (adj) noticeably bad or flagrant |
| sedentary | (adj) inactive |
| truncated | (adj) shortened |
| sinuous | (adj) bending in and out |
| respite | (n) a short break or rest |
| capitulate | (v) to surrender |
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