Quizlet Vocab 13-18

Print Options

This box will be automatically hidden when printing. Return to Set Page


  1. afficionado: an enthusiastic fan
  2. appraisal: evaluation of worth
  3. appreciable: noticeable
  4. arbitrary: based on impulse rather then reason
  5. assert: to state firmly
  6. base: low or inferior in position or quality
  7. bravado: boastful bravery
  8. breadth: a wide range
  9. candid: frank; honest
  10. circumlocution: using indirect language
  11. cogent: logical and convincing
  12. coincidental: happening at the same time, by chance
  13. contrive: to cleverly plot
  14. copious: abundant
  15. criterion: a standard of judgment
  16. deliberation: careful thinking
  17. dexterity: cleverness
  18. discourse: a formal speech or writing
  19. embargo: an order preventing trade
  20. falter: to hesitate
  21. ferocity: fierceness
  22. flotilla: a small fleet of boats or ships
  23. flout: to disobey openly
  24. foolhardy: unwisely bold
  25. fortuitous: happening by lucky accident
  26. gargantuan: gigantic
  27. hacienda: a large estate or ranch
  28. haphazard: chosen randomly
  29. headstrong: willful and stubborn
  30. incisive: clear and sharp in analysis or expression
  31. incommunicado: without a means of communication
  32. innumerable: too many to count
  33. inordinate: exceeding reasonable limits
  34. junta: a group of military leaders
  35. legitimate: lawful
  36. literate: educated; knowledgeable
  37. mediocre: ordinary in quality
  38. meritorious: worthy of praise
  39. negligible: insignificant
  40. outspoken: very candid
  41. paucity: scarcity
  42. peccadillo: a small fault
  43. peon: an unskilled laborer
  44. pittance: an inadequate wage
  45. prattle: to talk foolishly
  46. premeditated: planned beforehand
  47. proliferate: to spread quickly
  48. prophetic: foreseeing the future
  49. raconteur: a skilled storyteller
  50. renegade: a rebel
  51. sophistry: cleverly misleading arguments
  52. spontaneity: the quality of following impulses
  53. truism: an overused saying
  54. undaunted: not discouraged
  55. unwittingly: unknowingly; without awareness
  56. utterance: something that is said
  57. validate: to confirm the truth of something
  58. vehement: forceful
  59. verbose: too wordy
  60. vibrant: vigorous, energetic