Quizlet vocab 1-15

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  1. abase: to lower in esteem, degrade
  2. abridge: to make shorter
  3. abscond: to run off and hide
  4. access: approach or admittance to places, persons, things
  5. accomplice: person who takes part in crime
  6. actuate: to move to aciton
  7. ad infinitum: endlessly
  8. adept: an expert
  9. adept (edept): thoroughly skilled
  10. adherent: a follower, supporter
  11. adieu: farewell
  12. adjourn: to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
  13. admonish: to caution or advise against
  14. advent: an arrival
  15. alien: a citizen of another country
  16. altercation: an angry argument
  17. anarchy: lack of government and law
  18. annex: to add to, attach; an attachment or addition
  19. annihilate: to destroy completley
  20. apex: the highest point, tip
  21. apportion: to divide and give out in shares
  22. appreicable: sufficient to be noticed or measured
  23. arbitrary: unreasonable
  24. arduous: hard to do, requiring much effort
  25. aspire: to have ambitious hopes or plans
  26. assimilate: to absorb fully or make one's own
  27. assurance: pledege; freedom from doubt
  28. asylum: institution for the care or people
  29. atone: to make up for
  30. auspicious: favorable, fortunate
  31. autorcratic: absoulute in power or authority
  32. auxiliary: giving assistance or support
  33. avert: to trun aside, turn away
  34. biased: favoring one side unduly
  35. blanch: to remove color from
  36. blasphemy: act, untterance, writing showing contempt for something sacred
  37. bleak: bare, dreary, dismal
  38. bogus: false
  39. bona fide: genuine; sincere
  40. bondage: slavery
  41. boorish: rude, inrefined; clumsy
  42. brawny: strong, muscular
  43. brazen: shameless;made of brass
  44. breach: an opening, a gap
  45. brevity: shortness
  46. brigand: a bandit,robber
  47. brunt: the main impact, force, burden
  48. buoyant: able to float easily
  49. candid: frank, sincere
  50. catalyst: subatance that caouses chemical reaction
  51. cherubic: angelic
  52. chide: to blame, scold
  53. circumspect: careful,cautious
  54. cleave: to cut or spilt open; to cling to
  55. clique: small, exlusive group of people
  56. combatant: a fighter; engaged in figting
  57. comely: having a pleasing appearance
  58. commandeer: to seize for military use
  59. compensate: to make up for;to reapy for services
  60. comport: to conduct or bear oneself; behave
  61. concede: to admit as true; to yield, submit
  62. concerted: planned or performed in cooperation with others
  63. concise: expressing much in few words
  64. condone: to pardon or overlook
  65. congenial: getting on well with others
  66. console: to comfort
  67. contend: to fight, stuggle
  68. cordial: in a friendly manner, hearty, cheery
  69. cornerstone: starting point of a building; fundamental principle or element
  70. credible: believable
  71. cubicle: small room or compartment
  72. cumbersome: clumsy, hard to handle
  73. daunt: to overcome with fear
  74. deadlock: a standstill resultion from the oppposition of two eaual forcer or factions
  75. debacle: overwhelming defeat; rout
  76. debris: scattered fragments, wreckage
  77. defray: to pay for
  78. demure: sober or serious in manner, modest
  79. depreciation: lessening in value
  80. despicable: worthy of scorn
  81. deteriotate: lower in quality or value; wear away
  82. devitalize: to make weak or lifeless
  83. diffuse: to spread or scatter freely or widely
  84. dilate: to make or become larger or wider
  85. dilemma: difficult or perplexing problem
  86. diligent: hardworking
  87. diminutive: small, smaller than most others of same type
  88. disentangle: to free from tangles or complications
  89. dissent: disagree
  90. dissolute: loosing in one's morals or behavior
  91. divulge: to tell, reveal, to make public
  92. doleful: sad
  93. dormant: inactive; in a state of suspension; sleeping
  94. dross: refuse,waste products
  95. drudgery: work that is hard and tiresome
  96. dubious: causing uncertaninty or suspicion
  97. dwindle: to lessen, diminsh
  98. efface: to wipe out
  99. emancipate: to free from slavery
  100. embroil: to involve in a conflict or difficulty
  101. eminent: famous
  102. enlightened: free form ignorance and false ideas
  103. envoy: representative or messenger (government)
  104. erratic: not regular or consistent
  105. erroneous: incorrect, containing mistakes
  106. escalate: to elevate; to increase in intensity
  107. exodus: large-scale departure of flight
  108. exonerate: to clear from a charge or accusation
  109. exorbitant: unreasonablt high;excessive
  110. exorcise: to drive out by magic
  111. expedient: a means to an end
  112. exploit: to make use of
  113. expulsion: the process of driving or forcing out
  114. extemporaneous: made or delivered on the spur of the moment
  115. fabricate: to make, manufacture
  116. facilitate: to make easier
  117. fated: determinded in advance by destiny or fortune
  118. feign: to pretend
  119. feint: trick
  120. flair: natural quality, talent, skill
  121. flippant: lacking in seriousness
  122. fodder: food for horses or cattle
  123. forestall: to prevent by acting first
  124. fortify: to strengthen, build up
  125. garbel: to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible; scramble
  126. ghastly: frighful, deathly pale
  127. glib: ready and fluent in speech ; thoughtless
  128. grievous: causing sorrow or pain; serious
  129. hamper: to hold back
  130. haphazard: by chance, not planned, lacking order
  131. harangue: to deliver a loud, ranting speech
  132. harry: to make destructive raid on; to torment, harass
  133. heterogeneous: composed of different kinds; diverse
  134. hew: to shape or cut down with an ax
  135. hoodwink: to mislead by trick;decieve
  136. horde: vast number
  137. humane: kind, merciful
  138. illegible: difficult or impossible to read
  139. illustrious: very famous, distinguished
  140. immunity: resistance to disease
  141. impair: to make imperfect, damage, harm
  142. impel: to force, drive forward
  143. impenitent: not feeling remorse or sorrow for errors or offenses
  144. impoverished: poor
  145. improvise: to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available materials
  146. improvise: to compose or perform without preparation
  147. inanimate: not having life
  148. incessant: never stopping
  149. incinerate: to burn to ashes
  150. incite: to rouse, stir up, urge on
  151. incorrigible: not able to be corrected
  152. incredulous: disbelieving, skeptical
  153. infux: a coming in, inflow
  154. inscribe: to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
  155. institute: found, bring about; academy
  156. interim: the time between
  157. intolerable: unbearable
  158. intrepid: very brave, fearless
  159. intricate: complicated
  160. inundate: to flood; overflow
  161. invincible: not able to be defeated, unbeatable
  162. irate: angry
  163. irreernt: disrespectful
  164. jeer: to make fun of rudely or unkindly
  165. knave: tricky, unprinciple, or deceitful fellow
  166. laborous: not easy, requiring hard work
  167. languid: drooping; without energy; sluggish
  168. larceny: theft
  169. latent: hidden
  170. legion: large military force
  171. liability: debt
  172. liberality: generostiy, geneerous act
  173. lithe: bending easily;limber
  174. lofty: very high; noble
  175. lucid: easy to understand,clear
  176. lucrative: brining in money; profitable
  177. malign: to speack evil of
  178. maltreat: to abuse, use roughly or crudely
  179. marauder: a raider, plunderer
  180. meander: to wander about, wind about
  181. mediocre: average
  182. metropolis: large city
  183. migration: movement from one country or region to another
  184. militant: given to fighting
  185. mire: mud, wet
  186. momentous: very important
  187. monologue: a speech by one actor
  188. morose: having gloomy or sullen manner
  189. muddle: to make a mess of
  190. obesity: excessive fatness
  191. obstreperous: noisy, unruly
  192. obtursive: forward
  193. opaque: not letting light through
  194. opinionated: stubborn and ofter unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
  195. pallor: an exterme or unnatural paleness
  196. paramount: chief in importance
  197. pauper: an extremely poor person
  198. pedigree: list of ancestors, family tree
  199. pensive: thoughtful
  200. perceive: to be aware of through senses
  201. perennial: lasting for a long time
  202. perilous: dangerous
  203. perverse: inclinded to go against what is expected; stubborn
  204. pilant: bending readily
  205. pilfer: to steal in small quantities
  206. plaintiff: one who begins lawsuit
  207. pompous: over self-improtant in speech and manner
  208. ponder: to consider carefully, reflect on
  209. posthumous: occurring or published after death
  210. prattle: to talk in an aimless, foolish way
  211. preamble: introduction to speech or piece of writing
  212. precipice: very steep cliff
  213. preciptious: very steep
  214. predispose: to incline to beforehand
  215. prelude: an introduction
  216. preposterous: ridiculous
  217. prim: overly neat, recide, proper
  218. probe: to examine, investigate thoroughly
  219. profuse: very abundant, given or flowing freely
  220. prognosis: forecast of probable course and outcome of disease or situation
  221. proliferate: to reproduce
  222. proponent: one who puts forward a proposal
  223. protract: to draw out or lengthen in space or time
  224. pugnacious: quarrelsome, fond of fighting
  225. quarry: to cut or take from; place form which a stone is taken from
  226. quaver: to shake, tremble; to shrill
  227. rabid: furious
  228. rancid: stale, spoiled
  229. rasping: with harsh, grating sound
  230. realm: kingdom;region of study
  231. rebut: offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion
  232. recoil: the act of springing back
  233. recoil (rikoil): to spring back, shrink
  234. reconcile: to restore to freindship
  235. recoup: to make up for, regain
  236. rectify: to make right, correct
  237. reek: an unpleasant smell
  238. rejuvenate: to make young again
  239. relentless: unyielding, harsh, without pity
  240. relinquish: to let go, give up
  241. remunerate: to reward, pay; reimburse
  242. render: cause to become; perform
  243. reprieve: temporary relief or delay
  244. reprimand: to scold
  245. repugnant: offensive, disagreeable
  246. revile: to attack with words
  247. rift: a split, break
  248. rivulet: small stream
  249. rugged: rough, irregular
  250. rustic: country-like, simple plain
  251. salvage: to save from fire or shipwreck
  252. sardonic: grimly or scornfully mocking
  253. scuttle: to sink a ship by cutting hole in it; abandon
  254. semblance: a likeness
  255. servitude: slavery, forced labor
  256. sever: to separate, divide into parts
  257. shackle: to put into chians; chain
  258. shoddy: of poor quality
  259. skeptical: inclined to doubt
  260. slapdash: careless and hasty
  261. slipshod: untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy
  262. sordid: wretchedly poor
  263. sparse: meager, scant
  264. spasmodic: sudden and violent, but brief
  265. sprightly: lively, full of life
  266. spurious: not genuine, not true, not valid
  267. spurn: to refuse with scorn, disdain
  268. squander: to spend foolishy; waste
  269. staccato: detached or disconnected in sound or style
  270. stagnant: not running or flowing
  271. statute: law
  272. sterling: genuine, excellent
  273. subjugate: to conqure by force
  274. subterfuge: excuse or trick for escaping or hiding something
  275. subversive: intended to undermine or overthrow
  276. succumb: to give way to superior force
  277. sully: to soil
  278. superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required;excess
  279. supplant: to take the place of
  280. surly: angry and bad-tempered
  281. surmount: to overcome, rise above
  282. synthetic: made or put together by people
  283. tantalize: to tease, torment by teasing
  284. taunt: to jeer to mock at
  285. temperate: poisonous, spiteful, mean
  286. tenacious: holding fast
  287. terminate: to bring to an end
  288. terse: breif and to the point
  289. threadbare: shabbe, old and worn
  290. tirade: long, angy speech
  291. trite: commonplace; overused
  292. unbridled: uncontrolled
  293. unflinching: firm, unwavering
  294. untenable: not capable of being held or defended
  295. usurp: to seize and hold posiiton by force or without right
  296. vagrant: wandering aimlessly
  297. venture: risky or daring undertaking
  298. versatile: able to do many things well
  299. vindicate: to clear form hint or charge of wrongdoing
  300. wane: to lose size, strenght, power
  301. warp: to twist out of shape
  302. wily: sly, shrew, cunning