Quizlet Major Test Vocabulary, 7 of 10

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  1. Archetype: classic example of
  2. Archives: collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
  3. Articulate: clear; lucid; eloquent
  4. Artifice: deception; trickery
  5. Artisan: craftsman
  6. Ascetic: without luxuries; severely simple
  7. Assiduous: thorough; diligent
  8. Assuage: to calm
  9. Astute: perceptive; sharp-witted
  10. Asylum: place of refuge or safety
  11. Clemency: mercy
  12. Cliché: overused expression; something unoriginal
  13. Clientele: customers
  14. Coalesce: come together; merge
  15. Coddle: pamper; fuss over; indulge
  16. Coercion: force
  17. Cogent: lucid; well argued
  18. Cogitate: think over something; ponder
  19. Collage: picture made from fragments of other pictures
  20. Collate: arrange in order
  21. Disinterested: unbiased
  22. Disparage: criticize; belittle
  23. Disparity: an inequality
  24. Dispassionate: neutral; objective
  25. Disseminating: circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
  26. Diurnal: active in daytime
  27. Divert: 1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour
  28. Docile: gentle and easily lead
  29. Dogmatic: having stubbornly held opinions
  30. Dolt: stupid person
  31. Flout: defy; reject
  32. Flustered: worked-up; not calm
  33. Fly-by-night: unreliable; disreputable
  34. Forensic: concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
  35. Fortitude: bravery
  36. Fortuitous: happening by chance
  37. Fractious: irritable; difficult to control
  38. Fraudulent: fake; false
  39. Frivolous: not serious
  40. Frugal: economical; not wasting anything
  41. Ingénue: naïve, unsophisticated person
  42. Ingrate: ungrateful person
  43. Inimical: hostile
  44. Innate: inherited; inborn
  45. Innocuous: harmless; inoffensive
  46. Innovate: create; introduce something new
  47. Inscrutable: mysterious; impenetrable
  48. Insentient: unfeeling
  49. Insipid: dull; bland; boring
  50. Instigate: to start; provoke
  51. Mendacious: given to lying
  52. Mercenary: concerned only with money
  53. Mercurial: volatile; changeable
  54. Merge: come together
  55. Metaphorically: symbolically; figuratively
  56. Meticulous: very careful; painstaking
  57. Mettle: courage; bravery; valor
  58. Milieu: environment
  59. Mire: swamp; muddy ground
  60. Misanthrope: hater of the rest of mankind
  61. Paucity: shortage
  62. Peccadillo: minor weakness; trivial offence
  63. Pedant: person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
  64. Pedestrian: common; mundane; banal
  65. Peerless: without equal
  66. Pejorative: derogatory
  67. Pellucid: transparently clear
  68. Pensive: in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
  69. Penury: poverty
  70. Perceptive: observant
  71. Protégé: person under protection of, or guided by another
  72. Protean: changeable
  73. Protocol: procedure; code of behavior
  74. Provincial: unsophisticated; narrow-minded
  75. Prudent: cautious; wise
  76. Puerile: childish
  77. Punctilious: paying attention to small details
  78. Purloin: steal
  79. Pusillanimous: cowardly
  80. Pyromania: compulsion to start fires
  81. Sophomoric: juvenile; immature
  82. Soporific: inducing sleep
  83. Sparse: spare; bare; meager
  84. Specious: false
  85. Speckled: spotted; freckled; dotted
  86. Sporadic: not continuous; intermittent
  87. Spurious: false
  88. Stagnant: still; not moving
  89. Staid: dull; sober; serious
  90. Stanza: section of a poem
  91. Venal: corrupt; can be bribed
  92. Veneer: surface coating
  93. Venerate: revere; worship
  94. Venial: minor; unimportant
  95. Veracity: truthfulness
  96. Verbose: talkative; long-winded; rambling
  97. Verbosity: using too many words
  98. Vertigo: dizziness
  99. Vestigial: not developed
  100. Vignette: small sketch