 | Term | Definition |
| |
SOLICITOUS |
(adj) concerned and attentive; eager |
| |
TRUCULENT |
(adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| |
ARDUOUS |
(adj) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
| |
EQUIVOCATE |
(v) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
| |
APPROBATION |
(n) an expression of approval or praise |
| |
MARTIAL |
(adj) associated with war and the armed forces |
| |
EFFRONTERY |
(n) extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
| |
STATIC |
(adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
| |
PERFUNCTORY |
(adj) cursory; done without care or interest |
| |
PERSPICACIOUS |
(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
| |
ANOMALY |
(noun) deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality |
| |
REFUTE |
(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against |
| |
RECANT |
(verb) to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
| |
NASCENT |
(adj) coming into being; in early developmental stages |
| |
EXTEMPORANEOUS |
(adj) improvised; done without preparation |
| |
STUPEFY |
(verb) to stun, baffle or amaze |
| |
TORTUOUS |
(adj) winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
| |
CAPRICIOUS |
(adj) inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
| |
QUALMS |
(noun) misgivings; reservation; causes for hesitancy |
| |
PRECIPITATE (verb) |
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
| |
PREVARICATE |
(verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
| |
CANONICAL |
(adj) following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
| |
ENERVATE |
(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
| |
ELOQUENT |
(adj) well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
| |
PRESCIENCE |
(noun) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring |
| |
EXIGENT |
(adj) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
| |
AXIOMATIC |
(adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
| |
VERACITY |
(noun) truthfulness, honesty |
| |
ALACRITY |
(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness |
| |
ABERRANT |
(adj) deviating from the norm |
| |
NEOLOGISM |
(noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
| |
ASSUAGE |
(verb) to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
| |
ABSCOND |
(verb) to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
| |
INURED |
(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| |
IRASCIBLE |
(adj) easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts |
| |
VIRULENT |
(adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| |
TORQUE |
(noun) a force that causes rotation |
| |
FILIBUSTER (noun) |
(noun) intentional obstruction, esp. using prolongued speechmaking to delay legislative action |
| |
PAEN |
(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| |
PERENNIAL (adj) |
(adj) recurrent throughout the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
| |
PRECIPITATE (adj) |
(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse |
| |
INGENUOUS |
(adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
| |
OBVIATE |
(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary |
| |
PERFIDY |
(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery |
| |
FULMINATE |
(verb) to loudly attack or denounce |
| |
ENNUI |
(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| |
DISABUSE |
(verb) to undeceive; to set right |
| |
WAVER |
(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
| |
VORACIOUS |
(adj) having and insatiable appetite for and activity or pursuit; ravenous |
| |
PRATTLE |
(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an idle and empty manner |
| |
STYMIE |
(verb) to block; thwart |
| |
SYNTHESIS |
(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole |
| |
MUNDANE |
(adj) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
| |
CHICANERY |
(noun) trickery or subterfuge |
| |
CONNOISSEUR |
(noun) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
| |
CONVOLUTED |
(adj) complex or complicated |
| |
NEBULOUS |
(adj) vague; cloudy; lacking in clearly defined form |
| |
LAUD |
(verb) to praise highly |
| |
PREDILECTION |
(noun) a disposition in favor of something; preference |
| |
CENSURE |
(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
| |
DISCORDANT |
(adj) conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
| |
DISPARATE |
(adj) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| |
AUDACIOUS |
(adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
| |
AUSTERE |
(adj) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
| |
NOXIOUS |
(adj) harmful, injurious |
| |
OBTUSE |
(adj) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
| |
ONEROUS |
(adj) troubling; burdensome |
| |
ERUDITE |
(adj) very learned; scholarly |
| |
EXCULPATE |
(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame |
| |
SPORADIC |
(adj) occuring only occasionally or in scattered instances |
| |
LUCID |
clear; easily understood |
| |
RELEGATE |
(verb) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
| |
MAGNANIMITY |
(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
| |
RETICENT |
(adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings |
| |
SQUANDER |
(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| |
PARODY |
(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
| |
SORDID |
(adj) characterized by filty, grime or squalor; foul |
