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VOCABULARY
- abate become less in amount or intensity
- chicanery the use of tricks to deceive someone
- disseminate cause to become widely known
- gainsay take exception to
- latent potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- aberrant markedly different from an accepted norm
- coagulate change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- dissolution separation into component parts
- garrulous full of trivial conversation
- laud praise, glorify, or honor
- abeyance temporary cessation or suspension
- coda the closing section of a musical composition
- dissonance disagreeable sounds
- goad stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- lethargic deficient in alertness or activity
- abscond run away
- cogent powerfully persuasive
- distend cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- gouge an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
- levee an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
- abstemious marked by temperance in indulgence
- commensurate corresponding in size or degree or extent
- distill undergo condensation
- grandiloquent lofty in style
- levity a manner lacking seriousness
- admonish scold or reprimand; take to task
- compendium a publication containing a variety of works
- diverge move or draw apart
- gregarious temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
- log a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- adulterate make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
- complaisant showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
- divest take away possessions from someone
- guileless free of deceit
- loquacious full of trivial conversation
- aesthetic characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
- compliant disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
- document a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
- gullible naive and easily deceived or tricked
- lucid transparently clear; easily understandable
- aggregate a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
- conciliatory making or willing to make concessions
- dogmatic pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- harangue a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- luminous softly bright or radiant
- alacrity liveliness and eagerness
- condone excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
- dormant inactive but capable of becoming active
- homogeneous all of the same or similar kind or nature
- magnanimity liberality in bestowing gifts
- alleviate provide physical relief, as from pain
- confound be confusing or perplexing to
- dupe fool or hoax
- hyperbole extravagant exaggeration
- malingerer someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- amalgamate to bring or combine together or with something else
- connoisseur an expert able to appreciate a field
- ebullient joyously unrestrained
- iconoclastic characterized by attack on established beliefs
- malleable capable of being shaped or bent
- ambiguous having more than one possible meaning
- contention the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- eclectic selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- idolatry the worship of idols or images that are not God
- maverick someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
- ambivalence mixed feelings or emotions
- contentious showing an inclination to disagree
- efficacy capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- immutable not subject or susceptible to change or variation
- mendacious given to lying
- ameliorate to make better
- contrite feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- effrontery audacious behavior that you have no right to
- impair make worse or less effective
- metamorphosis striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- anachronism something located at a time when it could not have existed
- conundrum a difficult problem
- elegy a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
- impassive having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
- meticulous marked by precise accordance with details
- analogous similar or equivalent in some respects
- converge be adjacent or come together
- elicit call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
- impede be a hindrance or obstacle to
- misanthrope someone who dislikes people in general
- anarchy a state of lawlessness and disorder
- convoluted rolled longitudinally upon itself
- embellish make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
- impermeable preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
- mitigate lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- anomalous deviating from the general or common order or type
- craven lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
- empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
- imperturbable marked by extreme calm and composure
- mollify cause to be more favorably inclined
- antipathy a feeling of intense dislike
- daunt cause to lose courage
- emulate strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- impervious not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
- morose showing a brooding ill humor
- apathy an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
102. decorum
propriety in manners and conduct
103. endemic
native to or confined to a certain region
104. implacable
incapable of being appeased or pacified
105. mundane
found in the ordinary course of events
106. appease
make peace with
107. default an
option that is selected automatically
108. enervate
weaken mentally or morally
109. implicit
suggested though not directly expressed
110. negate
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
111. apprise
inform somebody of something
112. deference
courteous regard for people's feelings
113. engender
make children
114. implode
burst inward
115. neophyte
any new participant in some activity
116. approbation
official approval
117. delineate
represented accurately or precisely
118. enhance
increase
119. inadvertently
without knowledge or intention
- obdurate stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- appropriate suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
- denigrate charge falsely or with malicious intent
- ephemeral anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
- inchoate only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- obsequious attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- arduous characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
- deride treat or speak of with contempt
- equanimity steadiness of mind under stress
- incongruity the quality of disagreeing
- obviate do away with
- artless simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- derivative a compound obtained from another compound
- equivocate be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
- inconsequential lacking worth or importance
- occlude block passage through
- ascetic someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- desiccate lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
- erudite having or showing profound knowledge
- incorporate make into a whole or make part of a whole
- officious intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- assiduous marked by care and persistent effort
- desultory marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
- esoteric understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
- indeterminate not fixed or known in advance
- onerous not easily borne; wearing
- assuage provide physical relief, as from pain
- deterrent something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
- eulogy a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
- indigence a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- opprobrium a state of extreme dishonor
- attenuate become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- diatribe thunderous verbal attack
- euphemism an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
- indolent disinclined to work or exertion
- oscillate move or swing from side to side regularly
- audacious disposed to venture or take risks
- dichotomy being twofold
- exacerbate make worse
- inert unable to move or resist motion
- ostentatious intended to attract notice and impress others
- austere of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
- diffidence lack of self-assurance
- exculpate pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pate liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
- ingenuous lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- paragon a perfect embodiment of a concept
- autonomous existing as an independent entity
- diffuse spread out; not concentrated in one place
- exigency a pressing or urgent situation
- inherent existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- partisan a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- aver to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- digression a turning aside
- extrapolation an inference about the future based on known facts
- innocuous not injurious to physical or mental health
- pathological relating to the study of diseases
- banal repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- dirge a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
- facetious cleverly amusing in tone
- insensible barely able to be perceived
- paucity an insufficient quantity or number
- belie be in contradiction with
- disabuse free somebody from an erroneous belief
- facilitate make easier
- insinuate suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
- pedantic marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
- beneficent doing or producing good
- discerning having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- fallacious containing or based on incorrect reasoning
- insipid lacking interest or significance or impact
- penchant a strong liking
- bolster support and strengthen
- discordant not in agreement or harmony
- fatuous devoid of intelligence
- insularity the state of being isolated or detached
- penury a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- bombastic ostentatiously lofty in style
- discredit the state of being held in low esteem
- fawning attempting to win favor by flattery
- intractable difficult to manage or mold
- perennial lasting three seasons or more
- boorish ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
- discrepancy a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- felicitous exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
- intransigence stubborn refusal to compromise or change
- perfidious tending to betray
- burgeon grow and flourish
- discrete constituting a separate entity or part
- fervor feelings of great warmth and intensity
- inundate fill or cover completely, usually with water
- perfunctory hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- burnish polish and make shiny
- disingenuous not straightforward or candid
- flag a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- inured made tough by habitual exposure
- permeable allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
- buttress a support usually of stone or brick
- disinterested unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
- fledgling young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- invective abusive language used to express blame or censure
- pervasive spreading or spread throughout
- cacophonous having an unpleasant sound
- disjointed taken apart at the points of connection
- flout treat with contemptuous disregard
- irascible quickly aroused to anger
- phlegmatic showing little emotion
- capricious determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
- dismiss stop associating with
- foment try to stir up
- irresolute uncertain how to act or proceed
- piety righteousness by virtue of being pious
- castigation verbal punishment
- disparage express a negative opinion of
- forestall keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- itinerary an established line of travel or access
- placate cause to be more favorably inclined
- catalyst substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
- disparate fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- frugality prudence in avoiding waste
- laconic brief and to the point
- plasticity the property of being physically malleable
- caustic capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- dissemble behave unnaturally or affectedly
- futile producing no result or effect
- lassitude a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- platitude a trite or obvious remark
- plethora extreme excess
- propitiate make peace with
- rescind cancel officially
- sporadic recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
- tractable easily managed
- plummet drop sharply
- propriety correct behavior
- resolution a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- stigma a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- transgression the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
- porous full of vessels or holes
- proscribe command against
- resolve find a solution or answer
- stint supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- truculence obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
- pragmatic concerned with practical matters
- pungent strong and sharp
- reticent reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- stipulate make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- vacillate be undecided about something
- preamble a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
- qualified meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
- reverent feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
- stolid having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
- venerate regard with feelings of respect and reverence
- precarious not secure; beset with difficulties
- quibble evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
- sage a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
- striate marked with stripes
- veracious habitually speaking the truth
- precipitate bring about abruptly
- quiescent being quiet or still or inactive
- salubrious promoting health
- strut to walk with a lofty proud gait
- verbose using or containing too many words
- precursor something indicating the approach of something or someone
- rarefied of high moral or intellectual value
- sanction official permission or approval
- subpoena a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
- viable capable of life or normal growth and development
- presumptuous excessively forward
- recalcitrant stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- satiate fill to satisfaction
- subside sink to a lower level or form a depression
- viscous having a relatively high resistance to flow
- prevaricate be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
- recant formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
- saturate infuse or fill completely
- substantiate establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- vituperative marked by harshly abusive criticism
- pristine immaculately clean and unused
- recluse one who lives in solitude
- savor the taste experience when a savoury condiment is tasted
- supersede take the place or move into the position of
- volatile liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- probity complete and confirmed integrity
- recondite difficult to penetrate
- secrete generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- supposition the cognitive process of conjecturing
- unwarranted incapable of being justified or explained
- problematic making great mental demands
- refractory stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- shard a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- tacit implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- wary marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- prodigal recklessly wasteful
- refute overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
- skeptic someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- tangential of superficial relevance if any
- welter a confused multitude of things
- profound situated at or extending to great depth
- relegate assign to a lower position
- solicitous full of anxiety and concern
- tenuous very thin in gauge or diameter
- whimsical determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
- prohibitive tending to discourage, especially of prices
- reproach express criticism towards
- soporific sleep inducing
- tirade a speech of violent denunciation
- zealot a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- proliferate grow rapidly
- reprobate a person without moral scruples
- specious plausible but false
- torpor a state of motor and mental inactivity
- propensity a natural inclination
- repudiate refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- spectrum a broad range of related objects or values or qualities
- tortuous marked by repeated turns and bends
