Glossary of Vocabulary - 1st Semester
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- aplomp
- poise, self-confidence
timidity, doubt
- mundane
- uninportant
important
- ludicrous
- ridiculous, foolish
serious
- tryo
- begginner, inexperienced person
expert
- squalid
- wretched, dirty, morally repulsive
pristine
- blithe
- joyous
depressed, sad, morose
- enervate
- weaken, deprive of strength
energize
- jettison
- discard, throw overboard
maintain, continue
- incognito
- with identity concealed
- mettle
- courage, spirit
cowardice
- refute
- disprove, prove false
uphold, affirm
- vacillate
- waver, sway back and forth
commit
- obstreperous
- noisily defiant, unruly
obediant, respectful, polite
- iconoclast
- attacker of established beliefs or customs, a radical
conservative, conformist
- facetious
- flippant, attempting to be funny, playfully joking
serious, reserved
- languid
- lacking energy or vitality
extatic, energetic
- magnanimous
- generous
stingy, miserly
- maxim
- a saying which expresses a general rule of behavior
- sporadic
- occurring at irregular intervals
consistant, regulated, planned
- portentous
- significant, amazing
mundane
- rancor
- deep seated bitterness
love, respect
- abstemious
- eating and drinking in moderation
gluttonous or anorexic, bulemic
- disseminate
- scatter or spread like seeds
cluster, converge, gather
- impeccable
- without flaw, flawless, perfect
flawed, faulty
- liaison
- communication between groups or units; a close relationship
- raze
- demolish, tear down
- preclude
- prevent, make impossible
enable, faccilitate
- omnivourous
- taking in everything
selective, focused
- accolade
- reward for merit; praise, approval
demerit, critisism
- caustic
- stinging, biting, cutting
complimentary, soothing
- docile
- easily led, submissive
stubborn, steadfast, stalwart
- impecunious
- lacking money, penniless, poor
wealthy, afluent, rich
- feign
- pretend
- strident
- loud and harsh, shrill
soft, soothing, peaceful
- recluse
- a hermit, one who lives in solitude
extrovert, socialite
- pristine
- primitive, remaining in a pure and uncorrupted state
squalid
- vestige
- trace
- acumen
- keeness, sharpness of insight
deficiency
- clandestine
- secret
public, open, common knowledge
- duplicity
- double-dealing, deliberate deception
honesty, truthfullness
- lucid
- clear, easily understood
nebulous, incomprehensible
- promontory
- high cliff, headland
- refulgent
- radiant, shining
dull, drab
- mercenary
- motivated by a desire for monetary gain
charitable, altruistic, voluntary
- vicissitudes
- changes in fortune, ups and downs
- flaccid
- lacking firmness, flabby
firm, solid
- ameliorate
- to improve
pejiorate
- egregious
- outstandingly bad, outrageous
benevolent, benign
- coalesce
- fuse, come together
diemminate
- onerous
- burdensome, troublesome
pleasurable, delightful
- subjugate
- conquer
free, liberate
- ostensibly
- supposedly
- elicit
- bring out, draw forth
quell supress
- covert
- concealed, hidden
oert, out in the open
- flout
- scoff at, show contempt for
honor, praise
- misgivings
- feelings of uncertainty, apprehension
certainty
- incumbent
- person in office who is being challenged in an election
challenger
- fortuitous
- happening by accident or chance
unfortunate, hapless
- craven
- cowardly
bravely, forthright
- propensity
- inclination, tendency
- emaciated
- made very thin by starvation or illness
corpulent, rotund
- vociferous
- making an outcry, clamorous
quiet, silent, muted
- mitigate
- to make less harsh or sever, alleviate
worsen, pejiorate
- indefatigable
- tireless, relentless
lethargic, enervated, languid
- overt
- open to view, not hidden
- remiss
- negligent, careless
impeccable
- fractious
- quarrelsome, contrary, troublesome
agreeable, amiable, pleasant
- supplant
- to take the place of
- assiduous
- diligent, consistently applying oneself
procrastinating, remiss
- palpable
- tangible, able to be felt; easily percieved
- cryptic
- mysterious, enigmatic
blatant, lucid
- remuneration
- payment
volenteer
- surly
- rude, ill-tempered, sullen
polite, respectful, amiable
- inept
- awkward, clumsy, incompetent
competent, proficient, adept
- garish
- gaudy, too colorful of showy
fashionable, drab, conservative
- lucrative
- profit making
non-profit
- replete
- supplied plentifully, filled
scarce, barren, void
- proselytize
- to convert or attempt to convert from one belief to another; to recruit members
- awry
- amiss
flawlessly
- culpable
- blameworthy, guilty
innocent
- momentous
- very important
mundane
- repudiate
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
recognize or acknowlege
- wane
- dwindle, decrease gradually
wax
- contrite
- sorry, repentant
not sorry
- paragon
- model of perfection
- baleful
- evil in intent, ominous
benevolent
- innate
- inborn, born with
aquired
- embellish
- made more beautiful, decorated
defile, tarnish, deface
- gauche
- awkward socially
confident, poised
- moratorium
- temporary stopping, delay of action
- parsimonious
- stingy
magnanimous
- derision
- scoffing at, ridicule
praise, respect, honor
- enclave
- territory enclosed within another
- tenacious
- stubborn, persistent, holding tight
- protean
- versatile, able to play many roles
specialized
- inscrutable
- incapable of being understood
transparent, lucid, manifest
- discrete
- seperate, unconnected
connected
- tremulous
- trembling, fearful, timid
fearless
- genre
- type, class
- wily
- crafty, calculating
honest, sincere
- paucity
- small number, scarcity
abundance
- diverge
- to go in different directions
converge, coalesce
- iridescent
- producing a rainbow of colors
bleak, monochrome
- brusquely
- abruptly, rudely
politely, respectfully
- labyrinth
- maze or puzzle
- dissemble
- disguise the nature of, feign, pretend
be truthful, factual
- gossamer
- sheer fabric, anything delicate like a spider's web
wool, coarse
- pervade
- spread throughout
contain
- rescind
- annul, repeal
inact
- proximity
- nearness, closeness
distance
- turgid
- excessive, over-decorated in language or swollen, bloated
turbid - rapid, exessive
- nefarious
- wicked
benevolent
- gratuitous
- freely given, not asked for, uncalled for
demanded
- bucolic
- rustic, of the countryside
urban
- quell
- put down forcibly
instigate, incite
- enigma
- riddle, puzzle, mystery
fact
- nexus
- connection, link
- ruefull
- regretful, wry
pleased, proud, happy
- ephemeral
- short-lived, temporary
permanent, eternal, perpetual
- laconic
- sparing in words, using few words
gregarious, locquacious
- moot
- debatable
manifest, clear
- eschew
- avoid
confront
- putative
- reputed, generally regarded as such
cactual, true
- penury
- extreme poverty
rich, wealthy, affluent
- truculent
- savage, cruel, defiant, pugnacious
- sanguine
- cheerful
depressed, morose, angry, mean, contemptuous
- candid
- frank, open, straight-foward
covert
- hapless
- luckless, unfortunate
fortuitous
- euphonious
- pleasing in sound
cacophonious
- perfunctory
- done routinely with little interest
spontainious, momentous
- puerile
- immature, childish
mature, responsible, adult
- retinue
- attendents accompanying a person of rank
- deviod
- lacking
bountiful, replete, plentiful
- heinous
- grossly wicked
benevolent
- nocturnal
- active by night or of the night
diurnal
- pithy
- precise, full of meaning
turgid
- laity, layman
- not clergy, not professionals
- schism
- split, division
fusion, concensus, agreement
- querulous
- fretful, complaining
- castigate
- punish
praise
- herculean
- requiring unusual strength
- ubiquitous
- seeming to be everywhere at the same time
- evoke
- called forth
stifle, repress
- plummet
- plunge, drop straight down
rise, ascend
- burnish
- polish by rubbing
tarnish, deface
- unabashed
- not embarrassed or disconcerted
- dichotomy
- division into two parts, often contradictory, schism
fusion, concensus, agreement
- rampant
- unrestrained
- exude
- give off
- scintillating
- sparkling
- lampoon
- ridicule, make fun of
- poignant
- touching, having an emotional effect
- hiatus
- gap, break in time
- noisome
- offensive, foul-smelling
fragrant, refreshing
- diffident
- modest, timid, hanging back
- obdurate
- unyeilding
open-minded, yeilding
- solicitous
- with concern (sometimes overly so)
- unremitting
- incessant, won't let up
sporadic, regular
- purported
- assumed to be such, supposed, putative
- ostentatious
- showy, pretentious