A 751-875
Elite 2100 Vocabulary
Set A
Words 751-875
Set A
Words 751-875
Terms
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- Appraise
- To officially estimate the worth of
- Disdain
- A feeling of contempt
- Dissent
- To disagree
- Orchestrate
- To arrange so as to achieve a desired effect
- Hue
- A shade of color
- Pristine
- Remaining in a pure state
- Contentious
- Always ready to argue; quarrelsome
- Lethargic
- Dull; sluggish; moving slowly
- Regal
- Kingly
- Felon
- One who has committed a serious crime
- Notion
- A general impression or idea
- Conjecture
- An inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence
- Monarch
- One who rules a state, usu. for life and by hereditary right
- Sluggish
- Lazy; lacking energy
- Sublime
- Of high spiritual or moral worth
- Delegate
- To entrust to another person; a person authorized to act as the representative of another
- Imperative
- Impossible to deter or evade; urgently necessary
- Irony
- A use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
- Invalidate
- To cancel; deprive of legal importance; nullify
- Vanguard
- The leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend
- Nascent
- Coming into being; being born
- Wreak
- To inflict; to cause (something bad)
- Beleaguered
- Harassed; besieged
- Pandemic
- General, widespread, oft. of disease
- Commute
- To change a punisment to one less severe
- Inert
- Unable to move or respond; sluggish
- Verdant
- Green
- Juxtapose
- To put side b side, esp. for comparison or contrast
- Destitution
- The lack of any means of subsistence
- Exalt
- To raise in status or character; to increase the effect or intensity of
- Contingent
- Unpredictable because dependent on chance; dependent on something uncertain
- Umbrage
- Offense; resentment
- Assiduous
- Diligent; hard-working; constant
- Fallacy
- A false notion, esp. one based on incorrect reasoning
- Adjudicate
- To judge; to preside
- Incognito
- In disguise
- Articulate
- Able to express oneself clearly and effectively
- Obscure
- Lacking light; dim; dark
- Intervene
- To come between two things
- Vigorous
- Energetic
- Office
- A duty or function assigned to someone
- Abate
- To lessen in amount, intensity or strength
- Inveterate
- Established for a long time; habitual
- Indigenous
- Native, occurring naturally
- Deride
- To ridicule
- Guise
- External appearance, esp. a false one
- Exuberant
- Lively, happy, and full of good spirits
- Brazen
- Showing shameless, insolent boldness; made of brass
- Composure
- A calm state of mind, esp. as the result of self-control
- Wake
- Track of turbulence left by something moving through water (or figuratively, anything that has passed)
- Vagrant
- A person who wanders from place to place, esp. one who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance
- Patriarch
- A man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man
- Propriety
- Good manners; proper behavior
- Perjury
- Lying under oath
- Prosperity
- Wealth; good fortune
- Engulf
- To swallow up; overwhelm
- Relinquish
- To surrender or release
- Quarantine
- Enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease; to isolate for such purpose
- Auditory
- Relating to the sense of hearing
- Staple
- A basic or principal item, esp. of food; adj. principal
- Flora
- Plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
- Hearsay
- Rumor; gossip
- Scoff
- To make fun of; to ridicule
- Saturate
- To soak or fill to capacity
- Harrowing
- Very distressing; painful
- Abet
- To encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing
- Defame
- To attack a person's reputation; to slander
- Opaque
- Not letting in light; unintelligible
- Partisan
- A strong, often militant, supporter
- Husband
- To use sparingly; to conserve
- Harbinger
- Someone or something that indicates what is to come
- Polemic
- A controversial argument, esp. attacking a particular opinion
- Recruit
- To restore or renew the health or vitality of
- Admonish
- To warn so a fault can be corrected or a danger avoided
- Utopia
- An ideally perfect place
- Sediment
- A residue that settles in the bottom of something
- Inherent
- Included as an essential part; intrinsic
- Tributary
- A stream flowing into a larger river; making additions or producing supplies
- Bequeath
- To pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will
- Grovel
- To beg; to lower oneself to please another
- Intransigent
- Refusing to compromise or agree
- Maneuver
- To direct through a series of movements; to manipulate into a desired position
- Excavate
- To expose to view by digging out
- Verbiage
- Excessive wordiness
- Hectic
- Characterized by intense activity
- Ledger
- A book for keeping financial records
- Resuscitate
- To revive, esp. from apparent death or unconsciousness
- Inoculate
- To inject something, esp. a medicine, into in order to create immunity
- Stalwart
- Firm and resolute; having imposing physical strength
- Hearten
- Encourage; give strength
- Endemic
- Native to a particular country
- Laughingstock
- A person or thing that is the object of laughter
- Ramshackle
- About to fall apart or fall down
- Throng
- Crowd; a number of people gathered together
- Bellow
- To yell very loudly; to shout
- Frail
- Easily broken; delicate
- Calamity
- An event causing extreme trouble and misery
- Muse
- To meditate; to consider thoughtfully
- Mystical
- Having a spiritual sense or importance beyond human understanding
- Mausoleum
- A huge tomb
- Immaculate
- Perfectly clean
- Meager
- Lacking in quantity or vigor; scanty
- Incipient
- Beginning to appear or be noticed
- Radical
- Favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins
- Indisposed
- Slightly ill; unwilling
- Repository
- A place where things are kept for safekeeping
- Disparage
- To speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle
- Fulminate
- To issue a strong verbal attack
- Incite
- To provoke and urge on; to encourage to act, esp. in a hostile action
- Ponder
- To think over with great care
- Maintain
- To provide support; to declare to be true; to defend against criticism
- Implausible
- Difficult to believe
- Internecine
- Pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive
- Ineffable
- Incapable of being expressed
- Retrospect
- The consideration of past events
- Errant
- Wandering outside of established limits; straying
- Ravage
- To damage; to ruin
- Chagrin
- Feeling of embarrassment because of failure or disappointment
- Paradigm
- An example; a model
- Refuse
- Garbage
- Ramification
- A development or consequence resulting from a course of action
- Imposing
- Impressive by virtue of size power, or manner
- Nadir
- The lowest point; the bottom
- Lout
- An awkward, stupid person
- Juncture
- A point of time; a concurrence of events