B 251-375
Elite 2100 Vocabulary
Set B
Words 251-375
Set B
Words 251-375
Terms
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- Sporadic
- Occuring irregularly
- Jargon
- The specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech
- Impetus
- An impelling or originating force
- Medley
- A mixture of things not usually placed together
- Usurp
- To take over by force (e.g., property or rights) without legal authoriy
- Shambles
- Utter disorder
- Deter
- To turn aside or discourage
- Calumny
- A false and malicious statement
- Acquit
- To declare free of guilt; to clear
- Predicament
- A troublesome or embarrasing situation
- Groggy
- Confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness
- Consign
- To give to the care of another; to set apart
- Dilate
- To make wider; to expand
- Rife
- Prevalent, abundant
- Dislodge
- To force out of a concealed position
- Debunk
- To expose the falsehood of
- Idiosyncrasy
- A particualr, peculiar, or eccentric trait
- Consolidate
- To combine into a whole; to strengthen
- Sensuous
- Appealing to the senses, esp. those involved in appreciating beauty
- Truncate
- To cut short
- Pugilist
- A boxer
- Plight
- Sad situation
- Rotund
- Rounded in figure; plump
- Traverse
- To travel over or through
- Pauper
- One who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity
- Construe
- To interpret
- Oligopoly
- Domination of a market by only a few businesses
- Superannuated
- Retired or ineffective because of advanced age
- Travail
- Painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship
- Stringent
- Imposing strict standards of performance; constricted
- Exorbitant
- Excessive
- Illicit
- Unlawful; improper
- Surfeit
- An excess
- Warrant
- To justify or deserve
- Whimsical
- Not able to be predicted; constantly changing
- Sate
- To satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully
- Pundit
- A person who gives opinions or commentary; an educated person
- Transpose
- To change the relative position or order of
- Stratum
- A level of player
- Proliferate
- To grow or reproduce rapidly
- Viscous
- Resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid)
- toady
- A person who flatters others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant
- Insensible
- Not able to feel or perceive
- Implode
- To violently collapse inward
- Circumvent
- To go around; bypass; to surround
- Rapacious
- Excessively greedy; taking by force
- Reproach
- To express disapproval for fault, usu, out of a sense of disappointment
- Symbiotic
- Involving a close relationship of mutual dependence
- Implicate
- To incriminate; to show or suggest involvement
- Accede
- To agree to something
- Bridle
- To restrain
- Apprehend
- To become aware of through the senses
- Salient
- Important, prominent, most noticeable
- Deference
- Yielding an opinion, want, or position to another out of respect
- Apprise
- To inform or notify
- Uproarious
- Extremely funny
- Caustic
- Capable of burning or corroding by chemical action; bitingly sarcastic, cutting
- Detest
- To hate
- Ilk
- Kind; sort; class
- Shibboleth
- A custom or phrase distinctive of a particular group, class, etc.
- Disheveled
- Disarranged; untidy; rumpled
- Compulsion
- Irresistible impulse; force
- Lavish
- Generous; extravagant
- Scurrilous
- Using indecent or abusive language
- Municipal
- Relating to local government
- Fractious
- Disruptive or irritable
- Ire
- Anger
- Inscribe
- To write, carve or engrave words or letters on or in a surface
- Unmitigated
- Absolute; positive; severe
- Divine
- Related to god; supremely good or beautiful
- Malcontent
- A dissatisfied person
- Windfall
- Unexpected good fortune
- Folly
- An act of foolishness
- Malfeasance
- Wrongdoing, esp. by a public official
- Sybarite
- One devoted to luxury
- Opulence
- Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
- Denizen
- An inhabitant; one who is often found in a particular place
- Combustible
- Capable of catching fire
- Distraction
- Mental distress; that which amuses or entertains
- Horde
- A group of people; a large crowd
- Martinet
- One who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much
- Sloth
- Laziness
- Gratis
- Free of charge
- Supplant
- To take the place of
- Rampant
- Unrestrained
- Dispatch
- To send off promptly; efficient speed; a message, esp. offical or from a journalist
- Virtuoso
- One with great skill, esp. in music or the arts
- Adversary
- An enemy; opponent
- Scenario
- An outline for a planned series of events, either real or imagined; a summary of a work of fiction
- Vestige
- A trace of something that once existed but has disappeared
- Impertinent
- Rude
- Tortuous
- Winding, twisted
- Fissure
- Split; an opening
- Vertex
- Highest point; summit
- Asset
- A valuable thing, quality, or resource
- Convey
- To carry or transmit; to communicate
- Incursion
- An attack or raid; the act of entering another's territory
- Oracle
- A person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy
- Congeal
- To solidify by or as if by freezing
- Decisive
- Conclusive; beyond doubt; showing determination
- Haven
- A safe place
- Belated
- Delayed; postponed; detained
- Decry
- To speak out against strongly and openly
- Paradox
- A statement or situation that appears contradictory
- Glutton
- One who eats too much
- Strident
- Loud and shrill or grating
- Sustenance
- Te support of life or health
- Gadfly
- A person who annoys others
- Forgo
- To abstain from or relinquish; to do without
- Apprehension
- Worry or unease
- Tangent
- An abrupt digression or change of course
- Infringe
- To tresspass; to violate
- Inscrutable
- Hard to understand; enigmatic
- Appall
- To horrify
- Demise
- Destruction; death
- Cache
- A hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables
- Oblique
- Not straight to the point; indirect
- Depreciate
- To reduce in price or value
- Complicity
- Association or participation in a wrongful act
- Comprise
- To include; to contain; to be composed of
- Margin
- A border or edge; a limit in condition or ability; an amount or degree of difference
- Poise
- Self-assurance; composure; equilibrium
- Utilitarian
- Stressing practical use over other values
- Presage
- To indicate or warn in advance
- Chaos
- Complete disorder