Grand Vocab List: 1-15
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- rapport
- good relationship
- venerable
- honorable, deserving respect
- sensualist
- voluptuary, hedonist
- blackguard
- a low contemptible person; a scoundrel
- ruminate
- think/ponder
- moribund
- in a state of dying
- quixotic
- eccentric or impractical, especially when too idealistic
- propagate
- to spread, proliferate
- propensity
- tendency, inclination
- gesticulate
- to express by gesturing
- cosset
- to treat as a pet, pamper, or coddle
- insouciance
- lighthearted unconcern
- miasma
- a bad influence; poisonous cloud
- ethos
- the belief system of a group
- evanescent
- fleeting; transient; vanishing
- phantasmagoria
- rapidly changing images
- profligate
- wildly extravagant, immoral, wasteful, irresponsible
- urbane
- notably polite or polished in manner
- fallow
- not in use, inactive
- pathos
- an emotion of sympathetic pity
- lambaste
- to reprimand severely, censure, peremptory
- hallow
- to venerate; to make holy, sanctify
- wan
- pale and sickly
- canard
- falsehood, libel, slander, fabrication
- fatuous
- foolish
- voluptuary
- a person whose chief interests are luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites
- harbinger
- forerunner, bringer, deliverer, herald, a sign
- trenchant
- (adj.) clear, right to the point, vigorous, effective, energetic, incisive, caustic.
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
- imbue
- to infuse, to permeate
- tarry
- to wait or linger
- amortize
- to pay off a debt in regular intervals
- fungible
- (adj) interchangeable
- pusillanimous
- cowardly, timid
- iniquity
- a gross injustice
- repine
- to fret, whine, yearn
- fractious
- (adj.) refractory, unruly, readily angered.
- contumacious
- stubbornly rebellious; refractory
- felicitous
- apt, appropriate, germane
- quagmire
- morass
- persnickety
- fussy about small details, requiring great precision, punctilious
- august
- of supreme dignity or grandeur, venerable
- punctilious
- strict to formalities
- mellifluous
- smoothly or richly flowing
- opulence
- wealth
- wantonly
- willfull; reckless;unjust; lewd;senseless
- alacrity
- cheerful readiness or willingness
- ubiquitous
- seeming every where at the same time
- philistine
- (adj.) uneducated, gauche, smugly commonplace, conventional, hostile to culture.
- vicissitude
- changeability
- edifice
- a building
- mien
- demeanor
- elysian
- ethereal, blissful
- uxorious
- excessively fond of or submissive to a wife, "whipped"
- vociferous
- (adj.) outcry, clamourous, crying out noisily.
- exigent
- urgent, requiring immediate action
- velleity
- (n.) a wish without an effort to obtain it.
- taciturn
- Temperamentally untalkative.
- caterwaul
- to utter long wailing cries.
- perdition
- utter destruction or ruin
- chary
- Cautious
- beatific
- bestowing bliss, blessings, or happiness
- gregarious
- (adj) sociable; affable
- imbibe
- to drink (alcohol); to absorb or assimilate
- cupidity
- greed, avarice
- recondite
- profound or abstruse
- effrontery
- barefaced shamlessness, the nerve, the gall
- ersatz
- fake, substitute
- myriad
- a great number
- pathological
- habitual behavior, almost sickly
- abscond
- to leave secretly or hurriedly, usually criminal in nature
- celerity
- speed, quickness
- puissant
- (adj) powerful
- unctuous
- overly flattering
- contumely
- contemptuous insult
- callow
- immature
- morass
- a tract of soggy land; a sticky situation
- umbrage
- (n.) dudgeon, hostility, offense, displeasure, annoyance.
- effluvium
- Noxious odor
- somnolent
- inducing sleep, soporific, somniferous
- eldritch
- weird, eerie
- jingoism
- (n) extreme chauvinism or nationalism
- somniferous
- inducing sleep, soporific
- affable
- amiable, friendly; pleasant
- remonstrance
- protest, objection
- sedulous
- assiduous, diligent, hard-working
- ennui
- boredom; a feeling of weariness
- eddy
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself or , flow in a circular current, of liquids
- solipsism
- theory that only the self exists, self-centered
- nonplused
- bewildered; perplexed
- manifest
- easily understood, obvious; to show/display
- capitulate
- To surrender or stipulate terms.
- ethereal
- intangible, insubstantial, immaterial
- histrionic(s)
- theatrical performance
- pecuniary
- of, relating to, or consisting of money
- invidious
- calculated to create ill will or resentment; hateful
- incipient
- emerging, nascent
- ken
- range of perception, understanding or knowledge
- torpor
- lethargy
- desultory
- wavering, unsteady; erratic
- Wraith
- apparition, ghost
- heterodox
- unorthodox
- redolent
- odorous, reminiscent
- gainsay
- to contradict, to deny
- captious
- cavil, punctilious, persnickety, querulous
- superfluous
- extra, exceeding what is necessary
- obsequious
- (adj) subservient; sycophantic; unctuous
- froward
- willfully contrary; not easily managed, refractory, obdurate (etc.)
- homily
- a sermon, lecture, or discourse
- recalcitrant
- (adj) refractory; obdurate; inexorable
- forbearance
- abstinence, restraining from
- augur
- to foretell, esp. from omens
- cacophony
- a din, harsh noise, discord,
- emit
- to release
- petulant
- (adj.) showing impatience, querulous, (esp. based on trivial annoyance).
- latent
- dormant, in hibernation
- germane
- relevant, pertinent
- perceptible
- easily seen or detected
- insensate
- without feeling or understanding
- exorcise
- expel demons
- preclude
- to hinder something from happening later; to make impossible
- hauteur
- (n.) arrogance, haughty manner or spirit.
- sardonically
- cynically; mockingly; scornfully; sarcastically
- bucolic
- (adj.) rural, of or relating to shepherds.
- voracious
- ravenous, insatiable
- lacerate
- tear
- turpitude
- shameful act. corruption
- censure
- to condemn, to rebuke
- immutable
- Unchangeable.
- expedient
- simple, easy, or quick; convenient
- supercilious
- feeling or showing haughty disdain
- doxy
- (n.) a prostitute; a doctrine, a religious belief (2nd meaning).
- propinquity
- nearness of blood, nearness of place
- sportive
- playful or frolicsome
- phlegmatic
- not easily excited to action or display of emotion, insouciance, insensate
- impugn
- (v.) to oppose, to challenge as false.
- exanimate
- lacking animation, lifeless
- insidious
- subtle, awaiting a chance to entrap
- eviscerate
- to remove the entrails of, to disembowel
- prescient
- having foresight or prior knowledge
- ratiocination
- the process of rational reasoning
- innocuous
- harmless
- peremptory
- leaving no room for denial or refusal; commanding, imperious
- choleric
- extremely irritable or easily angered
- avuncular
- (adj) of or relating to an uncle; kind
- demagogue
- a person, especially a leader, who gains power by arousing the emotions of a people
- burgeon
- to grow vigorously, to flourish
- enumerate
- to count
- inane
- referring to a superficial person; silly, flavorless, bland, empty, fatuous
- anathema
- something that is cursed; something intensely disliked
- sanguine
- cheerfully optimistic, sportive
- vitiate
- to impair the quality of
- hirsute
- (adj) hairy
- zephyr
- a gentle breeze from the west; anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric
- poignant
- profoundly moving; touching; sharp
- scintillate
- to emit sparks
- cavil
- (v) to raise trivial/frivolous objections; quibble
- ascetic
- one who has personal or spiritual discipline, esp practicing self-denial
- saturnine
- (adj.) taciturn, sluggish in temperament, phlegmatic.
- misanthrope
- a person who hates or distrusts humans
- axiomatic
- (adj.) self-evident, obvious, manifest, well-known truth.
- perfunctory
- characterized by routine or superficiality; lacking interest or enthusiasm
- jargon
- specialized language of a group, jibberish
- effete
- having lost character, value or strength; no longer fertile; effeminate
- folly
- foolish act or idea
- husbandry
- careful or judicious management; cultivation of plants or animals
- expostulation
- remonstrance, strong disagreement+protest
- repudiate
- to divorce; to refuse to have anything to do with, to refuse to obey an authority
- ossify
- to become bone, to harden; to become opposed to change, to become rigid or immutable
- prolix
- wordy, verbose
- gauche
- coarse, brutish, crude, unsophisticated, scurrilous
- exhort
- urge strongly
- penultimate
- next to the last
- extemporize
- (v.) to improvise, to do in a makeshift way.
- dross
- waste matter
- palliate
- to relieve (pain)
- dudgeon
- a feeling of resentment or anger, outrage
- sanctimonious
- hypocritically pious or devout
- perspicacity
- keenness of understanding, astuteness
- mitigate
- to make less severe; nullify; palliate
- droll
- amusing in a quaint way
- undulation
- wave-like motion
- assiduous
- diligent, sedulous
- ignominy
- shame, dishonor, humiliation
- apocryphal
- (adj) of doubtful authenticity
- subcutaneous
- beneath the skin
- reticent
- disposed to be silent or not speak freely
- scurrilous
- verbally abusive, foul-mouthed
- remuneration
- payment or compensation
- triumvirate
- a council of three people, a trio
- acolyte
- an attendand, assistant, or follower
- lassitude
- torpor, lack of energy
- chivvy
- (v.) to harrass with petty attacks, to cavil, to maneuver or secure gradually.
- sycophantic
- obsequious, unctuous, like a toady
- nascent
- (adj) coming or having recently come into existence; incipient
- derogate
- to belittle, to disparage, to take away someone's dignity
- abstruse
- incomprehensible
- beneficence
- active kindness, charity
- querulous
- Habitually complaining.
- hackneyed
- overused, commonplace, banal, trite, cliche
- inexorable
- not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
- refractory
- hard to manage, uncontrollable
- obeisance
- an expression of submission
- bombastic
- pretentious, pompous, histrionic, verbose
- surfeit
- excess, superfluousness
- nostrum
- a medicine, usually exaggerated and ineffective, a quack remedy
- patina
- a thin layer or covering, a veneer; superficial covering
- braggadocio
- a boasting person; braggart; also the boast itself
- veracity
- truthfulness
- ablution
- washing
- succor
- assistance; to assist
- pedantic
- overly obsessed with book-learning, narrow-minded, academically persnickety/punctilous, someone for whom rules are important
- trepidation
- fear
- cabalistic
- having secret or hidden meaning
- garrulous
- talkative, loquacious
- perfidy
- treachery, betrayal, treason
- soporific
- causing or tending to cause sleep, somniferous
- vestige
- a trace, mark or visible sign left by something
- vacillation
- fluctuation, indecision
- effervescence
- enthusiasm; giving off bubbles
- voluble
- easily rolling or turning, germane
- physiognomy
- facial expression, esp. reflecting inner character
- cadre
- (n) framework; a core group
- quaff
- to drink deeply
- obdurate
- stubborn, refractory, immutable