Level G Vocabulary List
Terms
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- minutiae
- small or trivial details
- eulogy
- a formal statement of commendation
- shibboleth
- a word, expression or custom that distinguishes a group of people from all others; a saying or catchphrase
- gainsay
- to deny, contradict, controvert, dispute, oppose
- convivial
- festive, sociable, having fun together, jovial, merry
- impeccable
- faultless, beyond criticism, flawless
- indigent
- needy, poor
- dissidence
- a difference of opinion; discontent
- paucity
- an inadequate quantity; lack
- blandishment
- anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk; allurement
- illusory
- misleading, deceptive; not based on reality
- amenity
- attractive features, customs; that which is pleasant or agreeable
- myopic
- lacking a broad realistic view; shortsighted
- seraphic
- angelic, heavenly, celestial
- desiccated
- thoroughly dried out; dehydrated
- subsist
- to have existence, remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to survive
- felicitous
- appropriate; marked by well-being or good fortune; fortunate
- coherent
- holding or sticking together
- viscous
- having a gelatinous or gluey quality; thick
- eschew
- to avoid; shun
- exhume
- to remove from a grave; uncover
- cavort
- to romp or prance around exuberantly
- ghoulish
- revolting in an unnatural or moribund way; suggestive of someone who robs graves
- rudiments
- the earliest stages of anything; fundamentals
- talisman
- an object believed to confer magical powers
- neophyte
- a new convert, beginner, novice, tyro, rookie
- acclamation
- a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval
- luminous
- emitting or reflecting light, glowing
- ephemeral
- short-lived
- machination
- a crafty, scheming action designed to accomplish some evil end
- pariah
- one who is rejected by a social group; an outcast
- raiment
- clothing, garments
- restive
- restless, uneasy, hard to manage
- penitent
- regretful for one's sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing
- mordant
- sharply or bitterly harsh
- calumniate
- to slander; to accuse falsely; libel
- effrontery
- shameless boldness; impudence
- congeal
- to change from a liquid to a solid; to harden
- hallow
- to set apart as holy or sacred; consecrate; venerate; to honor as holy
- unwonted
- not usual or expected; unusual; uncommon
- evince
- to display clearly; to make evident
- countermand
- to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first; revoke
- nadir
- the lowest point
- ambient
- completely surrounding; relating to the immediate surroundings of something
- banal
- lacking vigor, unoriginal, ordinary
- omnipresent
- present in all places and times
- incendiary
- inflammatory; provocative; one who deliberately causes fires
- decry
- to condemn or express disapproval
- nascent
- just beginning to exist; budding
- reconnoiter
- to make a preliminary inspection; to scout
- inordinate
- unusually large; far too great; exceeding reasonable limits; excessive
- forgo
- to do without, abstain from, give up
- paroxysm
- a sudden outburst of violence or emotion
- sporadic
- occurring at irregular intervals; intermittent
- progeny
- descendants, offspring, followers, disciples
- interpolate
- to insert between other things; to present as an addition
- mendacious
- given to lying or deception; untruthful
- pusillanimous
- coward or mean spirited; showing lack of courage
- encomium
- a formal expression of praise
- inure
- to toughen, harden; to become used to something by long exposure to it
- requite
- to make suitable repayment; to reimburse
- imminent
- about to happen
- importune
- to trouble with demands; to beg for pressingly
- panegyric
- a formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
- askance
- with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
- impecunious
- having little or no money
- bucolic
- relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside; rural
- feckless
- lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective; weak
- halcyon
- tranquil; serene
- moratorium
- a suspension of activity; postponement
- carping
- nit-picky; finding fault in every way; (n.) a petty criticism
- largess
- generosity in giving
- shambles
- a state of total disorder; a slaughterhouse
- rife
- common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, abundant
- incumbent
- obligatory; required; one who holds a specific office at the present time
- indubitable
- certain; not to be doubted or denied; unquestionable
- complicity
- the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
- recant
- to say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief; renounce, repudiate
- furtive
- done slyly or stealthily; covert
- dilettante
- a dabbler in the arts; an amateur
- portend
- to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; foretell; foreshadow
- increment
- an enlargement; increase
- obsequious
- obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
- saturnine
- of a gloomy or sullen disposition
- mesmerize
- to hypnotize, entrance, or fascinate
- peremptory
- having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate or denial; dictatorial
- diatribe
- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack; tirade
- agnostic
- one who believes that nothing can be known about God; without faith; skeptical
- arrant
- thoroughgoing; utter; blatant
- effigy
- a crude image of a despised person; a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression or anger
- demur
- to object or protest; an objection
- deign
- to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to deem
- fetish
- an object believed to have magical powers; talisman
- bastion
- a fortified place
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise
- epicurean
- devoted to the pursuit or pleasure, good food, comfort, and ease; a person with discriminating tastes
- delectable
- delightful, deliciously flavored; an appetizing food or dish
- summarily
- without delay, briefly, promptly
- hapless
- marked by a persistent absence of good luck; unfortunate
- improvident
- not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
- sylvan
- pertaining to or characteristic of forests; forested
- garish
- obtrusively bright, showy, and over decorated
- overt
- open; not hidden; clear, obvious
- plaintive
- expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy, sad
- refulgent
- shining, radiant, luminous
- cabal
- a small group working in secret
- germane
- relevant
- coterie
- a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive group of people with a common interest; clique
- flaccid
- limp, not firm; lacking vigor
- necromancer
- one who claims to reveal the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; a magician, sorcerer, or wizard
- testy
- easily irritated; impatient
- emulate
- to copy with the intent of surpassing the model
- allay
- to calm or pacify; to lessen or relieve; reduce
- allege
- to assert without proof or confirmation
- abstruse
- extremely difficult to understand
- asperity
- roughness, severity, harshness
- accost
- to approach (sometimes in an aggressive way)
- onerous
- burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
- consummate
- complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion
- rebuff
- to reject someone or something in an abrupt manner; an abrupt rejection
- opprobrium
- disgrace arising from shameful conduct; dishonor
- decorous
- well behaved; socially proper
- moribund
- dying, on the way out
- collusion
- secret agreement or cooperation; conspiracy
- nostrum
- a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
- pertinacious
- very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or opinion; stubborn
- misanthrope
- a person who hates/despises other people
- loath
- unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
- indictment
- the act of accusing; a formal accusation; charge
- euphemism
- a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute
- acquisitive
- (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
- cacophonous
- harsh-sounding, raucous
- primordial
- developed or created at the very beginning; original; primeval
- unremitting
- not stopping, maintained steadily, relentless, constant
- sacrilege
- improper treatment of something sacred
- gambit
- a ploy; stratagem
- garner
- to gather; collect and store away for future use; accumulate
- obtuse
- blunt; slow in understanding; stupid, dumb
- pedantry
- a pretentious display of knowledge; overly concerned with rules or details; nit-picking
- belabor
- to overwork
- brackish
- salty
- mutable
- open or capable of change; changeable
- exigency
- urgency, pressure; urgent demand; pressing need; an emergency, crisis
- derelict
- someone/something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned
- substantiate
- to prove through evidence; validate
- gregarious
- living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
- insatiable
- unquenchable
- pillory
- a device for publicly punishing offenders, a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or riducule
- articulate
- to pronounce distinctly; expressed clearly
- inane
- silly; stupid; empty of meaning or value
- visionary
- lacking in realism, having the nature of a fantasy or dream; once given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
- nuance
- a subtle or slight variation; shade of difference
- paltry
- insignificant, small or meager
- sequester
- to set apart for a special purpose; seclude
- penchant
- a strong attraction or inclination; habit
- presage
- to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict; a warning or indication of the future
- ludicrous
- ridiculous; laughable; absurd
- slough
- to cast off, get rid of something unnecessary; a mire, a state of depression
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty or the appreciation of beauty
- saturate
- to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
- glean
- to gather bit-by-bit; collect
- figment
- a thing that someone believes to be real but that only exists in their mind
- efficacy
- the power to produce a desired result; effectiveness
- irrefutable
- impossible to disprove; indisputable
- affront
- an open or intentional insult; a slight or offense; to insult to one's face
- verdant
- green in color; immature in experience
- surveillance
- a close watch/observation kept over a person
- flotsam
- floating debris
- arrogate
- to claim without right
- abject
- degraded; extremely bad, unpleasant
- acuity
- sharpness in thought or in the senses
- litany
- a long list; a repetitive chant; a series of petitions for use in church
- equity
- the state or quality of being just, fair, and impartial; justice; fair and equal treatment
- travesty
- a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something; (v.) to riducule representing in such a way
- lackadaisical
- lacking spirit or interest
- animadversion
- a comment indicating criticism or disapproval
- cavil
- to find fault in a petty way, to nitpick; a trivial objection or criticism
- wizened
- withered, dry, shrunken, and wrinkled
- juggernaut
- a massive force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
- ebullient
- overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; boiling
- benign
- gentle; kindly; not harmful in effect
- manifest
- clear and evident to the eyes and mind; to show plainly, reveal; a list of cargo and passengers
- aperture
- an opening, gap, hole
- charlatan
- one who fakes knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor or fraud
- deprecate
- to express mild disapproval; frown upon
- verbiage
- wordiness; language that is too wordy
- raze
- to tear down, destroy completely; demolish
- rectitude
- uprightness, righteousness, correctness
- febrile
- frenetic
- fatuous
- stupid, silly, or foolish
- piquant
- stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy; pungent
- undulate
- ripple; fluctuate; rise and fall
- eclectic
- drawn from different sources; one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
- counterpart
- a person or thing closely resembling another; a complement; match
- fraught
- loaded with, filled with
- devious
- straying or wandering from direct course
- vacillate
- to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; seesaw, fluctuate
- iniquity
- wickedness, sin, an immoral act, evil
- inexorable
- beyond influence; relentless; even without prayer
- depraved
- morally corrupt; without moral principles; marked by evil
- exacerbate
- to make more violent or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or worsen
- peregrination
- the act of traveling; an excursion, journey
- jocular
- humorous, jesting, jolly (happy)
- histrionic
- pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical
- celerity
- swiftness; promptness
- enervate
- to cause someone to feel drained of energy; to weaken the mental moral or physical vigor of; impair
- engender
- to bring into existence, give rise to, to generate
- fiat
- an order or decree; edict
- tyro
- a beginner; novice
- promulgate
- to issue officially, announce; to make known far and wide
- cognizant
- aware, knowledgeable, informed
- abrogate
- to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
- foible
- a weak point; shortcoming
- innate
- natural, inborn, inherent
- nettle
- a prickly, stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, anger, impatience; to vex, irritate annoy
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal; to deliberately give a false expression
- detritus
- waste or debris of any kind
- intermittent
- stopping and beginning again; sporadic; not continuous or steady
- motif
- a principle idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
- badinage
- light and playful conversation
- fecund
- producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or growth; fertile
- jettison
- to cast overboard; to get rid of as unnecessary
- tantamount
- equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
- pittance
- a very small or inadequate amount of money
- taciturn
- silent or quiet
- embellish
- to decorate, adorn, ornament, garnish; to improve by adding details
- invidious
- offensive; hateful
- stratagem
- a plan or a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent to gain an end
- vituperative
- harshly abusive; severely scolding
- frenetic
- frantic; highly agitated
- reputed
- according to reputation or general belief; supposed
- imperturbable
- not easily excited; emotionally steady
- overweening
- showing excessive confidence or pride; arrogant; conceited
- inviolable
- sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken
- tenable
- capable of being held or defended
- ethereal
- light, airy, delicate; heavenly
- beatific
- blissfully happy; rendering or making blessed
- suppliant
- asking humbly; a petitioner, a suitor
- distraught
- very much agitated or upset; frantic
- pecuniary
- consisting of or measured in money; having to do with money
- recumbent
- lying down; in a sleeping position
- ignominy
- shame and disgrace; humiliation
- sumptuous
- costly, rich, magnificent, lavish
- coup
- a sudden takeover of power or leadership; a highly successful stroke or stratagem
- perfunctory
- done in a halfhearted manner without interest or enthusiasm
- redolent
- tending to arouse memories; fragrant or smelling strongly
- esoteric
- intended for or likely to be understood by only a select few; private, secret
- avid
- keen; enthusiastic
- atrophy
- the wasting away of something; to waste away
- plenary
- complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members; unlimited; unrestricted
- captious
- excessively ready to find fault; nit-picking, carping
- burnish
- to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; gloss, brightness
- utopian
- idealistic
- languish
- to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop or wilt; to be depressed
- grouse
- a complaint; to complain
- pejorative
- tending to make worse; derogatory
- propriety
- the state of being proper; correctness
- perspicacity
- keenness in observing and understanding; acuity
- winnow
- to get rid of something unwanted, delete, to sift through and obtain what is desirable; sift, filter
- behemoth
- a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
- facade
- the front or face of a building, exterior
- chicanery
- trickery; deceptive practices or tactics
- idiosyncrasy
- a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual
- disarray
- disorder, confusion; to throw into confusion, dishevel
- incongruous
- not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding; incompatible
- nefarious
- wicked; without moral standards
- laconic
- concise, using few words
- oscillate
- to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate
- conciliate
- to overcome the distrust of; to win over, to appease, pacify, reconcile
- incarcerate
- to imprison, confine, jail
- espouse
- to take up and support; to adopt; embrace
- decimate
- to kill or destroy a large part of; devastate
- contrite
- regretful for some misdeed or sin; penitent
- delineate
- to portray, sketch, or depict in accurate and vivid detail
- mandate
- an authoritative command, formal order; to issue such an order
- mundane
- of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one; lacking interest or excitement; concerned with what it ordinary
- ubiquitous
- present or existing everywhere; omnipresent
- canard
- a false rumor
- chary
- cautious, hesitant, or wary
- temporize
- to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
- obeisance
- a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect; honor; homage
- echelon
- a level or rank in an organization; an organized military unit; a step like formation
- murky
- dark and gloomy; unclear
- moot
- (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
- propinquity
- nearness in place or time; proximity
- picayune
- of little value or importance; petty, worthless, inconsequential
- macabre
- gruesome; horrible; having death as a subject; grotesque
- maelstrom
- a whirlpool of great violence; chaos
- consign
- to give over to another's care, charge or control; to entrust
- cynosure
- the center or focus of attraction and interest
- discomfit
- to frustrate, defeat, confuse, or perplex
- attenuate
- to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- credence
- belief; credit; trust; confidence
- putative
- generally regarded as such; reputed, hypothesized, supposed, presumed
- concord
- a state of agreement; a treaty; pact
- irreparable
- incapable of being repaired
- reconnaissance
- a survey made for military purpose; a scouting expedition
- bestial
- beastlike; beastly; brutal; animal
- defunct
- no longer in existence or functioning
- sophistry
- reasoning that seems reasonable but is actually unsound; use of fallacious arguments