110 Vocab Words
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- demonstrative (adj)
- showing an open display of feelings
- abstruse (adj)
- difficult to understand, very abstract
- aesthetics (n)
- the study of beauty
- affable (adj)
- pleasant, friendly
- ameliorate (v)
- to make better, improve
- amenable (adj)
- willing to agree, responsive,cooperative
- approbation (n)
- approval
- appropriated (adj)
- taken or made use of without right
- arduous (adj)
- long and difficult, thus hard to accomplish
- blanch (v)
- to drain of color, become pale
- bombastic (adj)
- pretentious, inflated speech or writing, lacking in humility
- brandish (v)
- to shake or wave in a menacing manner
- brusque (adj)
- rough and abrupt in manner or speech, curt
- burgeon (v)
- to grow rapidly, to flourish
- cantankerous (adj)
- difficult or irritating to deal with
- capacious (adj)
- spacious, roomy
- circuitous (adj)
- following a circular or winding path, indirect
- circumscribe (v)
- to draw a line around, hence to restrict or limit
- compendium (n)
- a concise list or summary
- consensus (n)
- a general agreement, common consent
- corroborate (v)
- to support with evidence, confirm a claim
- decorum (n)
- conformity to accepted norms of behavior
- defile (v)
- to make unclean or impure, desecrate
- demystify (v)
- to make clear, thus less baffling
- desolate (adj)
- lonely, uninhabited
- desultory (adj)
- marked by a lack of a plan or purpose, lacking direction
- dilatory (adj)
- tending to delay or procrastinate
- disabuse (v)
- to rid of fake ideas, enlighten, free from error
- disdain (v)
- to look on with scorn
- disingenuous (adj)
- giving a fake appearance of simple frankness, thus calculating and crafty
- disparage (v)
- to run down, belittle, speak poorly of
- diversion (n)
- something that diverts or amuses
- divulge (v)
- to make known, to reveal
- paragon (n)
- a model of excellence
- docile (adj)
- easy to manage, malleable
- dogmatic (adj)
- very stubborn adherence to beliefs
- eclectic (adj)
- selecting from a wide variety of sources, methods or styles
- effervescent (adj)
- to give off bubbles, thus to be bubbly, exuberant
- emulate (v)
- to try to excel or equal by imitation
- enamor (v)
- to fill with love
- equanimity (n)
- evenness of mind, especially under stress
- espouse (v)
- to give support to
- exasperate (v)
- to cause irritation or annoyance
- exigency (n)
- a great urgency, a situation requiring immediate attention
- fallible (adj)
- capable of error
- fastidious (adj)
- exacting, meticulous, hard to please
- fathom (v)
- to come to understand
- feasible (adj)
- possible
- fervor (n)
- intense feelings, great passion
- flaunt (v)
- to violate conventions, to treat with contempt
- garish (adj)
- excessively vivid colors
- gingerly (adj)
- cautious, careful
- gullible (adj)
- easily fooled or duped
- hubris (n)
- excessive pride, arrogance
- idiosyncrasy (n)
- any personal peculiarity, eccentricity
- incandescent (adj)
- giving off light, gleaming, brilliantly shining
- incantation (n)
- use of spells or verbal charms spoken as part of a magical ritual
- incipient (adj)
- in the early stages, just beginning, embryonic
- incontrovertible (adj)
- cannot be disproved
- indelicate (adj)
- lacking a sensitivity for the feelings of others, tactless
- indomitable (adj)
- incapable of being subdued, unconquerable
- ineffable (adj)
- incapable of being expressed, indescribable
- innate (adj)
- present in an individual from birth
- insipid (adj)
- without flavor, tasteless, not exciting, dull
- insolent (adj)
- disrespectful in speech or conduct, haughty
- insuperable (adj)
- something incapable of being overcome
- irrevocable (adj)
- not possible to revoke, unalterable, unable to be called back
- legion (n)
- a very large number
- levity (n)
- light-hearted humor
- limpid (adj)
- transparent, perfectly clear
- linchpin (n)
- the key element in something
- machinations (n)
- scheming or crafty actions intended to accomplish an evil end
- mercurial (adj)
- characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes in mood
- milestone (n)
- a significant or important turning point
- munificent (adj)
- very generous
- nuance (n)
- a subtle distinction or shade of difference
- ominous (adj)
- threatening evil or disaster, inauspicious
- indiscreet (adj)
- an action marked by a lack of decorum, hence tasteless
- paramount (adj)
- of supreme importance
- ostentatious (adj)
- fond of conspicuous display, pompous, pretentious
- patronizing (adj)
- to act superior toward, to adopt an air of condescension
- perfunctory (adj)
- done in a routine manner
- precipitous (adj)
- acting with undue haste
- predilection (n)
- a likening or preference for something
- quixotic (adj)
- idealistic in an impractical way
- ransack (v)
- to search closely and carefully, to turn upside down
- raucous (adj)
- harsh, jarring sound, blaring
- rebuke (v)
- to criticize sharply, reprimand, berate
- rectitude (n)
- great integrity, moral honesty
- redoubtable (adj)
- formidable, worth of respect
- reprehensible (adj)
- deserving criticism or censure
- skulk (v)
- to move in a stealthy or furtive manner
- specious (adj)
- tempting, but false, untrue, spurious
- sporadic (adj)
- occurring occasionally, infrequently, not regular
- spurious (adj)
- falsified, fake and thus not genuine
- staid (adj)
- marked by self-restraint, sober, grave
- stanch (v)
- to stop the flow of blood from a wound
- strident (adj)
- loud, harsh sounding
- suffuse (v)
- to spread over or through, to diffuse
- talisman (n)
- an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
- torpor (n)
- a lack of energy, lethargy
- ubiquitous (adj)
- present everywhere, pervasive
- usurp (v)
- to illegally seize power, property or position
- venal (adj)
- capable of being bought or influence by money, corrupt
- wan (adj)
- lacking vitality
- watershed (n)
- a very important event
- gratuitous (adj)
- not called for by the circumstances, done/provided without expectance of something in return
- polemic (n)
- an aggressive attack on the beliefs or opinions of another
- vacuous (adj)
- empty, having or showing a lack of intelligence or insight
- audacious (adj)
- very bold