Super Vocab
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- Effrontery
- daring; audacity (has a negative connotation). The stunt had some effrontery about it as all stunts do.
- Engendering
- causing; bringing into being. His one mistake engendered a world of problems.
- Interregnum
- interval between reigns or governments. There was an interregnum while they searched for a new form of government.
- Froward
- stubborn; wayward; disobedient. He was very froward to the idea.
- Ostracism
- shunning; social isolation [ostracize (v)]. The outcast are ostracized from society.
- Canonical
- orthodox [canon (n) = set of accepted works]. The works were very canonical and orthodox.
- Touting
- advertising; supporting [tout (v)]. He shamelessly touted himself for president.
- Incumbents
- occupiers of a job or position. The incumbent do their job well.
- Cumbersome
- bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden]. The bag was cumbersome just because of its size.
- Extirpation
- wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (v)]. Extirpation is the act of being extirpated which I'm sure this is the second time we've had this word.
- Deliberate
- 1. slow (a); 2. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a). They deliberated over what to do.
- Impugned
- challenged. The ruling was impunged.
- Arboreal
- inhabiting or frequenting trees. Arboreal apes like eating bananas.
- Baleful
- evil. She was very baleful girl.
- Boycott
- refuse to have dealings with. Boycotts are popular forms of nonviolent protest.
- Moralistic
- concerned with morals [moralize (v)]. He has moralistic ideals.
- Epistemology
- theory of knowledge. Many IB students spend huge amount of hours studying epistemology.
- Runic
- mysterious; magical. There was a runic man near by when it happened.
- Debacle
- disaster. The explosion was a huge debacle
- Refulgent
- glowing; radiant. her beauty was refulgent
- Sidereal
- of or related to stars. Astrology is sidereal.
- Whittle
- 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step. He whittled away at the wood.
- Inchoate
- undeveloped; nascent. the plan failed because it was inchoate.
- Glib
- slick; superficial esp. in speech. That was a glib move that the speaker through in.
- Slake
- to satisfy, to quench; to extinguish. The drink did not slake his thirst.
- Extirpate
- wipe out totally. The dinosaurs were extirpated.
- Contiguous
- adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (n)]. There are 48 contiguous sates.
- Churlishness
- rudeness; ill-mannered behavior. The devil child was churlish.
- Caret
- punctuation mark signifying omission. The caret shows what should have been added.
- Rarefy
- make less dense [rarefaction (n)] Bubbles rarefy water.
- Testiness
- irritability; irascibility [testy (a)]. He was very testy.
- Imperturbability
- quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (a)]. When i sleep i am almost imperturbable.
- Chronic
- long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute). There are many chronic diseases that are passed to family members.
- Anodized
- electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal. The anodized piece is more expensive.
- Augury
- prediction, looking for omens [auger (v)]I made a augury that osu would win.
- Approbation
- official approval. He received approbation from the council
- Meretricious
- falsely attractive; tawdry. Something meretricious drwas you in because it is attractive on the outside. But in reality it would repel you away.
- Foppish
- behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion. My sister is foppish because the is a fashion merchandising major.
- Intemperate
- excessive; immoderate [intemperance (n)]. There were intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies
- Incise
- cut into [incision (n); incisive (a)] The doctor made a small incision in the patient.
- Boor
- ill-mannered person [boorish (a)]. He manner were that of a boor.
- Stipulate
- specify [stipulation (n)]. He needs to stipulate more.
- Penchant
- inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection. He had a penchant towards his friends even if he thought there was a better idea.
- Extant
- still in existence (opposite of extinct). Something that is extant has not been extirpated.
- Colander
- bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc. After washing the lettuce, she put it in a colander to drain.
- Disabuse
- make someone aware of an error in thinking. Mrs. Hoxie disabused us from thinking that we had good grades in her class.
- Dexterity
- skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (a)]. You must have great dexterity to be good at video games, even though parents say they are a waste of time.
- Abate
- reduce in intensity. He abated the flame because the house had started to warm up.
- Solicitous
- kindly; expressing care and concern. The nurse was very solicitous because she felt sorry for the small boy in the hospital.
- Virtuosity
- skill, expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (n.pl)] He had immense vitruosity in his job.
- Iniquitous
- evil; unjust [iniquity (n)]. The dictator was very iniquitous.
- Hortatory
- encouraging; exhorting. The players on the sidelines are always hortatory to the players on the field.
- Abysmal
- so deep as to be unmeasurable. The goggles in finding nemo sank to the abyss.
- Ambidextrous
- able to use both left and right hands equally well. He was so ambidextrous it was as if he had two right hands.
- Libertine
- dissolute person; prodigal. He was a very libertine person.
- Nonplussed
- confused. He was very nonplussed about his bad grade.
- Quintessential
- most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (n)]. That is the most quintessential reason.
- Repine
- fret; be discontented. He was repining over his test score.
- Accretion
- accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside. There was a growing accretion of central government authority.
- Discernment
- judgment; perceptiveness. You have the final discernment in decisions.
- Blandishment
- words used to coax or flatter [blandish (v)]. People use blandishment when they want something from someone.
- Mettlesome
- spirited [mettle (n)] He had a mettlesome attitude.
- Throwback
- exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits. His actions were strange and almost throwback.
- Noisome
- disgusting. The way he ate was very noisome.
- Extemporize
- speak without preparation or rehearsal [extemporaneous (a)]. To extemporize something is also called "winging it".
- Natty
- neat; dapper; smart. She had a very natty comeback.
- Volubility
- excessive talkativeness [voluble (a)]. Nicole had volubility.
- Lambaste
- attack verbally. He lambasted the the person for no reason.
- Idyll
- story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (a)]. The rural idyll remains in most industrialized societies.
- Cardinal
- 1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important. here are four cardinal directions.
- Equivocation
- speaking ambiguously [equivocate (v), equivocal (a)]. He was speaking equivocately to hide the truth.
- Encomium
- praise. He received encomium for his bravery.
- Halcyon
- peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather). The weather was halcyon
- Cloistered
- providing privacy or seclusion. He was cloistered from society
- Vituperate
- attack bitterly. Since he was so jealous he vituperated the man.
- Recondite
- obscure. The spy trains to be a recondite as possible anywhere.
- Stygian
- very dark. The night sky was stygian.
- Avaricious
- greedy for money Our society is avaricious.
- Gaffe
- blunder; social mistake. The leader made a huge gaffe and became the laughing stock of the nation.
- Satiate
- fill to satisfaction. The win satiated his need.
- Aphoristic
- expressed tersely [aphorism (n) = short statement; maxim]. He has a very aphoristic attitude.
- Puissance
- power. He carried himself well which gave off the sense of puissance.
- Plumb
- measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang). They took a plumb measurement of the water depth.
- Culpability
- guilt [culpable = blameworthy]. He was very culpable because of his mysteriousness.
- List
- 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order. The ship listed severely to one side.
- Diaphanous
- transparent; thin and delicate. This is the second time that we had diaphanous which means transparent.
- Feint
- pretended attack; a move intended to deceive. The player threw a feint to get the defender to bite.
- Damp
- (used of vibration) reduce in extent. His friends dampened the blow
- Ossified
- turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)]. He was ossified at the frightening sight.
- Sinecure
- job which pays salary but requiring little effort. Rhett Bomar got in trouble for his sinecure.
- Occluded
- obscured; blocked. His vision was occluded be cause he could not see over the tall people.
- Demagogue
- mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (n)]. Al Capone was a demagogue.
- Lugubrious
- excessively mournful. He had a very lugubrious outlook after the loss to OU.
- Maudlin
- sad; sentimental; inclined to weep. He was maudlin after losing the championship.
- Recumbent
- reclining; lying down. When you ride a recumbent you are almost lying down
- Coerce
- force [coercion (n); coercing (a)]. The was an invisible coerce that kept them away.
- Opprobrious
- expressing great scorn [opprobrium (n)]. He had a very opprobrious look because his son disobeyed.
- Untoward
- unexpected. His reaction was untoward.
- Subliminal
- below the threshold of consciousness. He was biased subliminally.
- Nugatory
- of minor significance; futile. The evidence was so nugatory that it couldn't produce substantial cause to put the criminal away.
- Bent
- inclination; aptitude. She was bent o winning.
- Commensurate
- equal in significance. Both ideas were commensurate.
- Abjure
- renounce; swear to refrain from something. he was going to abjure from eating chocolate for lent.
- Amalgamate
- join; consolidate [amalgamation (n)]. I amalgamated all of our vocab words into this.
- Verisimilar
- true to life; giving the appearance of reality. The myth was verisimilar.
- Diaphanous
- transparent; thin and delicate. Casper the ghost was diaphanous.
- Probity
- uprightness; honesty. He had a probity about him.
- Feckless
- feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative. He gave a feckless attempt.
- Cadge
- get by begging. He eats whenever he can cadge a meal.
- Raconteur
- person who relates a story. He was a very skilled raconteur
- Minatory
- threatening. He received minatory messages.
- Pastiche
- work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts. The art work looked pieced together as though it were pastiche.
- Millinery
- hats and hat-making. She was experienced in millinery.
- Dispatch
- 1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n). He was dispatched to the crime.
- Pedagogy
- the profession of a teacher. He is the epitome of pedagogy.
- Supine
- lying flat on one's back. The player was supine after being fouled.
- Inured
- hardened; habituated. He was inured from all his trail and errors, he was immune to failure
- Anachronistic
- occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (n)]. A dinosaur would be anachronistic now days.
- Inveigle
- coax; cajole; wheedle; entice. He inveigled the car to life.
- Ellipsis
- omission of essential words. The ellipsis made the story not make sense.
- Centrifuge
- an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension. A centrifuge spins at very high speeds.