Vocab Cumulative [1-6]
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- culinary
- of or related to cooking or in the kitchen
- inclement
- stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
- neglible
- so unimportant that it can be disregarded
- warily
- cautiously, with great care
- invulnerable
- not able to be wounded or hurt; sheilded against attack
- precedent
- an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
- adversary
- an enemy, opponent
- affiliated
- associated, connected
- suppress
- to stop by force, put down
- premeditated
- considered beforehand, deliberately planned
- alienate
- to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile
- comprise
- to include or contain; to be made up of
- grimace
- [n.] a wry face, facial distortion; [v.] to make a wry face
- accede
- to yield to; to assume an office or dignity
- adroit
- skillful, expert in use of the hands or mind
- belligerent
- [adj.] given to fighting, warlike; combative, agressive; [n.] one at war, one engaged in war
- expunge
- to erase, obliterate, destroy
- artifice
- a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery, fakery
- attainment
- and accomplishment, the act of acheiving
- unkempt
- not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
- venal
- open to or marked by bribery or corruption
- uncanny
- strnge, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
- cogent
- forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
- coerce
- to compel, force
- tepid
- lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
- extol
- to praise extravagantly
- insidious
- intended to deceive or trap; sly, treacherous
- adulterate
- to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of a lesser value
- deploy
- to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
- explicit
- definite; clearly stated
- reiterate
- to say again, repeat
- redress
- [v.] to set right, remedy; [n.] relief from wrong or injury
- retrogress
- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
- perpetuate
- to make permanent or long lasting
- scrupulous
- exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
- ascertain
- to find out
- urbane
- refined in manner or style, suave
- benevolent
- kindly, charitable
- verbatim
- word for word, exactly as written or spoken
- ambidextrous
- able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
- skulk
- to move about stelthily; to lie in hiding
- exhilarate
- to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
- disperse
- to scatter, spread far and wide
- holocaust
- a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
- muse
- [v.] to think about in a dreamy way, ponder; [n.] someone who grants inspiration
- musty
- stale, moldy; out-of-date
- panacea
- a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
- supercillious
- proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
- officious
- meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
- feasible
- possible, able to be done
- gape
- to stare at open mouthed; to open the mouth wide, to open wide
- solace
- [n.] comfort, relief; [v.] to comfort, console
- fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties
- intimation
- a hint, indirect suggestion
- meticulous
- extremely careful; particular about details
- opulent
- wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
- esteem
- [v.] to regard highly; [n.] a highly favorable opinion or judgement
- sojourn
- [n.] a temporary stay; [v.] to stay for a time
- ironic
- suggesting an inconrgruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic
- inopportune
- coming at a bad time; not appropriate
- jeopardy
- danger
- craven
- [adj.] cowardly; [n.] a coward
- punitive
- inflicting or aiming at punishment
- amicable
- peaceable, friendly
- bereft
- deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
- augment
- to make larger, increase
- pliable
- easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
- dour
- stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored
- gibe
- [v.] to utter taunting words; [n.] and expression of scorn
- impetus
- a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- converge
- to move toward one point, approach nearer together
- pinnacle
- a high peak or point
- guise
- an external appearance, cover, mask
- ominous
- unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen
- nonchalant
- cool and confident; unconcerned
- malevolent
- spiteful, showing ill will
- stately
- dignified, majestic
- supple
- bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile
- averse
- having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
- omniscient
- knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
- nostalgia
- a longing for something past; homesickness
- impervious
- not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance
- bequeath
- to give or pass on as inheritance
- finite
- having limits; lasting for a limited time
- scrutinize
- to examine closely
- fallow
- [adj.] plowed but not seeded; [n.] land left unseeded; [v.] to plow but not seed
- deft
- skillful, nimble
- demise
- a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
- venial
- easily excused; pardonable
- cursory
- hasty, not thorough
- delete
- to ease, wipe out, cut out
- harass
- to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
- quintessence
- the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
- rampant
- growing without check, running wild
- destitute
- deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
- brandish
- to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigarous fashion
- stolid
- not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
- extirpate
- to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
- tentative
- experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
- duplicity
- treachery, deceitfulness