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- Question
- Answer
- Amalgamate
- v. Combine
- Ambiguous
- adj. Unclear
- Ambivalence
- n. The state of having conflicting feelings about something
- Ameliorate
- v. To improve, make better
- Anachronism
- n. An error involving time and place
- Anarchy
- n. State of disorder, lack of governing body
- Anomalous
- adj. Abnormal
- Antipathy
- n. Dislike
- Apathy
- n. Lack of caring
- Appropriate
- v. To acquire, take possession of
- Arduous
- adj. Hard or strenuous
- Ascetic
- adj. Practicing self-denial
- Assiduous
- adj. Diligent
- Assuage
- v. To lessen or ease
- Audacious
- adj. Bold or daring
- Augment
- v. To increase
- Austere
- adj. Strict or stern; without ornament
- Autonomous
- adj. Self-governing
- Ballast
- n. Something heavy used to add stability or weight
- Banal
- adj. Commonplace, trite
- Belie
- v. To give false impression
- Beneficent
- adj. Characterized by kindness or charity
- Bolster
- v. To support
- Burgeon
- v. To grow
- Buttress
- v. To support
- Cacophony
- n. Discordant sound
- Cajole
- v. Wheedle, coax
- Capitulate
- v. Surrender
- Capricious
- adj. Impulsive and unpredictable
- Catalyst
- n. A substance which alters the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
- Chauvinist
- n. Fanatical patriot
- Coda
- n. A passage at the end of a composition or movement that brings it to a formal close
- Cogent
- adj. Convincing
- Collusion
- n. Conspiring for a fraudulent purpose
- Compliant
- adj. Yielding
- Conciliatory
- adj. Soothing
- Condone
- v. Overlook or disregard
- Connoisseur
- n. Person who is competent to act as a judge of something
- Consensus
- n. general agreement
- Contentious
- adj. Quarrelsome
- Conundrum
- n. Difficult problem
- Converge
- v. Come together
- Credulity
- n. Believing too readily; gullibility
- Daunt
- v. Intimidate
- Dearth
- n. Scarcity
- Debacle
- n. A sudden, disastrous collapse, ruin
- Debase
- v. Lower in character, quality, or value
- Decorum
- n. Conforming to social conventions, propriety
- Deference
- n. Courteous regard for another's wish, great respect
- Deleterious
- adj. Harmful
- Denigrate
- v. Degrade
- Derision
- n. Ridicule
- Derivative
- adj. Copied or adapted from another, unoriginal
- Dessicate
- v. Dry up
- Desultory
- adj. Rambling, jumping from one thing to another
- Deterrent
- adj. Something that discourages
- Detraction
- n. Slander
- Diatribe
- n. Bitter, abusive criticism
- Dichotomy
- n. Division into two contradictory parts
- Diffidence
- n. Shyness
- Disabuse
- v. Undeceive, free from falsehood
- Discerning
- adj. Perceptive, mentally quick and observant
- Discordant
- adj. Conflicting, disagreeable in sound
- Discrepancy
- n. Lack of consistency
- Nice
- adj. Done with precision
- Opprobrium
- n. Public disgrace
- Odious
- adj. Offensive
- Intrinsic
- adj. Inherent
- Invective
- n. Abusive expression
- Irascible
- adj. Easily angered
- Laconic
- adj. Terse, concise, to the point
- Lassitude
- n. Lacking in energy
- Latent
- adj. Hidden, concealed
- Laudatory
- adj. Expressing praise
- Lethargic
- adj. Dull, sluggish
- Levity
- n. Lightness, frivolity
- Lucid
- adj. Easily understood, clear
- Luminous
- adj. Shining
- Magnanimity
- n. Generosity
- Malleable
- adj. Capable of being shaped
- Maverick
- n. Rebel
- Meticulous
- adj. Extremely careful
- Misanthrope
- n. Someone who hates mankind
- Mitigate
- v. To become milder
- Mollify
- v. Soothe
- Multifarious
- adj. Having great variety
- Mundane
- adj. Ordinary, worldly (not spiritual)
- Nadir
- n. Lowest point
- Obdurate
- adj. Stubborn
- Obsequious
- adj. Full of servile compliance
- Obviate
- v. Anticipate so as to render unnecessary
- Officious
- adj. Excessively forward in offering services
- Opaque
- adj. Not transparent
- Oscillate
- v. To wave back and forth
- Ossify
- v. To change into bone
- Ostentatious
- adj. Showy, pretentious
- Paradigm
- n. Model or example
- Paragon
- n. Model of perfection
- Parsimonious
- adj. Stingy
- Partisan
- adj. One-sided
- Pathological
- adj. Of or relating to disease
- Paucity
- adj. Scarcity
- Pedagogy
- n. Teaching
- Pedantic
- adj. Arrogantly displaying one's knowledge
- Penchant
- n. A strong inclination
- Penurious
- adj. Poverty stricken
- Perfunctory
- adj. Superficial
- Permeable
- adj. Porous
- Phlegmatic
- adj. Calm
- Placate
- v. To calm or pacify
- Platitude
- n. A trite, commonplace remark
- Plethora
- n. Overabundance
- Pragmatic
- adj. Practical
- Precarious
- adj. Dangerous
- Precipitate
- v. To hasten
- Precursor
- n. Forerunner, harbinger
- Preen
- v. Primp, take pride in one's appearance
- Presumptuous
- adj. Arrogant, assuming too much
- Pretentious
- adj. Ostentatious, extravagant outer show
- Pristine
- adj. Perfect, unspoiled
- Probity
- n. Uprightness, integrity
- Prodigal
- adj. recklessly wasteful
- Profligate
- adj. Wasteful, wildly extravagant
- Prolific
- adj. Producing in abundance
- Propensity
- n. Natural inclination
- Propitiate
- v. Conciliate or appease
- Proscribe
- v. Denounce or condemn
- Pundit
- n. Learned person
- Pungent
- adj. Penetrating, biting
- Purchase
- n. Firm grasp, footing
- Discrete
- adj. Separate, unconnected
- Disingenuous
- adj. Not straightforward, crafty
- Disinterested
- adj. Unprejudiced, having no bias
- Disparage
- v. Belittle or slight
- Disparate
- adj. Entirely dissimilar, unrelated
- Dissemble
- v. To put forth a false appearance, disguise
- Dissolution
- n. Disintegration, looseness of morals
- Dissonance
- n. Disagreeable sounds
- Distill
- v. Purify or refine
- Dogmatic
- adj. Over positive; characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved principle
- Dormant
- adj. Sleeping
- Dote
- v. Be excessively fond of
- Droll
- adj. Odd and amusing
- Ductility
- n. Capable of being easily molded, flexibility
- Ebullient
- adj. Overflowing with excitement
- Eclectic
- adj. Selecting from different sources
- Efficacy
- n. Power to produce desired effect
- Elicit
- v. Bring out, draw forth
- Embellish
- v. Adorn
- Endemic
- adj. Prevalent to a locality or people
- Engender
- v. Cause
- Ephemeral
- adj. Fleeting
- Episodic
- adj. Segmented
- Equanimity
- n. Calm and even-tempered
- Equivocate
- v. Lie, mislead
- Erudite
- adj. Deeply learned
- Eulogy
- n. Great praise
- Euphoria
- n. Bliss, great happiness
- Evanescent
- adj. Fleeting, vanishing
- Extrapolation
- n. An inference based on known information
- Facetious
- adj. Humorous
- Facilitate
- v. Make less difficult
- Fallacious
- adj. Misleading
- Fallible
- adj. Capable of erring
- Fawning
- adj. Seek favor by flattery
- Fervor
- n. Intensity of emotion
- Fetter
- v. Shackle
- Fledgling
- n. Young and inexperienced
- Flout
- v. Scoff at, scorn
- Forbearance
- n. Abstinence
- Forestall
- v. Prevent or delay
- Frugal
- adj. Thrifty
- Gainsay
- v. Deny
- Garrulity
- n. Talkativeness
- Graduated
- adj. Arranged by degrees
- Gratuitous
- adj. Free, unearned
- Gregarious
- adj. Talkative, sociable
- Guileless
- adj. Sincere
- Hamper
- v. Get in the way of
- Harangue
- n. Tirade, long angry speech
- Homogenous
- adj. The same kind
- Hyperbole
- n. Exaggeration
- Iconoclastic
- adj. Destroying sacred images
- Immutable
- adj. Unchangeable
- Implacable
- adj. Unable to be soothed or pacified
- Imprudent
- adj. Unwise
- Inchoate
- adj. Just beginning, immature
- Incongruous
- adj. Disagreeing, incompatible
- Indigence
- n. Poverty
- Indolence
- n. Laziness
- Inequity
- n. Lack of fairness
- Inertia
- n. Resistance to change
- Ingenuous
- adj. Unsophisticated, innocent
- Insipid
- adj. Lacking flavor or zest
- Insularity
- n. Narrowness of thought
- Interdict
- v. Forbid or prohibit
- Intractable
- adj. Stubborn
- Intransigent
- adj. Uncompromising
- Quiescent
- adj. Inactive or still
- Rancor
- n. Deep seated ill will
- Recant
- v. Withdraw previous statement
- Redoubtable
- adj. Formidable, fearful
- Refractory
- adj. Unmanageable, obstinate
- Reprobate
- n. A morally unprincipled person
- Repudiate
- v. Disown, disavow
- Rescind
- v. Cancel or take back
- Resigned
- adj. Unresisting, patient
- Resolution
- n. Determination
- Reticent
- adj. Quiet in temperament
- Salubrious
- adj. Wholesome, healthful
- Sanction
- v. Approve
- Scapegoat
- n. Someone who bears the blame for others
- Secular
- adj. Worldly
- Sedulous
- adj. Industrious, diligent
- Sophistry
- n. A plausible but misleading argument
- Soporific
- adj. Something that causes sleep
- Specious
- adj. Seemingly true but actually not, deceptive
- Spendthrift
- n. Someone who wastes money
- Spurious
- adj. False
- Stigma
- n. Symbol of disgrace
- Stint
- v. Be cheap or thrifty
- Striated
- adj. Marked with parallel lines
- Substantiate
- v. Support
- Supposition
- n. The act of supposing
- Tacit
- adj. Not spoken but understood
- Tenacious
- adj. Persistent, stubborn
- Torpor
- n. Apathy, lethargy
- Torque
- n.Twisting force
- Tractable
- adj. Easily managed or controlled
- Truculence
- n. Aggressiveness
- Turbid
- adj. Muddy, churned up
- Ubiquitous
- adj. Being everywhere
- Vacillation
- n. Fluctuation
- Vacuous
- adj. Empty
- Venerate
- v. Regard with respect or reverance
- Viable
- adj. Capable of maintaining life
- Vie
- v. Compete
- Whimsical
- adj. Playful, capricious
- Zenith
- n. Topmost point
- Prefix: inter-
- between example: interstate
- Prefix: ob-
- against example: objection
- Prefix: mono-
- alone, one example: monolith
- Prefix: mis-
- wrong example: mistake
- Prefix: sub-
- under example: submarine
- Prefix: trans-
- across example: transcend
- Prefix: non-
- not example: nonentity
- Prefix: re-
- back, again example: regress
- Prefix: in-
- not example: inelegant
- Prefix: anti-
- against example: antidote