B 876-1000
Elite 2100 Vocabulary
Set B
Words 876-1000
Set B
Words 876-1000
Terms
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- Eccentric
- Unconventional; odd
- Lukewarm
- Mildly warm; lacking enthusiasm
- Probity
- Complete and confirmed honesty
- Indolent
- Lazy
- Glean
- To gather bit by bit
- Attire
- Clothes, esp. fancy or elaborate apparel
- Drone
- To make a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound; to speak monotonously
- Estrange
- To make hostile or indifferent, usu., between two persons
- Recant
- To formally take back a previous statement
- Ostentatious
- Showy; pretentious
- Vex
- To disturb; to distress
- Lionize
- To look upon or treat as a celebrity
- Bona Fide
- Genuine
- Supercilious
- Feeling or showing proud contempt
- Hackneyed
- Made trite and commonplace by overuse
- Tirade
- An abusive speech
- Charisma
- A quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in one's followers; personal magnetism or charm
- Swagger
- To walk in an arrogant manner
- Malediction
- Evil talk about someone; slander; a curse
- Enigma
- A perplexing, usually ambiguous puzzle
- Callow
- Inexperienced; not developed; immature
- Transcend
- To exceed; to go beyond or above the limits
- Iconoclast
- One who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas
- Verbose
- Wordy
- Nefarious
- Very wicked; villainous
- Eminent
- Outstanding, distinguished, towering above others
- Trenchant
- Keen and forceful; caustic
- Concomitant
- Accompanying (of events)
- Edict
- An authoritative order issued publicly; a decree
- Impasse
- A dead-end
- Fetter
- To confine, to restrain, or keep down; chains; shackles
- Parry
- To deflect an attack
- Desultory
- Lacking a plan or purpose; unmethodical
- Incisive
- Keen or penetrating in thought or expression
- Esoteric
- Known by or confined to a small number of people
- Hobbyhorse
- A favorite pastime; a topic with which one is obsessed
- Buttress
- To prop up or support
- Synthesis
- The combination of separate parts into a unified whole
- Atrophy
- A wasting away, esp. of body tissue
- Manifesto
- A public declaration of principles, often political
- Alchemy
- Medieval chemistry, esp. the attempt to change common metals into gold
- Reconcile
- To make friendly again; to settle a dispute
- Hamper
- To keep from moving or acting freely
- Mollify
- To soothe the temper; pacify; appease
- Indoctrinate
- To teach to accept a belief uncritically
- Renown
- Fame or celebrity
- Ameliorate
- To improve; to become better
- Vignette
- A small design or portrait; a brief scene (as from a movie) or literary sketch
- Grandiloquent
- Using excessively fancy or pompous words
- Laggard
- A slow person; loiterer
- Feat
- An act or accomplishment showing skill
- Passé
- Old fasioned; out-of-style
- Diligent
- Painstaking and steady
- Adulation
- Excessive flattery or admiration
- Reproof
- An expression of disapproval; a rebuke
- Tacit
- Unspoken but understood; silent
- Amble
- To walk slowly or leisurely
- Monopoly
- Exclusive possession or control; a company or group having that control
- Ascetic
- Self-denying
- Cachet
- A mark of distinction
- Kowtow
- To show servile deference; to touch the forehead to the ground as an act of respect
- Dint
- Power; effort
- Watershed
- A critical point that marks a division
- Minuscule
- Very small
- Nonchalant
- Seemingly to be unconcerned or indifferent
- Appropriate
- To set apart for a specific use; to take possession of, often without permission
- Bifurcate
- To divide into two parts
- Unscrupulous
- Proceeding ruthlessly; without regard for right or wrong
- Requisite
- Needed; necessary
- Unconscionable
- Beyond reason; not restrained by conscience
- Emit
- To send forth; to give out
- Entreaty
- An earnest plea or request
- Circumlocution
- An indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea
- Portly
- Fat, esp. of one who has a stately, imposing bearing
- Complement
- Something that completes a whole or brings to perfection
- Contravene
- To act counter to; violate
- Unscathed
- Unharmed
- Criterion
- A measurable value; a standard for judging
- Auspicious
- Marked by favorable circumstances
- Oratory
- Public speaking, esp. marked by pompous rhetoric
- Tautology
- Needless repetition of an idea in different words (e.g., "widow woman")
- Bereaved
- Suffering the loss of a loved one
- Gait
- Manner of moving on foot; rate or manner of proceeding
- Penchant
- A strong liking
- Scrupulous
- Conscientious and exact; having principles
- Debacle
- An overwhelming defeat or rout
- Flamboyant
- Extravagant; showy
- Pathology
- The study of the cause and development of disease; a departure from a normal condition
- Aegis
- A protection; sponsorship
- Fulsome
- Disgusting because excessive or insincere; repulsive
- Gainsay
- To deny; declare false
- Reluctant
- Unwilling; disinclined
- Apotheosis
- The ideal example; the elevation of a person to the rank of a god
- Flabbergast
- To overcome with astonishment
- Diaphanous
- Of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial
- Implacable
- Unable to be pacified; relentless
- Ascendant
- In a position of power or superiority
- Bilk
- To swindle; to cheat
- Covert
- Concealed or disguised; not openly practiced
- Tenure
- Holding or possession of an office or property; guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher
- Intrinsic
- Relating to the essential nature of something
- Erudite
- Well-educated
- Reiterate
- To repeat
- Forestall
- To prevent or delay beforehand
- Distraught
- Anxious or agitated
- Collaborate
- To work together, esp. at an intellectual effort
- Hyperbole
- Exaggeration
- Barb
- A cutting or biting remark
- Diatribe
- Prolonged and bitter speech or writing
- Discursive
- Covering a wide range of subjects; rambling
- Inaugurate
- To formally bring into office at the beginning of a term
- Didactic
- Intending to teach; inclined to teach excessively
- Mortify
- To humiliate; to fill with embarrassment
- Peremptory
- Having the nature of a command; permitting no denial
- Allude
- To refer to indirectly
- Jettison
- To throw overboard; discard or abandon something no longer wanted
- Dichotomy
- Divising into two contradictory parts
- Obliging
- Ready to do favors; helpful; courteous
- Aberration
- A departure from what is right, true, correct
- Scourge
- A cause of widespread suffering
- Detract
- To take away a desirable part; to diminish
- Anomaly
- A departure from the regular pattern
- Epigram
- A short, cleverly-worded statement
- Upshot
- The decisive or final result
- Exult
- To rejoice greatly