Units 1-15 Vocabulary - Level F (continued)
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- unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for thefuture; unpropitious, unpromising, untimely
- inauspicious
- unquestionable, beyond dispute; incontestable, indisputable, indubitable
- incontrovertible
- (adj, part) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss; perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted
- nonplussed
- suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time; timely, appropriate, felicitous
- opportune
- abundantly productive; profuse; fruitfal, fecund
- prolific
- a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit; answer, response, riposte, retort
- rejoinder
- willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible; agreeable, compliant, docile
- amenable
- to scold sharply; chide; rebuke; reprove; reprimand
- berate
- a large-scale slaughter or loss of life; butchery, bloodbath, massacre
- carnage
- too ready to believe, easily deceived; gullible
- credulous
- a rule, test; a standard for judgment/evaluation; yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon
- criterion (pl. criteria)
- to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly; exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
- deplete
- to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely; elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
- expatiate
- coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant; extrinsic, incidental
- extraneous
- the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.; commencement, inauguration, outset
- inception
- a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, etc.); affliction, malady, defect
- infirmity
- lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile; vapid, insipid, peurile, childish
- jejune
- stubborn, unyielding; obstinate, adamant
- obdurate
- a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent; mélange, farrago, medley, hodgepodge
- potpourri
- showing unusually early development(especially in talents/mental capacity); forward, gifted, advanced
- precocious
- delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel; brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
- sadistic
- self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy; aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
- sententious
- to beg earnestly & humbly; plead, petition, implore, entreat
- supplicate
- (n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust, glut (v) to feed or supply w/ anything to excess, cloy, satiate
- surfeit
- winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious; ciruitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
- tortuous
- swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
- turgid
- (adj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible
- adamant
- a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified; hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium, furor
- brouhaha
- (n) a strong defense or protection, a solid-wall-like structure for defense, citadel, bastion, rampart, stronghold (v) to provide such defense or protection
- bulwark
- easily made angry, bad-tempered; irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious
- choleric
- to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit
- cloy
- to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce; limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract
- curtail
- courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as a superior; consideration, courtesy
- deference
- conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done; exhaustive, authoritative
- definitive
- the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, etc.; facial appearance, mien; conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage
- demeanor
- puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood; baffling, mysterious
- enigmatic
- (adj, adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; improvised, unrehearsed, spontaneous (n) extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation
- impromptu
- excessively & objectionable sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor; maudlin, mushy, nauseating, sentimentalized
- mawkish
- to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (emotion-wise), assuage, appease, placate, to reduce in intensity
- mollify
- something that is heavy or burdensome (as in an unwelcome repsonsibility); a stigma; blame; burden, obligation, duty
- onus
- a vague sense of approaching misfortune; foreboding, premonition, hunch
- presentiment
- (adj) given over to dissipation & self-indulgence; immoral; recklessly extravagant; prodigal, improvident (n) a person given to self-indulgent spending; spendthrift
- profligate
- to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as penalty/punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer; pay, absolve, subside, abate
- remit
- needed, necessary, regarded as essential/indispensable; obligatory; incumbent; required*
- requisite
- of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do w/ clothes or dress (especially men's)
- sartorial
- to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate; foil, baffle
- thwart
- (v) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
- corroborate
- fair, just, embodying principles of justice; right, reasonable, evenhanded
- equitable
- to steal, especially in a sneaky way & in petty amounts; pilfer, purloin, swipe
- filch
- to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming; amend
- ameliorate