ISEE Vocab. Words 3
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- facile
- easy; done with little effort
- fatuous
- complacently stupid; self-deceiving
- faze
- to bother or disturb
- feisty
- touchy or quarrelsome; spirited
- ferocious
- extremely savage or violent; extreme or intense
- fervor
- intense emotion; intense heat
- fickle
- changeable in terms of affection or loyalty
- fidelity
- faithfulness
- finesse
- artful or delicate performance; subtle maneuvering
- fission
- the act of splitting into parts
- fissure
- a long narrow crack
- flagrant
- conspicuously bad; outrageously noticeable
- fluctuate
- to change irregularly; to rise and fall like waves
- forbearance
- patient self-restraint
- foretell
- to predict
- fortnight
- two weeks
- founder
- to collapse; to fall
- fraudulent
- using deceit or trickery
- frivolous
- insignificant; trivial; silly
- fusion
- the merging of different elements into a union; melting together
- futile
- hopeless; ineffective; useless
- garble
- to jumble or distort something so that it is unintelligible
- gargantuan
- gigantic; huge
- garrulous
- extremely talkative
- gaunt
- thin and bony; emaciated
- ghastly
- shockingly terrifying; dreadful; ghost-like
- gloomy
- sad; dismal
- glum
- gloomy or dejected
- gnarl
- to growl; a protruding knot in a tree
- gorge
- a deep, narrow pass between steep heights; to overeat greedily
- grandeur
- majesty; splendor
- grandiloquence
- pretentious or self-important speech
- grim
- stern; forbidding
- grimy
- covered with black dirt or soot
- gritty
- having small, rough granules or a rough surface; spirited or determined
- groundless
- having no foundation or proof
- guile
- treacherous cunning; artful deception
- gullible
- easily cheated or deceived; ingenuous
- hamper
- to prevent movement or progress
- haphazard
- characterized by a lack of order; random
- head strong
- insistent upon having one's own way; willful
- hectic
- characterized by excited activity, confusion, or haste
- heed
- to listen to; to give careful attention to
- heresy
- an opinion or expression that differs from established religious belief
- hideous
- disgusting; foul; revolting; grisly
- hilarity
- a state of merriment or high enjoyment; boisterous fun
- hinder
- to prevent or obstruct movement or progress
- hovel
- a small, unpleasant dwelling
- humane
- characterized by compassion for human beings or animals
- humility
- lack of pride; modesty
- hybrid
- anything of mixed composition or origin; offspring of genetically dissimilar parent entities
- hypocrisy
- the act of pretending to have morals or principles which one does not
- hypothetical
- theoretical; for the sake of argument
- illuminate
- to brighten with light; to make clear
- immaculate
- stainless; faultless; impeccably clean
- impair
- to diminish in strength, quality, or value
- impalpable
- not perceptible by touch; not easily perceived; intangible
- impartial
- not prejudiced; neutral
- impasse
- a road with no exit; a situation from which there is no escape
- impeach
- to accuse of misconduct in office before a tribunal
- imperious
- domineering;overbearing; urgent
- impious
- lacking respect
- implacable
- impossible to pacify or appease
- impregnable
- resistant to capture or entry by force
- inadvertent
- accidental; unintentional; not duly attentive; heedless
- inaudible
- unable to be heard
- incendiary
- having to do with fire; stirring up trouble as in riots or rebellion
- incessant
- unceasing; never-ending
- incisive
- cutting; telling
- inclement
- stormy; unmerciful
- incoherent
- without logical connection; disjointed; rambling
- incompetent
- lacking adequate ability
- incongruity
- inharmonious; lack of conformity or agreement
- incontrovertible
- indisputable; unquestionable
- increment
- the quantity by which something increases or decreases
- incumbent
- a person who currently holds office