Vocabulary List 2
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- flagrant
- adjective. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring
- erroneous
- adjective. not true, correct, or right; containing an error or errors
- ephemeral
- adjective. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
- glutton
- noun. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously
- disputatious
- adjective. argumentative; contentious
- discerning
- adjective. showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding
- exploit
- noun. a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act
- heresy
- noun. opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system
- disclose
- verb. to make known; reveal or uncover
- disperse
- verb. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter
- discriminating
- verb. to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality
- devious
- adjective. departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect
- fervor
- noun. great warmth and earnestness of feeling
- erudite
- adjective. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
- explicit
- adjective. fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal
- gravity
- noun. the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth
- hypothetical
- adjective. uncertain; supposed
- hamper
- verb. to hold back; hinder; impede
- disparage
- verb. to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle
- equivocal
- adjective. allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous
- discordant
- adjective. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous
- dormant
- adjective. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid
- extricate
- verb. to free or release from entanglement; disengage
- guile
- noun. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
- detached
- adjective. separated
- exhaustive
- adjective. comprehensive; thorough
- gullible
- adjective. easily deceived or cheated
- disdain
- verb. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn
- dispassionate
- adjective. free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm
- homogeneous
- adjective. composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous
- hyperbole
- noun. obvious and intentional exaggeration
- detrimental
- adjective. causing detriment; damaging; harmful
- frivolous
- adjective. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
- endorse
- verb. to approve, support, or sustain
- haughtiness
- adjective. disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious
- engender
- verb. to produce, cause, or give rise to
- duplicity
- noun. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing
- enigma
- noun. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
- diffuse
- verb. to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate
- dissent
- verb. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from)
- derivative
- adjective. not original; secondary
- idiosyncrasy
- noun. a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
- devise
- verb. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas
- diligence
- noun. constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind
- iconoclastic
- noun. a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration
- exacerbate
- verb. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate
- diminution
- noun. the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction
- gratify
- verb. to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings
- enunciate
- verb. to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), esp. in an articulate or a particular manner
- gratuitous
- adjective. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary
- garrulous
- adjective. talkative; wordy
- exemplify
- verb. to show or illustrate by example
- hypocritical
- noun. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs
- frugality
- adjective. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful
- enhance
- verb. to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify
- gregarious
- adjective. fond of the company of others; sociable.
- deterrent
- adjective. serving or tending to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding
- doctrine
- noun. a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government
- esoteric
- adjective. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite
- fallacious
- adjective. deceptive, misleading; logically unsound
- feasible
- adjective. capable of being done, effected, or accomplished
- duration
- noun. the length of time something continues or exists
- elated
- adjective. very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits
- emulate
- verb. to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
- eccentric
- adjective. deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd
- digression
- noun. a message that departs from the main subject
- elusive
- adjective. eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define
- extol
- verb. to praise highly; laud; eulogize
- facilitate
- verb. to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.):
- divergent
- adjective. diverging; differing; deviating
- dissonance
- noun. inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony
- disinclination
- noun. reluctance; unwillingness
- furtive
- adjective. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
- execute
- verb. to carry out; accomplish
- euphemism
- noun. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
- fanaticism
- noun. excessive, irrational zeal
- exonerate
- verb. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame
- embellish
- verb. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn
- disparity
- noun. lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
- heed
- verb. to give careful attention to
- exhilarating
- verb. to make cheerful or merry
- disseminate
- verb. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
- fastidious
- adjective. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
- hardy
- adjective. capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong
- exuberance
- noun. joyful enthusiasm
- expedient
- adjective. tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances
- exemplary
- adjective. worthy of imitation; commendable
- document
- verb. to furnish with references, citations, etc., in support of statements made
- discount
- verb. to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.)
- dismiss
- verb. to bid or allow (a person) to go; give permission or a request to depart
- illusory
- adjective. causing illusion; deceptive; misleading
- enmity
- noun. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
- dogmatic
- adjective. asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated
- eloquence
- noun. the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness
- extraneous
- adjective. introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
- dubious
- adjective. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
- erratic
- adjective. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer
- elaboration
- noun. Intricate and rich in detail
- exalt
- verb. to raise high; elevate
- expedite
- verb. to speed up the progress of; hasten