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Vocabulary List 1

Vocabulary List 1. acquiesce – to agree; c onsent; comply without resistance belie – to contradict; give false impression cacophonous - jarringly noisy; harshly discordant debilitate – to weaken physically; enfeeble. Vocabulary List 2. equanimity – calmness of temperament; composure

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Vocabulary List 1

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  1. Vocabulary List 1 acquiesce – to agree; consent; comply without resistance belie – to contradict; give false impression cacophonous - jarringly noisy; harshly discordant debilitate – to weaken physically; enfeeble

  2. Vocabulary List 2 equanimity – calmness of temperament; composure fastidious – difficult to please; fussy garrulous – talkative; wordy; loquacious hackneyed – commonplace; trite; overused

  3. Vocabulary List 3 impetuous – brash; impulsive; violent juxtapose – to place side by side lurid – shocking; sensational; wild; graphic malleable – easily shaped, formed, or influenced

  4. Vocabulary List 4 neophyte – beginner; novice opulent – rich; luxurious; abundant placate – to calm or pacify; appease; conciliate repudiate – to reject; disown; disavow

  5. Vocabulary List 5 superfluous – excessive; unnecessary transitory – impermanent; fleeting ubiquitous – being everywhere at the same time; omnipresent vehement – forceful; intensely emotional; furious

  6. Vocabulary List 6 ambiguous – unclear in meaning brusque – rough and abrupt in manner; blunt; rude candor – honesty; openness; frankness deplore- to regret; disapprove of

  7. Vocabulary List 7 eccentric – odd; strange fortuitous – happening by chance or accident; unplanned gregarious – sociable; enjoying company holistic – concerned with the whole of a system, not just part of it

  8. Vocabulary List 8 incessant – continuous; unceasing lucid – clear; easily understood modicum – a small amount; limited quantity novel – new; different

  9. Vocabulary List 9* obstreperous – boisterous; noisy palatial – magnificent reticent – silent in temperament; reserved squander – to waste; let slip away

  10. Vocabulary List 10 trepidation – fear; apprehensive usurp – to seize another’s rank or power by force voracious – extremely hungry; gluttonous; ravenous; greedy wily – clever; sneaky; tricky

  11. Vocabulary List 11 adulation – extreme praise; flattery benevolent – charitable; generous catharsis – purification; cleansing; healing discordant – inharmonious; harsh-sounding

  12. Vocabulary List 12 exasperate - to irritate; annoy; vex fallacious - false; misleading inane - meaningless; senseless; empty languish - to lose strength or animation

  13. Vocabulary List 13 mollify - to calm; soothe; make less severe narcissist - a conceited person ominous– threatening prodigious - enormous; marvelous

  14. Vocabulary List 14 pugnacious - combative; ready to fight rapport - emotional closeness; harmony scrupulous - honest; ethical; thorough tempestuous - stormy; turbulent; impassioned

  15. Vocabulary List 15 urbane – suave; refined; courteous; elegant vacuous – empty; stupid; inane wary – very cautious aesthetic – pertaining to beauty or art

  16. Vocabulary List 16 callous – insensitive; hardened; unfeeling discerning – perceptive; insightful; observant empathy – deep understanding of another’s feelings facetious – playfully; humorous; said in jest

  17. Vocabulary List 17 grovel – to crawl; lower oneself to please another innocuous – harmless; inoffensive jocular – humorous; said or done in jest meticulous – excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous

  18. Vocabulary List 18 noxious – harmful obstinate – stubborn; hard to control palatable – pleasant to the taste; agreeable resolute – extremely determined; firm in purpose

  19. Vocabulary List 19* sagacious – judicious; wise tentative – not definite; uncertain venerable – worthy of respect zeal – great enthusiasm; eager devotion to a cause

  20. Vocabulary List 20 abhor – to hate; detest; loathe befuddle – to confuse; perplex catalyst – anything provoking significant change delineate – to describe; depict; portray

  21. Vocabulary List 21 eloquence – expressiveness; articulateness fidelity – loyalty; faithfulness garner – to gather; acquire; store up harrowing – very distressing; traumatic

  22. Vocabulary List 22 impudence – insolence; impertinence; disrespect jaded – fatigued; dulled by experience or by surfeit loathe – to hate mar – to damage; blemish; deface

  23. Vocabulary List 23 impinge – to infringe or encroach upon; to collide with lachrymose – tearful; producing tears machinations – evil schemes or plots noisome – foul smelling; unwholesome

  24. Vocabulary List 24 odious – hateful; vile pariah – a social outcast; one who is ostracized rapacious – greedy; taken by force salubrious – healthful

  25. Vocabulary List 25 turgid – swollen; bombastic; grandiloquent; needlessly complicated unfledged – not feathered (said of a young bird); inexperienced vicissitudes – changes of fortune; ups and downs verisimilitude – the quality of appearing true or real

  26. Vocabulary List 26 acrimonious – bitter; resentful beseech – to beg; to plead with capitulate – surrender desiccate – to dry up; dehydrate

  27. Vocabulary List 27 elucidate – to explain; clarify fecund – fertile; productive; fruitful harangue – long, ranting speech portent – a sign, omen, or forewarning

  28. Vocabulary List 28 impecunious – without money; penniless legerdemain – trickery; sleight of hand; deception myopic – nearsighted; lacking foresight ossify – to change into bone; to become set in one’s ways

  29. Vocabulary List 29* paragon – model of excellence or success reprieve – a temporary postponement or stay of legal action skulk – to move in a stealthy or cautious way; to sneak trenchant – keen or incisive; acute; cutting; sharp; forceful

  30. Vocabulary List 30 umbrage – feeling of resentment vituperative – abusive; scolding avarice – greed bedraggle – to wet thoroughly

  31. Vocabulary List 31 conundrum – riddle; a problem with no apparent solution denizen – a resident; inhabitant; regular visitor euphonious – having a pleasant sound; harmonious forlorn – sad and lonely; desolate; wretched

  32. Vocabulary List 32 interloper – an intruder; unwanted meddler mendacious – lying; habitually dishonest nebulous – cloudy, misty, or hazy; vague; indistinct platitude – trite remark; a stale, overused statement

  33. Vocabulary List 33 soporific – sleepy or tending to cause sleep transgress – to trespass; violate the law vacillate – to waver; fluctuate; go back and forth winsome – pleasing; charming

  34. Vocabulary List 34 ascetic– one who avoids all luxuries blandish – coax with flattery cataclysmic – severely destructive dilapidated – broken down; falling apart

  35. Vocabulary List 35 extemporaneous – unrehearsed; on the spur of the moment filch - steal impetus – driving force; incentive; stimulus mettle – courage; spirit

  36. Vocabulary List 36 pernicious – deadly; destructive refractory – stubborn; hard to manage supercilious – arrogant; patronizingly haughty; condescending tractable – obedient; yielding

  37. Vocabulary List 37 apotheosis– elevation of a person to the rank of god; an ideal example obfuscate – to confuse; muddle; make needlessly complex pedantic– tending to show off one’s learning supplicate– to beg; to pray humbly

  38. Vocabulary List 38 extrapolate - to estimate; infer; project; predict mutability - the ability to change form; fickleness peruse - to read or examine with great care taut - pulled tight; having no slack; tense

  39. Vocabulary List 39 circumlocution - indirect or round about expression; evasion in speech propitious - favorable; advantageous vim - vitality and energy inexorable - relentless; unyielding; implacable

  40. Vocabulary List 40 arcane - mysterious; secret ensconce - to settle in comfortably; to hide or conceal recapitulate - to summarize expunge- to erase; omit; destroy

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