Vocabulary List 16

abase

v.: humiliate

capitulate

v.: surrender

disgruntled

adj.: dissatisfied

malignant

adj.: malicious

carp

n.: complaint

v.: complain

dispel

v.: to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

manifest

adj.: obvious

v.: embody

aberration

n.: madness

n.: abnormality

catalog

n.: list

disrelish

v.: hate

mayhem

n.: violence

abet

v.: provoke

v.: assist

cerebral

adj.: intellectual

adj.: mental

dogmatic

adj.: stubborn

myriad

adj.: many

n.: plenty

abregation

n.: refusal

chastise

v.: criticize

v.: punish

nefarious

adj.: evil

abut

v.: join

circumspect

adj.: cautious

edict

n.: ruling

n.: instruction

oleaginous

adj.: oily

accede

v.: agree

clandestine

adj.: undercover

entrench

v.: root

panelemonium

n.: disturbance

n.: hell

anomaly

n.: abnormality

coagulate

v.: gelatinize

envisage

v.: imagine

parsimonious

adj.: ungenerous

archetypal

adj.: classic

adj.: typical

coax

v.: lure

erring

adj.: improper

penurious

adj.: greedy

adj.: poor

ardor

n.: enthusiasm

n.: lust

colloquial

adj.: informal

adj.: casual

euphoric

adj.: ecstatic

pernicious

adj.: harmful

baleful

adj.: sinister

adj.: damaging

conduit

n.: tube

exultant

adj.: proud

bandit

n.: pirate

conflate

v.: confuse

v.: combine

fallible

adj.: imperfect

pliable

adj.: flexible

bashful

adj.: shy

conformist

n.: follower

fawning

adj.: obedient

n.: worship

preclude

v.: prevent

bedlam

n.: madhouse

contagious

adj.: infectious

frivolous

adj.: unimportant

adj.: silly

precursor

n.: symptom

n.: ancestor

beguile

v.: fascinate

v.: deceive

v.: lure

controvert

v.: argue

gainsay

v.: deny

v.: contradict

procrastinate

v.: delay

belabor

v.: emphasize

v.: criticize

v.: lash

culpable

adj.: guilty

homogenous

adj.: similar

pusillanimous

adj.: afraid

berate

v.: criticize

dearth

n.: shortage

ideate

v.: imagine

ratification

n.: approval

bereft

adj.: grieving

adj.: void

debacle

n.: catastrophe

impoverished

adj.: poor

rebut

v.: resist

v.: refute

biddable

adj.: obedient

debase

v.: humiliate

reprimand

n.: condemnation

v.: criticize

blandish

v.: coax

deleterious

adj.: harmful

indulgence

n.: kindness

n.: luxury

sonorous

adj.: loud

booming

adj.: loud

adj.: thriving

delirious

adj.: worried

adj.: frantic

insuperable

adj.: unbeatable

adj.: impossible

subversive

n.: revolutionary

adj.: revolutionary

brazen

adj.: audacious

v.: confront

kinship

n.: relationship

tractable

adj.: obedient

cacophony

n.: noise

denigrate

v.: criticize

maelstrom

n.: vortex

calibrate

v.: measure

destitute

adj.: poor

adj.: void

malevolent

adj.: malicious

unassailable

adj.: sacred

canny

adj.: smart

adj.: comfortable

didactic

adj.: moralistic

malign

adj.: malicious

v.: defame

vogue

adj.: popular

n.: trend