AICE LANG AS: VOCABULARY LIST

AUDACIOUS

adj. very bold (brave with a mix of dumb)

ABRIDGE

v. to shorten; adj. shorten

AGGREGATE

n. a sum total or mixture; adj. total; v. to group or cluster

ASPIRE

v. to work toward or to have a goal

ANTIDOTE

n. something that relieves or prevents; a remedy that counteracts the effects of poison

AUTONOMOUS

adj. independent

AVIARY

n. an enclosed space for birds

BOLSTER

v. to support; to strengthen

CANDOR

n. honesty, sincerity

COALESCE

v. to come together

COMPLEMENTARY

adj. serving to complete another

DEBUNK

v. to prove wrong or false

DISCREPANCY

n. a difference

ECLECTIC

adj. taken from many different sources

EXCERPT

n. a portion of a text or musical piece that is taken, or extracted, from the whole

GLACIAL

adj. very, very cold or very, very slow moving (in both cases, like a glacier)

HAMPER

v. to hinder; to prevent something from happening

HARDY

adj. healthy and strong; robust

HOMOGENEOUS

adj. of the same kind; alike; uniform

INCEPTION

n. the beginning; the earliest stage

INSUPERABLE

adj. unable to be overcome

INTEGRITY

n. holding firmly to values, such as honesty; completeness

INTREPID

adj. fearless

LINGER

v. to hang around; to stay

LITHE

adj. nimble and flexible

LOFTY

adj. very high; towering; grand or noble

MISANTHROPE

n. someone who dislikes all people

MOCK

v. to make fun of; to imitate

NURTURE

v. to care for, to nourish

OMINOUS

adj. related to feeling that something bad or evil is bound to happen; foreboding

OPPORTUNIST

n. a person who seeks self-gain, even at the expense of others, without regard to values or moral principles

PITFALL

n. an unseen danger, risk, or drawback

PROXIMITY

n. nearness

QUERULOUS

adj. whining; complaining

RAZE

v. to tear down; to destroy

RECOUNT

v. to tell a story

REPLETE

adj. filled-up; overflowing

RESPITE

n. period of inactivity; a lull

RIGOR

n. harshness, severity

SATURATE

v. to wet or soak completely; to totally fill up

SCRUTINIZE

v. to read or look at very closely and carefully

SPURIOUS

adj. false; counterfeit; lacking logic

SURPASS

v. to be better than; to excel

TENTATIVE

adj. hesitant; not definite

THRIVE

v. to grow strong; to flourish

TRANQUILITY

n. peacefulness; calmness

UNIFORMITY

n. sameness

VAPORIZE

v. to turn to vapor, foam, or mist

VILIFY

v. to slander or defame someone’s name

WHIMSICAL

adj. fanciful

ACRID

adj. bitter, harsh

AESTHETIC

adj. having to do with artistic beauty

AFFABLE

adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind

ALLAY

v. to lessen fear; to calm

AMBIGUOUS

adj. hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation

ANIMOSITY

n. hatred; ill will

BANAL

adj. dull or stale because of overuse

BELLICOSE

adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike

BRAGGART

n. one who boasts a great deal

BREVITY

n. briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

CANTANKEROUS

adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome

CHATTEL

n. an item of personal, movable property; slave

CIRCUMLOCUTION

n. speaking in circles; roundabout speech

COLLOQUIAL

adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational

COMPLACENT

adj. self-satisfied; smug

CONCILIATE

v. to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods

CONVIVIAL

adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

CYNICAL

adj. believing that all others are motivated by self-interest

DELUSION

n. a false opinion or belief

DERIVATIVE

adj. unoriginal; taken from something already existing

DIFFUSE

adj. spread out, not concise

FASTIDIOUS

adj. very attentive to detail; fussy; meticulous

GRANDILOQUENT

adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others

GRATIFY

v. to please or indulge

IMPRUDENT

adj. careless; rash

INDIGENOUS

adj. native

INSIPID

adj. lacking flavor or taste; unexciting

INSOLENT

adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude

INTIMATE

v. to suggest; to hint at

JOCULAR

adj. liking to with people, joke around with them and have fun

LEVITY

n. lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate

MEDIATE

v. to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides

MOLLIFY

v. to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent

MUNDANE

adj. commonplace; ordinary

NARCISSIST

adj. or n. having to do with extreme self-adoration; person who feels superior to everyone

OBSCURE

adj. hard to understand; abstract

PARSIMONIOUS

adj. overly thrifty or miserly

PENURIOUS

adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

PITHY

adj. brief and full of meaning and substance

POLEMICAL

adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial

PONDER

v. to think about seriously

PUGNACIOUS

adj. eager to fight; belligerent

QUANDARY

n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

QUIESCENT

adj.  quiet; still; inactive

RANT

v. to talk loudly, even wildly; criticize

SUPERCILIOUS

adj. looking down on others; proud and scornful

TERSE

adj. using only the words that are needed to make the point; can be a bit rude

TURBULENCE

no. great unrest; turmoil or disorder

VIRULENT

adj. extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred

VOLUBLE

adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib