Vocab List 1

Abased

(v.) Lowered in rank, position, or esteem.

Acquiesce

(v.) To give in to something without protest.

Aversion

(n.) A strong feeling of dislike toward something.

Benevolent

(adj.) Kind, well-meaning, and inclined to help others.

Bias

(n.) An inclination or prejudice towards a person or group.

Cajole

(v.) To persuade someone to do something

Conciliatory

(adj.) Intended to gain goodwill or appease.

Dearth

(n.) lack of supply.

Emaciated

(adj.) thin and feeble

Emollient

(adj.) Having a soothing effect.

Evince

(v.) show clear evidence of.

Guile

(n.) cunning intelligence.

Hackneyed

(adj.) Lacking originality; overused

Hierarchy

(n.) A system of classification for a group of people based on factors

Imperious

(adj.) Marked by arrogant assurance

Inane

(adj.) Silly; lacking significance.

Irascible

(adj.) easily angered or provoked.

Juxtaposition

(n.) the act of placing two things side by side

Largesse

(n.) Generous giving

Licentious

(adj.) Lacking moral restraints

Malleable

(adj.) Easily able to change

Mollified

(v.) Soothed or appeased in temper or feeling.

Nefarious

(adj.) Flagrantly evil

Oration

(n.) An elaborate speech

Panacea

(n.) A solution for all ills

Quagmire

(n.) An entrapping position.

Razed

(v.) Completely destroyed

Stolid

(adj.) expressing little emotion

Truculent

(adj.) aggressively self-assertive

Vacillating

(v.) Hesitating in making choices

Bilked

(v.) cheat out of something

Culmination

(n.) climax

Debased

(v.) to reduce in value

Foraged

(v.) to make a search

Frugal

(adj.) careful with money

Gregarious

(adj.) relating to a social group

Innate

(adj.) natural; from birth

Intimation

(n.) an indirect/subtle hint

Judicious

(adj.) having sound judgement

Knell

(n.) sound of a bell rung slowly

Laudatory

(adj.) expressing praise

Lithe

(adj.) flexible and graceful

Maelstrom

(n.) powerful and violent whirlpool

Mores

(n.) moral attitudes

Nadir

(n.) the lowest point

Pathos

(n.) sympathetic pity

Prudence

(n.) caution towards danger

Deftly

(adv.) in a deft manner; skillfully

Quelled

(v.) overwhelm and reduce to submission

Resolute

(adj.) firm determination

Rife

(adj.) prevalent

Scrupulous

(adj.) precise and exact

Swarthy

(adj.) a dark color

Haughty

(adj.) showing an attitude of superiority

Turgid

(adj.) pompous style

Venerate

(v.) to honor with devotion

Viscous

(adj.) sticky and thick consistency

Wanton

(adj.) deliberate, unrestrained, and excessive

Yoked

(v.) to join together by a yoke

Zealous

(adj.) fervent loyalty to a person or cause

Abrogate

(v.) Abolish

Affable

(adj.) Friendly

Arable

(adj.) Suitable for farming

Blemishes

(n.) Imperfections

Cacophony

(n.) Unpleasant sounds

Candor

(n.) Unreserved, honest expression

Deferential

(adj.) Respectful

Diligent

(adj.) Hardworking

Enamored

(adj.) Fond of

Ennui

(n.) A feeling of dissatisfaction

Expiate

(v.) To make amends for

Iconoclast

(n.) A person who attacks widely-accepted beliefs

Immutable

(adj.) Unchangeable

Kudos

(n.) Recognition

Limpid

(adj.) Clear and simple in style

Maverick

(n.) Nonconformist

Myriad

(adj.) Numerous

Nominal

(adj.) Insignificant in amount

Ostracism

(n.) Exclusion from society

Perplexed

(adj.) Confused

Profane

(adj.) Unholy

Quandary

(n.) A state of perplexity

Paramour

(n.) Hidden lover

Concocted

(v.) Devise

Ruse

(n.) An action meant to deceive

Sagacity

(n.) The quality of deep understanding

Sophomoric

(adj.) Immature

Tantamount

(adj.) Equivalent to

Tranquil

(adj.) Serene