Vocab ALL + up to 12

Abnegation

Denial of comfort to oneself

Burnish

To polish or shine

Clairvoyant

To percieve or detect things normal people cannot

Decorous

Socially proper

Incendiary

A person who agitates or annoys

Sagacious

Having good judgement

Adept

Having knowledge or skill

Buttress

To support or strengthen

Circumvent

To find a way around

Defunct

No longer existing or functional

Abitration

The process or act of resolving a dispute

Bequeath

To pass on

Copious

A lot of abundant

Juxtapose

To place two contrasting things side by side

Incongrous

Not in harmony with surrondings

Ascribe

To attribute something to a cause or source

Preclude

To prevent form happening

Capitulate

To surrender or yield

Cryptic

Having a mysterious or obscure meaning

Dearth

A lack of something

Intransigent

Unwilling or refusing to change one’s view

Mollify

To make someone less angry

Delineate

To describe or portray something precisly

Eschew

To avoid using

Clandestine

To keep secret or done secretivly

Ambivilant

Having mixed feeling or contradictory ideas about something

Alacrity

Brisk and cheerful readiness or eagerness

Laconic

To use very few words

Teneous

Very weak, flimsy, or lacking a sound basis

Specious

Misleading in appearance

Paradigm

A typical example, pattern, or model of something

Obselete

No longer produced or used

Venerate

To regard with great respect

Exacerbrate

To make a problem or bad situation worse

Analogous

Similar to something else in a way that allows comparison

Candid

Truthful and Sincere

Obfuscate

To bewilder, confuse or make unclear

Coherent

Logically consist, and intelligible.

Decry

To criticize openly

Guile

Deceitful and cunning

Hapless

unlucky

Incumbent

one who holds an office

Lurid

Ghastly, sensational

Rhapsodize

To engage in excessive enthusiasm

Potentate

One who has great power, a ruler/king.

Ardent

Enthusastic and Passionate

Pedantic

Excessivley concerned with minor details

Lucid

Clear, easily understandable

Marred

Damaged or spoiled in quality

Orthodox

Conventional; conforming to rules

Morose

Sullen and ill-tempered

Emaciated

Abnormally thin or weak

Flagrant

Extremely offensive

Impede

Prevent of hold back

Haughty

Arrogant superior and disdainful

Abhor

To regard with disgust or hatred

Conciliatory

Intended to make peace or reduce hostility

Fervent

Having or displaying passionate intensity

Iconoclast

A person who attacks cherished beliefs

inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

jettison

To throw or discard something unnecceasy

modicum

A small quantity of something

Opulent

Rich or luxurious in style

Pariah

An outcast or rejected person

Penchant

A tendency or preferance

Anomalous

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

Calibrate

To adjust or standardize a measuring instrument for precision

Catalyst

A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed

Corroborate

To confirm or give support to a statement or theory

Disseminate

To spread or scatter widely, such as research data or other info

Elicit

To draw out or bring forth a response or reaction

Emprical

Verified by observations or experience rather than theory

Homeostasis

The tendency towards a relatively stable equilibrium between elements especially in bological systems

Inert

Lacking ability or strength to move; chemically inactive

Proliferate

To increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

Aberration

A departure from what is normal or expected.

Capricious

Unpredictable; prone to sudden changes

Deleterious

Harmful or damaging

Enigma

Something mysterious or difficult to understand

Fastidious

Very attentive to detail or very hard to please

Gregarious

Social; enjoying company

Mitigate

To make less severe or intense

Obsinate

Stubborn; refusing to change opinions

Pragmatic

Practical; focused on real world solutions

Superflous

Unneccessary; more than enough

Abate

To lessen or to reduce in intensty

Cacophony

A Harsh mixture of sounds

Ephemeral

Lasting for a short time

Fortuitous

Happened by change; often lucky in beneficial ways

Loquacious

Very talkative

Ostentatious

Showing off wealth or knowledge in a vulgar way

Perfunctory

Done routinely and with little interest or care

Quixotic

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Tenacious

Persistent; holding firm with a purpose or goal

Sycophant

A person who flatters others to gain favor.

Anachronism

Something out of it’s proper place or time

Belie

To give false impression of; to misrepresent

Cogent

Clear logical and convincing

Garrulous

Excessively talkative

Enervate

To drain energy or vitality; to weaken