Week 3: Princeton Review Hot 100

zeal

enthusiasm

acuity

sharpness of perception or mind

affable

friendly; agreeable

assuage

to reduce pain

avarice

greed

dissonance

lack of agreement or harmony

listless

without energy or enthusiasm

philistine

one who lacks culture or taste

scrupulous

concerned; conscientious; proper

tentative

not final; uncertain

adulation

adoration; praise

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated

futile

hopeless; without effect

languid

slow and listless

pious

religious; devout

ponderous

weighty; heavy

protracted

drawn out; lengthy

deference

a show of respect

pedestrian

commonplace; ordinary

paucity

scarcity; limited

profuse

very abundant; flowing

conciliate

to soothe anger

contrite

thoroughly sorry

didactic

intending to teach

diffident

shy; lacking confidence

digression

straying from a topic

dissent

disagreement

elucidate

to explain; to make clear

gullible

overly trusting

strut

a self-important walk

denounce

to speak against publicly

laud

to praise

surreptitious

secret

astute

clever; shrewd; ready-witted