vocab from notes

prescribed

put rules that must be acted 

illustrated

proven with examples

forfeiture

giving something up

to that end

a transition into a product or goal of a previous sentence

surmised

assumed (with little evidence)

contrived

brought about or created through trickery

inconsequential

insignificant

impugn

dispute, call into question

eschew

avoid on purpose

vindicate

clear of blame/suspicion, prove to be right

pernicious

harmful effect gradually

myriad

big number

conjecture

opinion based on incomplete info

attentuate

reduce force/effect/value of

expound

explain in detail

repudiate

refuse to accept

adorn

decorate

discern

detect/recognize

exploit

use

synopsis

summary/outline (of existing info)

yield

generate

prerogative

right to a class

subdue

overcome

inhibits

prevents

inhibited by means hindered or undermined by

qualifies

limiting or conditions to

illustrated

proven with examples

for one

the first occurrence (transition word)

obviated

made necessary or redundant

insurmountable

impossible

feasible

possible

opaque

difficult to understand

authoritative

influential or clearly accurate

empircal

factual

engendering

producing/causing to exist

marginalize

treat as unimportant

extol

praise highly/glorify

viable

possible

outstripping

exceed, take over another

insuperable

impossible to overcome

preclude

block/prevent something from happening, rule out

inconspicuous

not visible

unpretentious

not trying to impress others

dogmatic

a person who believes their opinions are true

effacement

eliminate

diverged

going on a different path

waive

refrain from insisting that something should be observed

comprises

constitutes or makes up the totality of

redundant

no longer useful or needed

subsumed

include or absorb (something) in something else.

rectify

to correct or make right

corroborate

confirm/support with evidence

circumvent

bypass/avoid

disseminate

spread around

notional

only an idea, theory

desultory

lacking a plan or purpose, random

spurious

false

indistinct

uncertain, not clearly recognizable

indisputable

impossible to question or deny

implicit

suggested or understood without being directly expressed or proven

recants

withdraws a previously held belief

proclaims

declares or affirms

superficial

lacking depth or concerned only with what is obvious

beckoning

inviting

arduous

requiring great labor or effort

haphazard

disorganized

contentious

controversial

ineffectual

not having the effect it intended to have

exemplifies

demonstrates

eclipses

overshadows

fabricates

creates

stymie

prevent or hinder

compound

multiply or enhance

disparage

criticize or defame

novel

new

innocuous

harmless

offhand

casual, informal

renunciation

rejection

hoard

collect and hide

renounce

give up or refuse

contingent on

determined by, conditional/dependent upon

buttress

strengthen, defend

nullify

negate, or undermine

denigrate

disparage/deny the importance of

misconstrue

misunderstand

succumb

surrender

disparate

distinct, dissimilar

paucity of

lack of

profusion of

great abundance of

verisimilitude in

appearance of truth in

defect

a shortcoming, imperfect, or lack

negating

reversing, making invalid

prefiguring

being an early indicator of

entrenching

solidifying

substantiating

supporting with evidence

susceptible to

sensitive or easily influenced by

a reprieve

temporary relief from something or a delay of punishment

defunct

no longer existing or functioning

arcane

rare, known or knowable to only a few people

ubiquitous

found everywhere, common